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1 8: Savoyards: boys and men from Savoy, southeastern France, are seen throughout the country exercising such trades as those of bootblacks, chimney-sweeps, charcoal-venders; cf. note to 74 27. Savoyards ... tête ... leurs boîtes: cf. note to 29 11. 1 10: Du dehors ... rien: 'seen from the outside the house seemed nothing at all, 'was in no way remarkable'.
7 22 Nîmes: Daudet's birthplace, an ancient city with remarkable Roman remains, eighteen miles west of Tarascon. 7 25 après s'être bien fait prier: 'after having been begged a long time'; cf. je me fais prier, je me suis fait prier.
The annual Biography, being lives of eminent or remarkable persons, who have died within the year 1842; by CHARLES DODD, esq., author of the Peerage, the Parliamentary companion, etc. Chapman and Hall. London. L'Annuaire biographique, ou Vies des personnes éminentes ou remarquables qui sont mortes pendant l'année 1842; par Charles Dodd.
However, Mme. de Sévigné's letters leave us wholly in the dark as to when this intimacy began. Sainte-Beuve holds that it was about 1665, and makes a strong argument for his view of the matter. D'Haussonville believes that this remarkable union was the result of long acquaintance and slowly ripening friendship, the acquaintance having begun in the years following Mme. de La Fayette's marriage, that is, between 1655 and 1665. He sums up the matter as follows: "Une chose est certaine: c'est que La Rochefoucauld s'est emparé peu
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