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MADAME JOURDAIN: Madame Jourdain kisses your hands [but declines].
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme 1622-1673 Moli��re 1647
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MADAME JOURDAIN: Madame Jourdain is as well as she can be.
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme 1622-1673 Moli��re 1647
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MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: Jordina, that is to say, Jourdain.
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme 1622-1673 Moli��re 1647
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All the aristocracy of the plough were eating there at Mait 'Jourdain's, the innkeeper's, a dealer in horses also and a sharp fellow who had made
Original Short Stories — Volume 08 Guy de Maupassant 1871
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All the aristocracy of the plough were eating there at Mait 'Jourdain's, the innkeeper's, a dealer in horses also and a sharp fellow who had made
Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant Guy de Maupassant 1871
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L'Isle-Jourdain, France -- No, not much has happened or is happening in this tiny, sleepy, French town -- some might call it a village -- nestled in the Vienne River valley in central France that would warrant a "dateline."
Dorian de Wind: One Constancy of War: The Youth of Those Who Fight and Die Dorian de Wind 2010
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L'Isle-Jourdain just happens to be our first sojourn after a long trans-Atlantic flight that originated at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and is the first chance to reflect on our journey thus far.
Dorian de Wind: One Constancy of War: The Youth of Those Who Fight and Die Dorian de Wind 2010
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As I mentioned, nothing much has happened recently in or nearby L'Isle Jourdain.
Dorian de Wind: One Constancy of War: The Youth of Those Who Fight and Die Dorian de Wind 2010
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In this biting social comedy a middle-class chap called Monsieur Jourdain tries to reinvent himself as an aristocrat by taking lessons in music, dancing, fencing and philosophy.
The Comédie-Française Pops Up in Paris Lennox Morrison 2012
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Arnaud Jourdain took photographs of a wall over five years to create this video with evolving layers of graffiti used as animation.
Graffiti in Motion 2009
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