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    Les Délices ("The Delights") was from 1755 to 1760 the home of the French philosopher Voltaire (1694–1778) in Geneva, Switzerland. Since 1952 it has housed...
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    (1739). Les Dons de Comus ou les Délices de la Table (in French). Paris: Chez Prault, Fils. pp. 222 and 235. Les Dons de Comus, ou les Délices de la table...
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    items carved in relief with penises and vulvas. The 1791 French novel Les Délices de Coblentz describes beds that are designed to increase sexual pleasure...
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    François (17-17 ; maître d'hôtel) Auteur du texte (1739). Les dons de Comus , ou Les délices de la table. Ouvrage non-seulement utile aux officiers de...
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  • province, Turkey Delice River, a river in Turkey Delices, a village in Dominica Délices, a gold mine and village in French Guiana Les Délices, a former home...
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    Creation of the Délices de Cartier jewellery collection. Launch of the Roadster watch. 2003 – Launch of the Le Baiser du Dragon and Les Délices de Goa jewellery...
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    Voltaire to the court of Frederick II of Prussia but moved with him to Les Délices in Geneva and then to Ferney, where they lived as a couple (though Voltaire...
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  • Chrystin, Jean-Baptiste. Les délices des Pays-Bas, Paris, MDCCLXXXVI, Vol. II. Pichat, H. La campagne du maréchal de. Saxe dans les Flandres; de Fontenoy...
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    François (1739). Les Dons de Comus, ou les Délices de la Table. Paris: Prault. Massialot, François (1691). Le cuisinier roïal et bourgeois. Paris: Charles...
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    December 2023. Culot et al. 1992, p. 77–79. Des Marez 1918, p. 143. Les délices des Pays-Bas, Brussels, 1697. Visible in the Brussels City Museum. Heymans...
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    dedicated to the life and works of Voltaire. The museum is housed in Les Délices, which was Voltaire's home from 1755 until 1760. The property was bought...
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    Voltaire is believed to have written a portion of it while living at Les Délices near Geneva and also while visiting Charles Théodore, the Elector-Palatinate...
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    Marcel Derrien, Geneva 2003, Minerva Press, p. 72 Nicolas de Bonnefons, "Les Délices de la Campagne," Amsteldan, chez Raphael Smith: 1654, LIVRE PREMIER....
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    letter to Bernard-François, marquis de Chauvelin (1716–1773), written at Les Délices, Voltaire's property near Geneva, on November 3, 1760, Voltaire writes:...
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  • Beloumi on the action packed, comedic, police drama Les Bleus, young Tony on the gangster mini-series Les Beaux Mecs and Brigadier Jean-Baptiste Medjaoui...
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    in 1674.: 5–6  In 1755 Voltaire bought a property in Geneva he called Les Délices. However he soon felt that his position in the Republic of Geneva was...
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  • the social sciences. A French translation by René R. Khawam, titled Les Délices des cœurs par Ahmad al-Tifachi, was published in 1971 and 1981, and an...
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    others were Nicolas Bonnefon, Le Jardinier françois (1651) and Les Délices de la campagne (1654), and François Massialot, Le Cuisinier royal et bourgeois...
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    Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet (French pronunciation: [emili dy ʃɑtlɛ] ; 17 December 1706 – 10 September 1749) was a French...
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    Voltaire (redirect from Arouet le Jeune)
    Paris, and he turned for Geneva, near which he bought a large estate (Les Délices) in early 1755. Though he was received openly at first, the law in Geneva...
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    institutionalisation of brothels in Le Pornographe (1769) and to describe a comprehensive range of sexual variations in L'Anti-Justine ou les Délices de l'Amour (1798)...
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  • in France belongs Celtigel (frozen meat, fish and vegetable dishes), Les Delices de la Mer (soups, sauces, bread spreads) and Agil Chien/Agil Chat (pet...
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    in G major: La Ménetou; Les petits âges: La muse naissante, Lenfantine, L'adolescente, Les délices; La Basque; La Chazé; Les amusemens Ordre 8ème de clavecin...
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    Triptyque de France (Sansot, 1921) Les Délices de Capharnaüm (Émile-Paul Frères, 1921) Élus et Appelés (Émile-Paul Frères, 1921) Le Mort remontant (Émile-Paul...
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  • George de Cuevas died at age 75 on 22 February 1961, at his villa, Les Délices, in Cannes. His troupe was to have opened Sleeping Beauty in Cannes the...
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  • Savanne. The village's name derives from the French words délices, translated as "delights", or délice meaning "a delightful thing". Though not as developed...
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  • René R. Khawam, based on an Arabic copy held in Paris, was published as Les Délices des cœurs par Ahmad al-Tifachi (1971 and 1981). A scholarly translation...
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    (1964), an English novel by Howard Melvin Fast La pourpre de Judée: ou, Les délices du genre humain (1967), a French novel by Maurice Clavel Bérénice (1968)...
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  • documented since the 17th century: Nicolas de Bonnefons, Le Jardinier françois (1651) and Les delices de la campagne (1684); François Menon, Cuisinière bourgeoise...
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    Emmanuel Godart Short Le clan des Lanzac Suzanne Bernier Josée Dayan TV movie Indiscrétions Felicidade Dhiniz Josée Dayan TV movie Les Délices du Monde The mayor...
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