Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country (1906)
Miltoun, Francis · Boston, L. C. Page · leaf 42
hardly seems possible of this usuallytranquil stream, and there have always beenscoffers. Madame de Sevigne wrote in 1675 to M. deCoulanges (but in her case perhaps it was merewell-wishing), ^ La belle Loire, elle est un pensujette a se deborder, mais elle en est plusdouce. Ancient writers were… … S&s^ ^^ •■J^ J^ « -s; O !3 ^-4 & ^ <^ o ^ ?^ ■?v •Si s-i- ^ ^ A General Survey 19 (charbonniers) were all but ruined, they peti-tioned the government for assistance. Theofficial who had the matter in charge, and whosename — fortunately for his fame — does notappear to have been recorded,…
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