chef d'oeuvre
(French) a masterpiece.
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chef d'oeuvre(French) a masterpiece. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| "Yes, a chef d'oeuvre of the great Florentine sculptor, Benvenuto Cellini," replied Athos. A chef d'oeuvre of that kind of quiet evolution of character through circumstance, introduced into English literature by Miss Austen, and carried to perfection in France by George Sand (who is more to the point, because, like Mrs. Reuter sat silent a moment; some novel movements were evidently working in her mind, and they showed their nature on her astute brow; she was meditating some CHEF D'OEUVRE of policy. |
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