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Madame Henri Bachelier cita anche una traduzione letterale della traduzione letterale che fece Quevedo della
Introduction à la vie devote di san Francesco di Sales. Nella biblioteca di Menard non v'è traccia a di quest’opera. Deve
trattarsi di uno scherzo del nostro amico, male interpretato

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preparando, a quanto mi dicono, la baronessa di Bacourt, o con la matita delicata e puntuale di Carolus Hourcade?

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