Word: seigneurs
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...first performed at the Opéra-Comique, Paris, in 1907. It is called La Légende du Point D'Argentan. The story. The hamlet of Argentan has been famous for its point-lace, of which the secret design has been lost. For this design, the local seigneur, wishing to present a magnificent robe to the Queen of France, has offered a handsome reward. In the village dwells a beautiful damsel, Rose-Marie. Her parents are very, very poor-in fact, the family starves, so Rose-Marie prays for help. As she rises from her knees, there...
...present stage of negotiations that Maxim Litvinov, Assistant Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, scurried from Moscow across the face of Europe to the British Metropolis. The Times, displaying an attitude entirely in keeping with that of the greater part of the British press, printed a letter from one Athelstan Riley, Seigneur of Trinity, Jersey, in which lofty scorn is apparent...