ellauri032.html on line 126: Teini-iässä Pascalin perhe muutti Roueniin. Muuton taustalla on kerrottu tarina, kuinka isä-Pascal riitaantui kardinaali Armand de Richelieun kanssa mitättömästä veroasiasta ja kardinaalin raivoa peläten perhe joutui piiloutumaan maan alle. Perheen maineen pelasti sittemmin Jacqueline, joka esiintyi nimettömänä eräässä Richelieuta huvittaneessa näytelmässä. Saatuaan tietää, että hänet hurmannut näyttelijätär oli erään hänen vihamiehensä tytär, kardinaali antoi Pascalin perheelle anteeksi ja sijoitti isä-Pascalin poliittisen virkaan Roueniin. Mitähän Jacqueline antoi kardinaalille? Komplimentin, sanoo ranskixet. Joopa joo. Tää on se sama paha Richelieu joka kiusasi d´Artagnania ja muita muskettikoiria. Ja sama Richelieu joka pani hanttiin mun sukulaisille 30-vuotisessa sodassa. Karsee ilkiö. Pascalien osakkeille tuli pohjanoteeraus, kiitos Richelieun.
ellauri055.html on line 213: Saint Fiacre's relics were preserved in his original shrine in the local church of the site of his hermitage, garden, oratory, and hospice, in present Saint-Fiacre, Seine-et-Marne, France, but later transferred in 1568 to their present shrine in Meaux Cathedral in Meaux, which is near Saint-Fiacre and in the same French department, because of fear that fanatical Calvinists endangered them. Saint Fiacre had a reputation for healing haemorrhoids, which were denominated "Saint Fiacre's figs" in the Middle Ages. Cardinal Richelieu venerated his relics hoping to be relieved of the infirmity.
ellauri109.html on line 429: [...] Pauvre cher bougre, j’ai bien envie de t’embrasser. Je serai content quand je reverrai ta figure. [...] Adieu, je t’embrasse et suis plus que jamais "Maréchal de Richelieu, juste-au-corps bleu, Mousquetaire gris, régence et cardinal Dubois", sacrebleu !
xxx/ellauri120.html on line 35: Novelist Bulwer-Lytton was a friend and contemporary of Charles Dickens and was one of the pioneers of the historical novel, exemplified by his most popular work, The Last Days of Pompeii. He is best remembered today for the opening line to the novel Paul Clifford, which begins "It was a dark and stormy night..." and is considered by some to be the worst opening sentence in the English language. However, Bulwer-Lytton is also responsible for well-known sayings such as "The penis mightier than the sword" from his play Richelieu. Despite being a very popular author with 19th-century readers, few people today are even aware of his prodigious body of literature spanning many genres. In the 21st century he is known best as the namesake for the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest (BLFC), sponsored annually by the English Department at San Jose State University, which challenges entrants "to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels", and the township of Lytton, or Camchin until the British nosey parkers came, saw and beat the copper-colored nlaka'pamuxes. Now their village got burned to ashes thanx to the industrial revolution.
xxx/ellauri165.html on line 386: In November they moved into a cheap flat at 27 Rue Française; Emma started drinking heavily and taking laudanum. She died on 15 January 1815, aged 49. Emma was buried in Calais on 21 January in public ground outside the town, with her friend Joshua Smith paying for the modest funeral at the Catholic church. Her grave was subsequently lost due to wartime destruction, but in 1994 a dedicated group unveiled the memorial which stands today in the Parc Richelieu in her honour.
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