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Example sentences for "orgueil"

Lexicographically close words:
orgiastic; orgie; orgies; orgin; orgue; orgulous; orgy; ori; orie; oriels
  1. But one day she learned that the Comtesse de Montgomery was sheltered by the Governor, Sir Hugh Pawlett, her kinsman, at Mont Orgueil Castle.

  2. When the Queen's messenger arrived at Orgueil Castle, Lempriere chanced to be with Sir Hugh Pawlett, and the contents of Elizabeth's letter were made known to him.

  3. Then, upon the other hand, the gentry of the manors, seeing the friendship grow between her and the Comtesse de Montgomery at Mont Orgueil Castle, made courteous advances towards her father, and towards herself through him.

  4. The Governor greeted De la Foret with a sour smile, read to him the Queen's writ, and politely begged his company towards Mont Orgueil Castle.

  5. For this reason, and also because of the smallness of the harbour at its feet, Mont Orgueil had given way to the growing importance of S.

  6. The like has never been seen, and they will carry a ball from Mont Orgueil to the coast of Prance.

  7. It was this very "orgueil simple" that was his sad undoing.

  8. Orgueil *Il n’est orgueil que de sot enrichi = Set a beggar on horseback, he’ll ride to the devil.

  9. Il n'est orgueil que de pauvre enrichi=--There is no pride like that of a poor man who has become rich.

  10. That same day the gates of Mont Orgueil had been opened to allow his father's body to be taken to the grave.

  11. Dean Bandinel and his son James, the Rector of St. Mary's, were immediately clapped into prison in Mont Orgueil Castle, in the same cell that had formerly been occupied by Prynne.

  12. David Bandinel was buried in St. Martin's Churchyard, two miles to the north-west of Mont Orgueil by the Faldouet road.

  13. Less than a decade later and the walls of Mont Orgueil witnessed still blacker tragedy.

  14. Nor is Mont Orgueil by any means lacking in tragic "foot-notes" to history.

  15. Looking southward from Mont Orgueil at low tide it is possible to realize the extraordinary difficulties that attend the navigation of the Jersey seas.

  16. But one day she learned that the Comtesse de Montgomery was sheltered by the governor, Sir Hugh Pawlett, her kinsman, at Mont Orgueil Castle.

  17. The governor greeted De la Foret with a sour smile, read to him the Queen's writ, and politely begged his company towards Mont Orgueil Castle.

  18. Count de Maulevrier seized Mount Orgueil and half Jersey for Henry, while Carteret of Grosnez, Seigneur of St. Ouen, held the rest for Edward.

  19. Du Guesclin, who was commissioned by Charles the Wise, seized and held Mount Orgueil Castle.

  20. Mont Orgueil forms the crest of a lofty conical rock and looks down like a grim giant upon the blue waters that stretch away to the coast of France.

  21. Mont Orgueil is reached by a miniature railway leading from St. Helier's to the fishing village of Gorey.

  22. She shuts herself up so closely and seems to shrink from seeing people, but perhaps she will go to Orgueil just with us.

  23. For centuries to come, Orgueil will remain gathering more legendary charm as the slow years pass.

  24. Dreamily he recalled that whether Caesar built the tower or not, no reasonable doubt exists that Orgueil was occupied if not built by the mighty Prince Rollo, grandfather of William the Conqueror.

  25. I wanted dreadfully to ask about secret stairs,--you remember what that boy at Orgueil said--but perhaps when we are looking for the ghost there will be a chance to speak of the stairs.

  26. Some fishermen who happened to be out between Orgueil and the coast of France came in and reported that they had distinctly seen down in the channel the towers and streets and houses of an old town, forty feet or more under water.

  27. Mont Orgueil is said to have been occupied by Robert of Normandy, the unfortunate son of William the Conqueror.

  28. The old tower of La Hogue Bie was seen, and the castle of Mont Orgueil was still more closely inspected, the Queen walking up to it and visiting one of its batteries, with a view across the bay to the neighbouring coast of France.


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