Singleton, Esther, d 1930, [from old catalog] ed. and tr · New York, Dodd, Mead & co. · leaf 186
present the descendants ofa far wilder fauna which Merwing and Carling may wellhave hunted a dozen centuries since under the spreadingboughs of those ancient oaks that bear to-day the quaintnames of Pharamond and of Charlemagne. The original Chateau, of which St. Louiss bed-chamberforms the chief… … FONTAINEBLEAU 135 the fact that it was consecrated by Thomas a Becket dur-ing his period of exile from the anger of Henry at theFrench Court. The Chateau was a favourite residence ofthe saintly Louis IX. whose name still clings to the arcadeof the Cour Ovale, though scarcely a trace of his…
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