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... GASCON . A Gascon officer in the regiment of the Duke de Roquelaure , dining one day with the Duke , the conversation turned on Aristotle . Some one main- tained , CHEVREANA . 71.
... GASCON . A Gascon officer in the regiment of the Duke de Roquelaure , dining one day with the Duke , the conversation turned on Aristotle . Some one main- tained , CHEVREANA . 71.
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... Gascon , who was the butt of the company , " what do you think of the matter ? " — " My opi- nion is , " replied the Gascon , " that a great many people talk of having been at Aristotle , who never were there in their lives . " He took ...
... Gascon , who was the butt of the company , " what do you think of the matter ? " — " My opi- nion is , " replied the Gascon , " that a great many people talk of having been at Aristotle , who never were there in their lives . " He took ...
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... GASCON . A Gascon , who had gone to a ball , danced so indifferently that all the company laughed at his performance . Observing the merriment he had caused , he turned round to a person near him , and said haughtily , that though he ...
... GASCON . A Gascon , who had gone to a ball , danced so indifferently that all the company laughed at his performance . Observing the merriment he had caused , he turned round to a person near him , and said haughtily , that though he ...
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... Gascon officer , demanding his salary from the minister of war , maintained that he was in danger of dying of hunger . The minister , who saw that his visage was full and ruddy , told him his face gave the lie to his statement . " Ah ...
... Gascon officer , demanding his salary from the minister of war , maintained that he was in danger of dying of hunger . The minister , who saw that his visage was full and ruddy , told him his face gave the lie to his statement . " Ah ...
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... Gascon , " don't trust to that ; this face is not mine . It belongs to my landlord , who has given me credit for a long time past . " CCXXV . M. DE BRISSAC . M. de Brissac , to whom Henry III . refused the vacant Admiralty , saying that ...
... Gascon , " don't trust to that ; this face is not mine . It belongs to my landlord , who has given me credit for a long time past . " CCXXV . M. DE BRISSAC . M. de Brissac , to whom Henry III . refused the vacant Admiralty , saying that ...
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