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[311] The postponement of him, to this last chapter of the first division of the book, was determined on chiefly because his _novels_ were not begun at all till years after the other greater novelists, already dealt with, had made their reputation, while the greatest of them -- the "Mousquetaire" and "Henri Trois" cycles -- did not appear till the very last _lustrum_ of the half-century.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889
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Christie's expects to make anywhere from $210 million to $310 million by selling works such as Picasso's 1968 portrait of a musketeer, "Mousquetaire à la pipe," for at least $12 million.
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Leading the latest round was Pablo Picasso's 1968 portrait of a musketeer smoking a pipe and sporting an apple-green jacket and violet cap, "Mousquetaire à la pipe," which sold to a bidder in the room for $14.6 million.
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Acquires a distinct Idea of the French Government — Quarrels with a Mousquetaire, whom he afterwards fights and vanquishes, after having punished him for interfering in his amorous Recreations.
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Acquires a distinct Idea of the French Government — Quarrels with a Mousquetaire, whom he afterwards fights and vanquishes, after having punished him for interfering in his amorous
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Acquires a distinct Idea of the French Government — Quarrels with a Mousquetaire, whom he afterwards fights and vanquishes, after having punished him for interfering in his amorous Recreations.
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She recognised him immediately, tall, fair, arrogantly handsome and wearing his soft hat _à la Mousquetaire_.
The Orchard of Tears Sax Rohmer 1921
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True, this attitude was atoned for on occasion by blunt boldness, but the abased position and the lack of subtle distinction of air and mind of the noble, forbade to the Fourth Mousquetaire the last gracious touch of a Bayard of heroism.
The Delicious Vice Young Ewing Allison 1892
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As the rather dusty promenades in the Thiergarten do not give me enough of a shaking-up in the time that I have available for that purpose, Mousquetaire will arrive here tomorrow, so that he, with his lively gallop, may play the counterpart to the tune that politics is dancing in my head.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle Kuno Francke 1892
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A sort of _Mousquetaire au couvent_ the other way about, don't you know.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Lucas Malet 1891
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