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Definition of Talleyrand
1. Noun. French statesman (1754-1838).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Talleyrand
Literary usage of Talleyrand
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology by Joseph Thomas (1901)
"of February, 1754, was the eldest son of Charles Daniel, Count de Talleyrand.
An accident which occurred in his infancy made him lame for life. ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1891)
"Talleyrand. IN the midst of the rumours that on all sides arose on the announcement
of the forthcoming ' Memoirs' of Prince Talleyrand, no truer words seem ..."
3. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"Talleyrand and Fouché had the courage to look the matter in the face. ...
On January 23 he attacked Talleyrand in public with unprecedented violence. ..."
4. The History of the Restoration of Monarchy in France by Alphonse de Lamartine, Rafter (1872)
"I. AFTER his triumphal entrance into Paris, the Emperor Alexander had dismounted
at Jie hotel of M. de Talleyrand, situated at the angle of the ..."
5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1880)
"Talleyrand, who, we may observe in passing, plays in the memoirs the new part of
his master's better genius,* counselled him to make a grand ..."
6. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1891)
"In that administration Talleyrand was to have been the minister of finance, ...
It is not a little singular that Talleyrand retained the bishopric of Autun ..."
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