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The "Characters" of Jean de La Bruyère

Note 754 — XIV. OF CERTAIN CUSTOMS.

Henri Van Laun translation

Such men were a M. Sonnin, the son of a receveur-général, who called himself M. de Sonningen, and M. Nicolai, Marquis de Goussainville, descended from a M. Nicolas.

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