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He is known to be a gueux, and Gidi Mavunga boasts of having harried and burned sundry of his villages, so he must make up by appearance for deficient reality.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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-- À quel titre le gueux se permettait-il de lui adresser la parole -- L'acteur s'est-il rappelé avoir été le camarade de l'inconnu?
French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann
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_ "N'ayez pas peur, Madame -- Je me menagerai bien -- on ne se bat pas pour ces gueux la comme pour son Roi."
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_ "N'ayez pas peur, Madame -- Je me menagerai bien -- on ne se bat pas pour ces gueux la comme pour son Roi."
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Their defence is, that they are insulted and overpowered if they attend the popular meetings, and by electing _ "les gueux et les scelerats pour deputes," _* they send them to
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Their defence is, that they are insulted and overpowered if they attend the popular meetings, and by electing _ "les gueux et les scelerats pour deputes," _* they send them to
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One is that it comes from _Au qui menez_ (To the mistleto go), which mummers formerly cried in France at Christmas; and the other is that it is derived from _Au gueux menez_, _i. e.
A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide John Ashton
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Cest ce quon appelle le jour de lessive des gueux.
Dans le Restaurant Thomas Stearns 1920
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The Protestants, encouraged by these events, began military operations by land and sea, and the gueux des bois (Land-Beggars) and the gueux de mer
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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It is related that as she showed signs of alarm at this demonstration Count de Berlaymont, member of the Council of State and a loyal supporter of the Government, said to her: "Rassurez-vous, Madame, ce ne sont que des gueux" (Courage, Madam, they are only beggars).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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