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  • Then the princes and ducs, the comtes and marquises charged from one end of the street to meet their valets, the friars and shopkeepers, and doctors in wide hats rushing from the other end.

    THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005

  • Then the princes and ducs, the comtes and marquises charged from one end of the street to meet their valets, the friars and shopkeepers, and doctors in wide hats rushing from the other end.

    THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005

  • Then the princes and ducs, the comtes and marquises charged from one end of the street to meet their valets, the friars and shopkeepers, and doctors in wide hats rushing from the other end.

    THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005

  • Since the revolution there were a surprising number of never-before-heard-of ducs, comtes, and other quasi-noblemen that had miraculously appeared overnight.

    The Seduction Of Sara Hawkins, Karen 2001

  • _Les comtes de Bourgogne et leurs villes domaniales_.

    Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Ruth Putnam

  • It is considered quite correct at the club to devote one's self to the raising of cattle and sheep, as the comtes de Bouvillé, de Béhague, de Hauteserre and others have done with such success, and one may even follow the example of the comte de Falloux, the eloquent Academician, in emblazoning with one's arms a pen of fat pigs at a competitive show, without in the least derogating from one's dignity.

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 Various

  • Barcelona_ (Madrid, 1779-1792); and, for its political history, the same work should be consulted, together with _Historias e conquestas dels comtes de Barcelona_, by T. T.mich (Barcelona, 1888), and the _Colecció de documents inédits del Arxin [v. 03 p. 0393] municipal de la ciutat de

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various

  • DEWEZ, M. _Histoire particulière des provinces belgiques sous le gouvernement des ducs et des comtes, pour servir de complément à l'histoire générale_. 3 vols.

    Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Ruth Putnam

  • D'ARBOIS DE JUBAINVILLE, Hist. des comtes de Champagne (Paris, 1866);

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

  • Les comtes de Bourgogne et leurs villes domaniales.

    Charles the Bold Putnam, Ruth, 1856-1931 1908

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