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After having tasted the luxury of England and Paris, I could not have returned with satisfaction to the coarse and homely table of Madame Pavilliard; nor was her husband offended that I now entered myself as a pensionaire, or boarder, in the elegant house of Mr. De Mesery, which may be entitled to a short remembrance, as it has stood above twenty years, perhaps, without a parallel in Europe.
Memoirs of My Life and Writings Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794 1994
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Une autre faute a t, dans la celebre affaire du pensionaire D'Amsterdam, de rendre aux Deputs de cette Ville la
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In the other half, a traiteur sends in the dinner; or if a bachelor, the master of the house dines at a _table d'hôte_, as a _pensionaire_.
Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. Archibald Alison 1829
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After having tasted the luxury of England and Paris, I could not have returned with satisfaction to the coarse and homely table of Madame Pavilliard; nor was her husband offended that I now entered myself as a pensionaire, or boarder, in the elegant house of
Memoirs of My Life and Writings Edward Gibbon 1765
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After having tasted the luxury of England and Paris, I could not have returned with satisfaction to the coarse and homely table of Madame Pavilliard; nor was her husband offended that I now entered myself as a pensionaire, or boarder, in the elegant house of
Memoirs of My Life and Writings Edward Gibbon 1765
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After having tasted the luxury of England and Paris, I could not have returned with satisfaction to the coarse and homely table of Madame Pavilliard; nor was her husband offended that I now entered myself as a pensionaire, or boarder, in the elegant house of
Memoirs of My Life and Writings Edward Gibbon 1765
marc.2.0 commented on the word pensionaire
Noun - a person employed to reduce the annual costs for care and equipment for a pensioner and to cover unforeseen expenses such as sick leave; an accountant.
September 7, 2023