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‘Genealogical Tree,’ old portraits of the Bouillons, letters of Louis XIII, in order to buy Carrières and furniture in the modern style, M. and Mme. de Guermantes, moved by a sentiment in which the burning love of art may have played only a minor part, and which left them themselves more insignificant than before, had kept their marvellous Boule furniture, which presented a picture attractive in a different way to an artist.
The Guermantes Way 2003
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Bouillons, and the Lusignans had won sceptres and crowns, and he flattered himself that the name of Lauzun might in this vast adventurous career gain glory too.
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These blows were very sensibly felt by the other Bouillons, but it was no time for complaint.
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Learned men unacquainted with the Bouillons contested it, and De Bar was so pushed upon this point, that he made many delicate admissions.
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The Bouillons, piqued to excess, resolved to be revenged.
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It had all the marks of antiquity, and contained a triumphant proof of the descent of the house of La Tour, to which the Bouillons belonged, from the ancient Counts of Auvergne.
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In this history, the descent, by male issue; of the Bouillons from the
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The Bouillons wished to be recognised as descended, by male issue, of the
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"Founiais!" and she came out into Great Russel with a glorious sweep, shook herself proudly to the other tack, and went foaming past the Equêtelées and the Grands Bouillons, swept round the south of Jethou, and began short tacking for Peter Port in wake of her consorts.
Carette of Sark John Oxenham 1896
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Not desiring at any price to restore Sedan to him, he granted the equivalent demanded -- a great domain at Château-Thierry, much richer than that of Sedan, and, without effective sovereignty, that title of _Prince_, so dear to the vanity of the Bouillons, which the head of the family could not only transmit to his children, but which could descend also to his brother Turenne.
Political Women, Vol. 2 (of 2) Sutherland Menzies 1861
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