parvenue
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In Le Voleur, edited by Maurice Alhoy, he published La Grisette Parvenue, A Working Girl's Sunday, and Letters on Paris, a series of articles, incisive and farsighted, dealing with French politics.
From Honore de Balzac by Cooper, Frederic Taber
When she renewed her literary activity in 1742 with a translation of "La Paysanne Parvenue" by the Chevalier de Mouhy, Mrs. Haywood did not depend entirely upon her pen for support.
From The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood by Whicher, George Frisbie
