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  • And a few offbeat things that his hobby of history had sent him to: the assassination of John F. Kennedy, a politician; the meeting between Lorenzo d'Medici and the King of Naples; Jeanne d'Arc's death by fire -- grisly.

    Changed Man and the King of Words Card, Orson Scott 1979

  • It was one of the most gracious traits of Jeanne d'Arc's character that she liked to wear beautiful clothes, because it pleased the poor people to see her thus.

    Albert Durer T. Sturge Moore 1907

  • I had need to put this question; for it was one that De Baudricourt had insisted upon; for he knew something of Jacques d'Arc's opposition to his daughter's proposed campaign.

    A Heroine of France Everett-Green, Evelyn 1906

  • Pierre Cauchon to go to his native place and make inquiries as to the truth of Jeanne d'Arc's statement about her birth and upbringing.

    The Story of Rouen Theodore Andrea Cook 1897

  • There were seven of these singers in 1440, and it was one of Jeanne d'Arc's judges, Gilles Deschamps, who left money to provide the little choir-boys with the red caps they wear to this day to keep their little shaved heads from the cold.

    The Story of Rouen Theodore Andrea Cook 1897

  • I had need to put this question; for it was one that De Baudricourt had insisted upon; for he knew something of Jacques d'Arc's opposition to his daughter's proposed campaign.

    A Heroine of France Evelyn Everett-Green 1894

  • The secret of Jeanne d'Arc's success was not alone in rare decision of character, but in the seeing of visions which inspired her to self-confidence -- confidence in her divine mission.

    An Iron Will Orison Swett Marden 1887

  • Jeanne d'Arc's visions were but an extreme instance of what humbler souls have known in their degree in all ages.

    The History of David Grieve Humphry Ward 1885

  • By means of such records we may attain to a pretty accurate knowledge of Jeanne d'Arc's life and character.

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

  • During what was described as Jeanne d'Arc's mission, that is from Orléans to Compiègne, the

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

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