soleil

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It was a coup de soleil--a sun-stroke Many of the porters had gone on ahead with the baggage, and I started off a man in haste to recall an angarep upon which to carry her and also for a bag with a change of clothes, as we had dragged her through the river.

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  • The brise soleil is opened when the museum opens at 10AM. —  DERBY, THE SASSY CAT
  • Feast your eyes on cirque du soleil-esque performances, energy dancers and a Caribbean Dance troupe. —  Newswire Today - Free Newswire - Press Releases Distribution
  • Floorplates and brise-soleil structures hang above the walkways and keep direct sunlight off workspaces. —  INHABITAT
  • It appears that I had received a coup-de-soleil, in addition to my other mischances When I returned to consciousness, I was astonished to see Gabriel and Roche by my side; the expedition had returned triumphant. —  Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet
  • L'imagination a vite fait de s'envoler, а travers cette lumiиre adoucie, vers tous les horizons familiers de la petite patrie, vers la vallйe de Grenoble, paresseusement allongйe dans ce bain de lйger soleil, au pied des Alpes dйjа engourdies, vers les terres rousses de Lonnes longйes par les futaies jaunissantes oщ s'abritent les gibiers, tranquilles cette annйe No doubt, the reason why this war has been, for France, so peculiarly a literary war, is that the mechanical life in the trenches, alternately so violent and so sedentary, has greatly enforced the habit of sustained contemplation based on a vivid and tragic experience. —  Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France
 

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