The king went with the army in Poitou, where the property of the Huguenots was pillaged.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Parallel History of France and England; Consisting of Outlines and Dates] Reference

After the death of her mother, her father had withdrawn thence, and gone to reside with his brother in Poitou.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre] Reference

And morning saw the Lily-flag wide waving o'er Poitou.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845] Reference

"Gorgon -- Gorgon of Poitou," he returned with enthusiasm.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference

Poitou the limestone is dolomitic and bears nodules of chert.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference

Poitou; in the army he had at first been always called Le Petit.    From Wordnik.com.  [La Vend�e] Reference

The whole forms the finest assemblage of feudal ruins in Poitou.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference

Recordon, on Champagne; Lièvre, on Poitou; Bujeaud, on Angoumois.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference

Poitou-Charentes in France, will meet Western Cape MEC for finance.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Brittany long after the Vendean armies were put down in Poitou and.    From Wordnik.com.  [La Vend�e] Reference

Poitou, where a simple girl was consigned to the fire for reproving a.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference

Sarlaboux was right when he said I had chosen the best horse in Poitou.    From Wordnik.com.  [Orrain A Romance] Reference

She was the Rose of Poitou, the beauty and queen of the whole district.    From Wordnik.com.  [La Vend�e] Reference

Edward III. obtained, besides Guienne and Gascony, Poitou, Saintonge and.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference

VII; in Saintogne, Poitou, and Touraine, those of Charles V and of Philip.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

"That is M. Broussel's affair; and, mademoiselle, the marches are long in Poitou.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Orrain A Romance] Reference

Adolphe Denot was an orphan, but also possessed of a fair property in the province of Poitou.    From Wordnik.com.  [La Vend�e] Reference

Poitou, aye, and in all France, as long as the names of the great and the good are remembered.    From Wordnik.com.  [La Vend�e] Reference

The same in Poitou and Perche, anciently the country of the Druids, is derived from their rites.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference

There will be warm work in Poitou next week, Agatha; few of us then can think of love or marriage.    From Wordnik.com.  [La Vend�e] Reference

He returned to Poitou as soon as the Republic was proclaimed, together with de Lescure and Adolphe Denot.    From Wordnik.com.  [La Vend�e] Reference

Henry III. was always in want of money, and his crew of royal parasites from Poitou drained the exchequer.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rise of the Democracy] Reference

The provincial estates of Poitou, meeting in the Dominican convent of Poitiers, presented a contrast of this kind.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference

Ségolène is a Socialist politician who is currently the acting govenor of the Poitou-Charentes region of France.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kira Craft: Five Over 50: Women Who Continually Inspire] Reference

There are others in Anjou, and Poitou also, besides ourselves, who do not wish to leave their homes and their fields.    From Wordnik.com.  [La Vend�e] Reference

Poitou was one of the poorest districts of France, the peasants being glad enough to get bread and chestnuts for their main food.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heroes of Modern Europe] Reference

The king became so greatly alarmed that he fled from Poitou, after giving orders to arrest and imprison all the lepers in France.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference

He pointed to the Poitou, at the stern of which a man, leaning against the tiller, was looking at them as if waiting for his turn.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maigret and the Bum]

“Back to St. Florent; we have gained our object; we can tell our townsmen that the gentlemen of Poitou will fight on their side.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [La Vend�e] Reference

Everything yielded to the Mussulman arms: Abderamus pursued his route, ravaged Perigord, Saintonge, and Poitou, appeared in triumph in.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Moors of Spain] Reference

Poitou and Saintonge without damage and came to Blaye, and there passed the river of Gironde and arrived in the good city of Bordeaux.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series)] Reference

The town is illuminated for a victory which is said to have been gained this morning over the troops of Poitou, advancing to the Loire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845] Reference

In 1213 he was appointed seneschal of Poitou, with a view to the invasion of France which ended disastrously for John in the next year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference

Meanwhile the crane kept on scooping up sand from the hold of the Poitou and emptying it into lorries which stood waiting for their turn.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maigret and the Bum]

Clisson is about two leagues south of the town of Brassiere, in the province of Poitou, and is situated in the southern part of the Bocage.    From Wordnik.com.  [La Vend�e] Reference