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In French it is sometimes called a souvenir, but this is a false friend, souvenir being the infinitive for the verb "to remember". Bijouterie , the art of making or wearing bijoux, has thus developed its own private language or rebus known only to the initiated.
Beau Geste is an adventure novel by British writer P. C. Wren, which details the adventures of three English brothers who enlist separately in the French Foreign Legion following the theft of a valuable jewel from the country house of a relative. Published in 1924, the novel is set in the period before World War I.
Translation Peter H. Lee: Pine River and Lone Peak (English translation) 1994 Poetry Lee Hyeonggi: Undying City: Fiction Yi Cheong-jun: White Clothes: Drama — — Criticism Kim Uchang: A Jewel of a Poet: Translation Choe Yun & Patrick Maurus: La Place by Choi In-hoon (French translation) 1995 Poetry Hwang Tong-gyu: Strong Wind at Misiryong ...
The Indiscreet Jewels (or The Indiscreet Toys, or The Talking Jewels; French: Les Bijoux indiscrets) is the first novel by Denis Diderot, published anonymously in 1748.It is an allegory that portrays Louis XV of France as Mangogul, Sultan of Congo, who owns a magic ring that makes women's vaginas ("jewels") talk.
In 1911, Phillips Barry, who had studied folklore at Harvard, published an article claiming that the origins of "The Unfortunate Lad", which he incorrectly termed ‘The Unfortunate Rake’, were to be found in a fragment called "My Jewel, My Joy". [12] His argument was based on a one-verse fragment provided with a tune of the same name.
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A French translation is titled Un Dyamant parle, a diamond talks. [ 78 ] [ 79 ] The English courtier and poet Sir Thomas Chaloner also translated the verse. [ 80 ] The gift to Elizabeth was widely reported, and the English bishop John Jewel sent copies of the verses to his friends.
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