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  • This said man, called the Touranian by the common people, because he had been born in our merry Touraine, had for his true name that of Anseau.

    Droll Stories — Volume 3 Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • This said man, called the Touranian by the common people, because he had been born in our merry Touraine, had for his true name that of Anseau.

    Droll Stories — Complete Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • A good Touranian in Touraine, Saint Catherine was an Armagnac ever on the side of those who fought for the Dauphin

    The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 Anatole France 1884

  • Touranian, heeding not the brewing storm avoided it by walking out silently with his ears down, like a wet dog being kicked out of a

    Droll Stories — Complete Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • Touranian, and joyfully to chronicle the merry doings of the famous people of this sweet and productive land, more fertile in cuckolds, dandies and witty wags than any other, and which has furnished a good share of men of renown in France, as witness the departed Courier of piquant memory; Verville, author of _Moyen de Parvenir_, and others equally well known, among whom we will specially mention the Sieur

    Droll Stories — Volume 1 Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • Touranian, heeding not the brewing storm avoided it by walking out silently with his ears down, like a wet dog being kicked out of a

    Droll Stories — Volume 1 Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • At this business, agreeable to God, to the King and to himself, Bruyn gained renown as a good Christian and loyal knight, and enjoyed himself thoroughly in these lands beyond the seas, since he more willingly gave a crown to the girls than to the poor, although he met many more poor people than perfect maids; but like a good Touranian he made soup of anything.

    Droll Stories — Volume 1 Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • At this business, agreeable to God, to the King and to himself, Bruyn gained renown as a good Christian and loyal knight, and enjoyed himself thoroughly in these lands beyond the seas, since he more willingly gave a crown to the girls than to the poor, although he met many more poor people than perfect maids; but like a good Touranian he made soup of anything.

    Droll Stories — Complete Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • The night came; the little Touranian, exalted with pride caparisoned with desire, and spurred by his "alacks" and "alases" which nearly choked him, glided like an eel into the domicile of the veritable

    Droll Stories — Volume 1 Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • The Touranian, still sensible, gave a movement of delight at the sight of the brocaded bed where the sweet form was about to repose.

    Droll Stories — Volume 1 Honor�� de Balzac 1824

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