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  • SELERIER, called the Auvergnat, Pere Ralleau, Le Rouleur, and especially Fil-de Soie, belonged to the aristocracy of the galleys, and was a member of the group of "Ten Thousand," whose chief was

    Repertory of the Comedie Humaine Part 2 Anatole Cerfberr 1865

  • Gavroche gently tugged at the cart from behind, and at the Auvergnat from the front, that is to say, by the feet, and at the expiration of another minute the imperturbable Auvergnat was reposing flat on the pavement.

    Les Miserables 2008

  • Auvergnat came to open the gate of Heaven to his friend, as he did that of the earthly temple on whose pediment we read the words — “A grateful country to its great men.”

    The Atheist's Mass 2007

  • One day Bianchon spoke to Desplein of a poor water-carrier of the Saint – Jacques district, who had a horrible disease caused by fatigue and want; this wretched Auvergnat had had nothing but potatoes to eat during the dreadful winter of 1821.

    The Atheist's Mass 2007

  • This Auvergnat distinguished himself by an amusing action.

    The Atheist's Mass 2007

  • One day Bianchon spoke to Desplein of a poor water-carrier of the Saint – Jacques district, who had a horrible disease caused by fatigue and want; this wretched Auvergnat had had nothing but potatoes to eat during the dreadful winter of 1821.

    The Atheist's Mass 2007

  • This Auvergnat distinguished himself by an amusing action.

    The Atheist's Mass 2007

  • Auvergnat came to open the gate of Heaven to his friend, as he did that of the earthly temple on whose pediment we read the words — “A grateful country to its great men.”

    The Atheist's Mass 2007

  • A gay, optimistic Examining Magistrate, eating a fillet of veal and lentils in an Auvergnat bistro as though he had frequented it all his life.

    Maigret Bides His Time Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1965

  • The Auvergnat who served him answered without hesitating.

    Maigret and the Burglar's Wife Simenon, Georges, 1903-1989 1956

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