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Princess of Prussia, in 1842: — “The Queen looked well and _rayonnante_, with that expression that she always has when thoroughly pleased with all that occupies her mind, which you know I always observe with delight, as fraught with that truth and reality which so essentially belong to her character, and so strongly distinguish her countenance, in all its changes, from the _fixed mask_ only too common in the royal rank of society.”
Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities 1861
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The good tidings communicated by the A —, toute rayonnante de joie.
Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843
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_New violet schorl_, or _sphene_ of HAÜY, (_rayonnante en goutière_ of SAUSSURE) in the same place.
Paris as It Was and as It Is Francis W. Blagdon 1798
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Je crois voir en je ne sais quoi de rayonnante, petite ambitieuse!”
Villette 2003
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XXX, 276); "Mémoires sur la détermination du pouvoir absorbant des corps pour la chaleur rayonnante" (XXX, 431); etc. TROOST in Comptes-Rendus, ix, 1259; MÉZIÈRES, ibid.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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La Nature triste nous ressemble et nous console; la Nature rayonnante, magnifique, superbe ... a quelque chose d'accablant. "[
The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In John Lubbock 1873
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"The Queen looked well and _rayonnante_, with the expression of countenance that she has when pleased with what surrounds her, and which you know I like to see.
Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2 Sarah Tytler 1870
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Je crois voir en je ne sais quoi de rayonnante, petite ambitieuse! "
Villette Charlotte Bront�� 1835
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