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  • The audience seemed to watch in a delirium of delight, and when the last curtain dropped, they called Esperance back eight times, and demanded the author.

    The Idol of Paris Sarah Bernhardt 1884

  • But the friend of her soul was wont to call her Esperance, "in her wooing moods," and from this simple application of the French dictionary results the title of the romance.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 Various

  • "My little lady" was the pet name Esperance often gave her.

    The Idol of Paris Sarah Bernhardt 1884

  • To secure a reservation, or for additional information, call Esperance at 237-9300.

    Custom Search 2009

  • "Esperance" as a motto, gilt-edged notepaper, and several other requisites in the stationery line, and ordered them to be packed up carefully, that he might not soil them; he then purchased scented soap,

    The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook Frederick Marryat 1820

  • If all goes according to plan, on Tuesday I'll head back across to Perth, and on Wednesday go south to a town called Manjimup (or Maninjump as Karin pronounces it) where I'm going to pick apples for two weeks before heading back to Kulin via Esperance which is on the south-east coast of WA.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • "I hope that this marriage will recall Esperance's promise to her.

    The Idol of Paris Sarah Bernhardt 1884

  • Friend "Esperance," in writing about the regiment, says: "We are encamped near Franklin, in a beautiful situation as regards the view of the country; and in a military point of view it is excellent, being surrounded with sufficient elevations of land to enable our fortifications to sweep the whole country in every direction.

    Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive Alf Burnett

  • "Esperance," explained Madame Darbois, "left early in order to have time to see Brussels, which everyone says is a charming city.

    The Idol of Paris Sarah Bernhardt 1884

  • Esperance lost her eldest son in the 1994 genocide, but she believes that starvation -- not violence -- remains Rwanda's foe.

    World Vision: Malnutrition Starves Children, Economies of a Lifetime of Potential World Vision 2010

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