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Thus Mme. Pauvre may not sell a pane to M. Riche for one franc, after which he will break it, get two francs and buy a new one.
Stromata Blog: 2009
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Thus Mme. Pauvre may not sell a pane to M. Riche for one franc, after which he will break it, get two francs and buy a new one.
Bastiat Updated 2009
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You can't miss one of the oldest churches in Paris, l'Eglise St. Julien le Pauvre in the 5eme arrondissement, right across the Seine from Notre-Dame cathedral.
What to Do in Paris / Que faire a Paris? - French Word-A-Day 2009
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In stark contrast to America's political engagement on this subject, Le Monde felt the responsibility to feature an op-ed column on this very issue, "Pauvre ministere de la culture!"
Raymond J. Learsy: Le Monde, the Arts, Our Presidential Politics Raymond J. Learsy 2012
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Pauvre Tadpole … the school of “live and learn” strikes again.
moon 2008
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"Pauvre Sapin"! ... long and horizontal like a Boeing 747! set for take off!?
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You can't miss one of the oldest churches in Paris, l'Eglise St. Julien le Pauvre in the 5eme arrondissement, right across the Seine from Notre-Dame cathedral.
What to Do in Paris / Que faire a Paris? - French Word-A-Day 2009
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"Pauvre Sapin"!... long and horizontal like a Boeing 747! set for take off!
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( "Pauvre petit," she is said to have sighed, "il est tellement laid!") that she made it a part of her tirelessly active life to have the newts accepted as a member of the United Nations.
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Given his astonishing wealth, estimated at twenty million livres (something like one hundred twenty million pounds today), Antoine was known as Crozat le Riche, while Pierre was nicknamed Crozat le Pauvre, in spite of his fortune of at least eight million livres (some forty-two million pounds today), his huge Paris residence in Rue de Richelieu, and his château in vast landscaped grounds at Montmorency, north of Paris.
The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006
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