Gondrin

Gondrin, had preferred what he styled "my grace and beauty" to the most wealthy partis of France.

Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

And, "he added, pointing to Gondrin, who was gazing at him with the peculiar attention of a deaf man," Gondrin is a finished soldier, a soldier who is honour itself, and he merits your highest esteem.

Folk Tales Every Child Should Know Hamilton Wright Mabie 1880

Gondrin -- sole survivor of the men who were bold enough to go into the water and build the bridges by which the army crossed -- that Gondrin, here present, admirably conducted himself, and saved us from the

Folk Tales Every Child Should Know Hamilton Wright Mabie 1880

Unable to read or write, deaf and decrepit, Gondrin forlornly left Paris which had treated him inhospitably, and returned to the village in Dauphine, where the mayor, Dr. Benassis, gave him work as a ditcher and continued to aid him in 1829.

Repertory of the Comedie Humaine Part 1 Anatole Cerfberr 1865

Gondrin -- sole survivor of the men who were bold enough to go into the water and build the bridges by which the army crossed -- that Gondrin, here present, admirably conducted himself, and saved us from the

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 Charles Dudley Warner 1864

"I am accustomed to submit to the judgment of those who are wiser than myself, monsieur, and you heard yesterday the manner in which the Abbe Gondrin spoke of Monsieur Phellion."

The Lesser Bourgeoisie Honor�� de Balzac 1824

The Abbe Gondrin passed hastily over the compliments, eager to know in what way he could be useful to his fellow-man.

The Lesser Bourgeoisie Honor�� de Balzac 1824

Gondrin, director of the consciences of Madame Thuillier and Celeste, who was to give the nuptial blessing.

The Lesser Bourgeoisie Honor�� de Balzac 1824

No, madame, "he continued, rising," the Abbe Gondrin will not preach this year through Lent at our humble Saint-Jacques du

The Lesser Bourgeoisie Honor�� de Balzac 1824

As an exact historian, we must go back and begin the day at six in the morning, when we can see Madame Thuillier going to the Madeleine to hear the mass that the Abbe Gondrin was in the habit of saying at that hour, and afterwards approaching the holy table, -- a viaticum which pious souls never fail to give themselves when it is in their minds to accomplish some great resolution.

The Lesser Bourgeoisie Honor�� de Balzac 1824