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  • The king recalled Villeroi, showing him to the last unwavering kindness.

    A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 1830

  • Fill the middle of the dish with fried cock's combs à la Villeroi (poached in court-boullion and dredged in breadcrumbs).

    To Serve Man Matthew Guerrieri 2006

  • Fill the middle of the dish with fried cock's combs à la Villeroi (poached in court-boullion and dredged in breadcrumbs).

    Archive 2006-12-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2006

  • Villars and Villeroi, against ministers, and even against ladies, all the petty, dirty, and scandalous tales that could be collected from the lowest taverns and wine-houses; and he speaks of the greatest princes as if they were amenable to himself, and under his own personal jurisdiction.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • His governor, the duc de Villeroi, rushed in, very upset that the boy had spent thirty seconds alone with the regent, still infamous as a poisoner.

    THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005

  • To read this is to see that Villeroi loved the king, but what a little puppet he tried to make of him.

    THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005

  • On either side of the king stood the ancient duc de Villeroi and the duchess de la Ferté, their hands on his shoulders as the hawks tore the sparrows to pieces.

    THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005

  • Sire, Villeroi was ruined by his own grandchildren, for it is they who tried to pollute the king.

    THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005

  • He felt he was too closely watched, with his governor, the duc de Villeroi, always there locking up his food and his clothes and never letting him be alone, even with his great-uncle the regent.

    THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005

  • The regent, already bored with the diamond, had tossed it to Villeroi to keep with the other crown jewels.

    THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005

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