sierra

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The duality was noticed and articulated by one of Montaigne’s earliest and most important readers, François Grudé, or, as he was better known, the sieur de La Croix du Maine.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 6, 2014

She has replaced him by the sieur Marmontel, author of Denis le Tyran.

From Queens of the French Stage by Williams, H. Noel

“Neh, sieur, I think they fear the stones and the things in them at night.”

From The Golden Rock by Glanville, Ernest

In this case the sieur de Martignon owned the lands on the north side of Grand Lake including the site of the old Indian village at Indian point where so any relics have been discovered.

From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)

The seigniory of Mathieu d’Amours, sieur de Freneuse, lay between the two seigniories of his brother Louis at Jemseg and Nashwaak, extending a distance of seven leagues and including both sides of the river.

From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)