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"ref": "1889, Alexandre Dumas, “In Which the Unknown of the Hostelry of the Medici Loses His Incognito”, in The Vicomte de Bragelonne, volume I, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, page 88",
"text": "“My brother,” replied the French prince, “you ask me for a million,—me, who was never possessed of a quarter of that sum! I possess nothing. I am no more king of France than you are king of England. I am a name, a cipher dressed in fleur-de-lised velvet,—that is all. I am upon a visible throne; that is my only advantage over your Majesty. I have nothing; I can do nothing.”",
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"ref": "1988 December 19, Cliff Kirkland, “Saints at home where they belong”, in The Sun Herald, volume 105, number 80, page D-1",
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"ref": "1999 June 26, Mark Lepage, “Finest of the freebies: We offer a sampling of the best bang for no bucks in the festival’s outdoor shows”, in The Gazette, Montreal, Que., page S 5",
"text": "In the meantime, tourists looking for a shorthand course in what happens from St. Denis St. eastward can join the fleur-de-liséd crowd when Marjo and her longtime guitar consort Jean Millaire work their mojo.",
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