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DaughterBorn in France 13 years ago: “Froide, papa!”
perfectly formed 2005
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The best is to make it into what is called Parched Meal, (Farine Froide.)
History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing -1775 Le Page du Pratz
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February sun inundated the calm sparkling sea with floods of sunshine, which fell also on the rocks of the Basse-Froide, as if to efface all remembrance of the drama which had been enacted there the previous night.
The Waif of the "Cynthia" Jules Verne 1866
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"In fact the Basse-Froide is not marked down, nor the point of Sein," he cried.
The Waif of the "Cynthia" Jules Verne 1866
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But for running on the rocks of the Basse-Froide, we would probably have pursued the route through the Suez Canal, and then we should have reached Behring's Strait too late to meet the 'Vega.'
The Waif of the "Cynthia" Jules Verne 1866
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I had not yet paid a visit to the ravine, which, situated as it was in the midst of the _Terre-Froide_, yielded the same kind of productions as the _Terre-Chaude_.
Aventures d'un jeune naturaliste. English Lucien Biart 1863
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We shivered with cold, for on the great plateau which we had now reached, to which the inhabitants of the lower regions give the name of _Terre-Froide_, the mornings are frosty.
Aventures d'un jeune naturaliste. English Lucien Biart 1863
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It is, however, never warm enough to allow tropical fruit to ripen; but the _Terre-Froide_ only deserves its name when it is compared with the _Terre-Chaude_ and the
Aventures d'un jeune naturaliste. English Lucien Biart 1863
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When we had reached the summit of this second ridge, a boundless plain lay spread out before our gaze; we were now on the central plateau of Mexico, in the _Terre-Froide_, eight thousand seven hundred feet above the level of the sea.
Aventures d'un jeune naturaliste. English Lucien Biart 1863
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"Up to the present time we have only traversed what is called the _Terre-Tempérée_; we shall now soon reach the _Terre-Froide_, and in three or four days we shall again encounter habitations."
Aventures d'un jeune naturaliste. English Lucien Biart 1863
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