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A trompeur trompeur et demi is prettily said; and, if you please, you may call
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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Notre La Fontaine a dit longtemps après: "C'est un double plaisir de tromper un trompeur."
French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann
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Mais le parallèle est trompeur: "société de l'information" met l'accent sur un contenu, alors que "société industrielle" désigne l'infrastructure économique de cette société.
Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas Marie Lebert
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(Dautant quil ne sçait rien) doffenser un trompeur.
Institution pour l'Adolescence du Roy tres-chrestien Charles IX de ce nom 1920
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A 'trompeur trompeur et demi' is prettily said; and, if you please, you may call 'Varon, un
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1752 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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A 'trompeur trompeur et demi' is prettily said; and, if you please, you may call 'Varon, un
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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(ibid.q. 1, concl. 14), a principle more famously used in connection with Descartes 'thought experiment of a Dieu trompeur several centuries later.
William Crathorn Robert, Aurélien 2005
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