plafond

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Naked female figures fill every plafond, and fauns and satyrs, with the most licentious passions in their faces, support the festoons and hold together the intricate ornament of the frescoes.

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Plafond, pla-fond′, n. the ceiling of a room, any soffit.

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He was an honest, kindly-natured man, this pear-headed potentate, who reigned, “comme la corniche règne autour d’un plafond.”

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Within the thickness of this wall, staircases descend to a lower gallery over the plafond of the proanos of the colonnade lighted from above.

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Oh, comme c'est ennuyant de voyager, il faut tourner la t�te pour regarder les tableaux, et on casse le cou par ici: il faut regarder par la f�netre pour voir la vue, et on casse le cou par l�: il faut regarder au plafond pour voir les fresques, et on casse le cou de tous les c�t�s � la fois.

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