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On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower," a corruption by the peasantry of "D'Enville's Chateau," so called from my great - grandfather, Phelim St. Remy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Bret Harte 1869
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Enville, Duchesse d ', hospitality to Smith at Geneva, 191; on Smith's French, 192
Life of Adam Smith Rae, John, 1845-1915 1895
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When I was nineteen years old my father sold the Chateau d 'Enville, and purchased my commission in the "Fifty-sixth" with the proceeds.
The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Bret Harte 1869
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Barbara and little Clare, left alone in the cold, wide world, with nothing before them but a mournful and wearisome journey, and Enville
Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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All members of the Enville family and household are fictitious persons.
Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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"I counted her most like to wed with Arthur Tremayne," said Lady Enville carelessly.
Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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It was rather a misfortune that at this moment it pleased Lady Enville to kiss Clare's forehead, and to say --
Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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Lady Enville was shocked at such notions; they were both unmaidenly and communistic: had Clare no sense of what was becoming in a knight's step-daughter?
Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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"Gramercy, Barbara!" said Lady Enville pettishly, with a shrug of her shoulders.
Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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Lady Enville took her usual resource -- an injured tone and a handkerchief -- while Sir Thomas sent for Blanche.
Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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