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The "Characters" of Jean de La Bruyère

Note 541 — XI. OF MANKIND.

Henri Van Laun translation

Balais in French, a kind of pale-coloured ruby, so called, according to Littréʼs Dictionnaire, from Balakschan or Balaschan, not far from Samarcand.

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