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  • I've already said how, in the fust part of their acquaintance, master used to laff at De l'Orge's bad Inglish, and funny ways.

    The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

  • I shall never forgit poar little De l'Orge's eyes, when my lady said "both of you."

    The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

  • "Your ladyship has taken a very sudden admiration for Mr. de l'Orge's carving.

    The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

  • So far, the media has given Fourniret the title of “The Orge of the Ardennes.”

    Self-Confessed Serial Killer Michel Fourniret To Stand Trial 2008

  • At the ford of the Orge we saw a small group of horsemen, their arms shining in the sunlight.

    Orrain A Romance S. Levett-Yeats

  • The chateau of M. Gardinois was built in the valley of the Orge, on the bank of that capriciously lovely stream, with its windmills, its little islands, its dams, and its broad lawns that end at its shores.

    The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

  • Epinaysur-Orge, I was certain that The Yellow Room had been hermetically sealed, so to speak, and that consequently the murderer had escaped before Mademoiselle Stangerson had gone into her chamber at midnight.

    Mystère de la chambre jaune. English Gaston Leroux 1897

  • The chateau of M. Gardinois was built in the valley of the Orge, on the bank of that capriciously lovely stream, with its windmills, its little islands, its dams, and its broad lawns that end at its shores.

    Fromont and Risler — Complete Alphonse Daudet 1868

  • Orge, anger, is the passion itself, i.e. the manifestation of thumos, as clamor and evil speaking are the outward expression of anger.

    A Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians 1797-1878 1860

  • The town is burnt and destroyed, the people are very poor, Fiona is the leader of an Orge refugee and Rumpelstiltskin is King!

    Elites TV 2010

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