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  • The road was through the lovely vale of Abrantes, which is esteemed the granary of Portugal.

    The Royal Military Chronicle 1812

  • This book had assumed such proportions, during the last few days, that it threatened to reach the dimensions of the Duchesse d'Abrantes 'memoires, but if the album was free to public admiration, nobody ever saw the diary, and Justine herself never had been able to discover the sanctuary that concealed this mysterious manuscript.

    The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

  • What other city furnishes such a work as the Duchess D'Abrantes '"Histoire des Salons de Paris"?

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 Various

  • At the Duchess d'Abrantes 'receptions he met “the relics of all the governments.”

    Cavour Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn 1898

  • This book had assumed such proportions, during the last few days, that it threatened to reach the dimensions of the Duchesse d'Abrantes 'memoires, but if the album was free to public admiration, nobody ever saw the diary, and Justine herself never had been able to discover the sanctuary that concealed this mysterious manuscript.

    Gerfaut — Complete Charles de Bernard 1827

  • Balzac writes to Madame Hanska: "The papers will have told you about the Duchesse d'Abrantes 'deplorable death.

    Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings

  • WFAR recently ended its Italian broadcasts after the host moved back to Italy, Abrantes says.

    Radio stations speak your language 2011

  • ‘We keep the language alive'Few people move from Portugal to New England these days, but those who have lived there for generations still feel they are part of a community, says David Abrantes, president of Radio WFAR in Danbury, Conn., which airs daily Portuguese programs.

    Radio stations speak your language 2011

  • WFAR recently ended its Italian broadcasts after the host moved back to Italy, Abrantes says.

    Radio stations speak your language 2011

  • ‘We keep the language alive'Few people move from Portugal to New England these days, but those who have lived there for generations still feel they are part of a community, says David Abrantes, president of Radio WFAR in Danbury, Conn., which airs daily Portuguese programs.

    Radio stations speak your language 2011

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