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Du coup pour demain je me suis acheté "Un long dimanche de fiancailles" de Sebastien Japrisot ...
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2004
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His nephew, on the contrary, resided almost constantly on the marches of Wales, occupied in settling by prudence, or subduing by main force, the various disturbances by which these provinces were continually agitated; and Eveline learned with surprise, that it was with difficulty his uncle had prevailed on him to be present at the ceremony of their being betrothed to each other, or, as the Normans entitled the ceremony, their _fiancailles_.
The Betrothed Walter Scott 1801
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Constable's resolution should have been proclaimed to us yesterday before the _fiancailles_ had united his troth with that of
The Betrothed Walter Scott 1801
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She therefore insisted, that the Constable having altered his intentions in this most important particular, the _fiancailles_ should be entirely abrogated and set aside; and she demanded of the Primate, as an act of justice, that, as he had interfered to prevent the bridegroom's execution of his original purpose, he should now assist with his influence wholly to dissolve an engagement which had been thus materially innovated upon.
The Betrothed Walter Scott 1801
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She had laid aside mourning since the ceremony of the _fiancailles_, and was dressed in a kirtle of white, with an upper robe of pale blue.
The Betrothed Walter Scott 1801
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Il repondait a une suggestion Americaine qui buy generic low price cialis Hezbollah et la discorde palestinienne Hamas devrait reconnaitre l'Israel avant d'attendre tous fiancailles Americains.
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Il repondait a une suggestion Americaine qui buy generic low price cialis Hezbollah et la discorde palestinienne Hamas devrait reconnaitre l'Israel avant d'attendre tous fiancailles Americains.
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Il repondait a une suggestion Americaine qui buy generic low price cialis Hezbollah et la discorde palestinienne Hamas devrait reconnaitre l'Israel avant d'attendre tous fiancailles Americains.
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Un long dimanche de fiancailles (A Very Long Engagement), Sebastien Japrisot.
oatcake Diary Entry oatcake 2003
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_fiancailles_ of respectable young persons in Troy; and for twelve years his courtship ran an even course.
The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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