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But in the end, despite his reservations, it was the Gothic sumptuousness of Chartres, not the simplicity of Coutances, that took hold of his imagination.
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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Coutances with its clean lines struck him as “the ideal image of outward austerity and inward refinement.”
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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But in the end, despite his reservations, it was the Gothic sumptuousness of Chartres, not the simplicity of Coutances, that took hold of his imagination.
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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Coutances with its clean lines struck him as “the ideal image of outward austerity and inward refinement.”
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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He felt more at home in the sweeping Norman vaults of Coutances, which he imagined his ancestors had helped construct.
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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He felt more at home in the sweeping Norman vaults of Coutances, which he imagined his ancestors had helped construct.
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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Then he went to Chartres, and examined its scaly spires and quaint carving then he idled about Coutances.
A Pair of Blue Eyes 2006
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It was just about at this time that there was a very unpleasant incident near Coutances: a group of local lads attacked a newt who, they claimed, had been acting suspiciously near a hen coop.
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On 28 July, advance vehicles of the 745th Tank Battalion, which was attached to the 1st Infantry Division during the drive on Coutances, ran into artillery, tank, and antitank defenses outside Cambernon; Company A reported that the artillery and mortar fire was the heaviest experienced since D day. 19
Steel Victory Yeide, Harry 2003
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De Hambye's widow, in memory of her lord, caused a tumulus of earth, to be raised on the spot where he was buried; and on the summit she built a chapel, with a tower so lofty, as to be visible from her own mansion at Coutances.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 396, October 31, 1829 Various
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