Livres
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Pour savoir de quoi l’on est coupable, il faut interroger son curé, ou lire la liste des péchés, telle qu’elle se trouve imprimée dans les
livres
intitulés :Préparation au sacrement de la Pénitence.
More example sentences with word livres
For many centuries, even while metallic money circulated, the task of defining units of account –
livres
tournois, marks, gulden, florins, or dollars – remained a task of the state (or of those with political power).
'What a difference!' the gaoler answered promptly; 'why you, M. le cure, we know that you have an income of 800 livres, a fine place in the sun ...'Such are the events which, commented upon, exaggerated in twenty different ways, had been arousing for the last two days all the evil passions of the little town of Verrieres.
You all know that forty-eight years ago I inherited a piece of land which brings me 800 livres; I shall live on that income.
This distresses me, albeit I have an income of eight hundred
livres.
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