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" Combourg, the country has a savage aspect; husbandry not much further advanced, at least in skill, than among the Hurons, which appears incredible amidst inclosures; the people almost as wild as their country, and their town of Combourg one of the most... "
Memoirs of Chateaubriand, Vol - Page 111
by François René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1848 - 4 pages
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A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and ..., Volume 4

John Pinkerton - 1809 - 770 pages
...in {kill, than among the Hurons, which appears incredible amidft inclofures; the people аЬпоП: as wild as their country, and their town of Combourg one of the moft brutal filthy places that can be feen ; mud houfes, no windows, and a pavement fo broken, as to...
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The Cornhill Magazine

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1908 - 898 pages
...makes the following uncomplimentary reference to it : To Combourg the country has a savage aspect . . . the people almost as wild as their country, and their...of the most brutal, filthy places that can be seen . . . yet here is a chateau and inhabited : who is this M. de Chateaubriand, the owner, that has nerves...
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History of French Literature: From the end of the reign of Louis XIV till ...

Henri Van Laun - 1877 - 500 pages
...English ; when he saw, as at Corubourg, " the people almost as wild as their country, and the town one of the most brutal, filthy places that can be seen ; mud houses, and no pavement:"1 at Montauban "the people ... if possible, worse clad than with no clothes at all,"...
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Travels in France During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789

Arthur Young - 1889 - 472 pages
...SEPTEMBER 1st. To Combourg,5 the country has savage aspect ; husbandry not much further advanced, at,N least in skill, than among the Hurons, which appears...impede all passengers, but ease none — yet here ia a chateau, and inhabited ; who is this Mons. de Chateaubriant,6 the owner, that has nerves strung...
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Travels in France

Arthur Young - 1892 - 452 pages
...which appears incredible amidst inclosures; the people^ almost as wild as their couritryTajid'their town of Combourg one of the most brutal filthy places that can be seen ; mud houses, no windows, anct~sr pavement so broken, as to impede all passengers^Tmt ease none — yet here is a chateau, and...
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The Living Age, Volume 239

1903 - 852 pages
...earliest literary efforts. This is how the historic manor of Renfi strikes the owner of Bradfield Hall:— "One of the most brutal, filthy places that can be seen: mud houses, no windows, and a broken pavement. Yet here is a chateau and inhabited. Who is this Mons. de Chateaubriand, the owner,...
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The Fields of France: Little Essays in Descriptive Sociology

Agnes Mary Frances Robinson - 1904 - 336 pages
...literary efforts. This is how the historic manor of Rene " strikes the owner of Bradfield Hall :— " One of the most brutal, filthy places that can be seen: mud houses, no windows, and a broken pavement. Yet here is a chateau, and inhabited. Who is this Mons. de Chateaubriand, the owner,...
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Readings in European History: A Collection of Extracts from the ..., Volume 2

James Harvey Robinson - 1906 - 616 pages
...every appearance of rural happiness. In September, 1788, Young found himself in Brittany. Brittany. To Combourg. The country has a savage aspect ; husbandry...Yet here is a chateau, and inhabited. Who is this Monsieur de Chateaubriant, the owner, that has nerves strung for a residence amidst such filth and...
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Arthur Young's Travels in France: During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789

Arthur Young - 1906 - 690 pages
...Bretagne gives me an idea of its being a miserable province. — 22 miles. SEPTEMBER 1st. To Combourg,5 the country has a savage aspect ; husbandry not much...yet here is a chateau, and inhabited ; who is this Mons. de Chateaubriant,5 the owner, that has nerves strung for a residence amidst such filth and poverty...
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Arthur Young's Travels in France During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789

Arthur Young - 1906 - 474 pages
...than among the Hurons, which appears incredible amidst inclosures ; the people almost as wild astheir country, and their town of Combourg one of the most...yet here is a chateau, and inhabited ; who is this Mons. de Chateaubriant," the owner, that has nerves strung for a residence amidst such filth and poverty...
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