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Definition of Oubliettes
1. oubliette [n] - See also: oubliette
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oubliettes
Literary usage of Oubliettes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas (1901)
"M. DE MAZARIN'S oubliettes. THEY went to the door through which Mazarin had
disappeared ; it was fastened ; D'Artagnan in vain endeavoured to open it. ..."
2. Russian Central Asia: Including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv by Henry Lansdell (1885)
"Inquiry for oubliettes and underground dungeons. — Testimony of official eye-witnesses.
— Testimony of ex-prisoners. — Examination of sra::-- ments in the ..."
3. Underground: Or, Life Below the Surface. Incidents and Accidents Beyond the by Thomas Wallace Knox (1876)
"THE oubliettes. — CRUELTIES OI THE BASTILE. — THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK. — HIS
ROMANTIC STORY. — DESTRUCTION OF THE BASTILE. ONE of the most famous dungeons ..."
4. A Summer Amongst the Bocages and the Vines by Louisa Stuart Costello (1840)
"oubliettes.— Charles VII.—The King's Wife.—Les Caves Peintes.—Adventure of the
Caves concluded.—Azay le Rideau.—Les Bannerets.—Cinq Mars. ..."
5. A Handful of Monographs: Continental and English by Margaret Junkin Preston (1886)
"... THE oubliettes OF CHILLON. SURELY there are no lakes in the world equal to
these Swiss ones, embedded as they are, like sapphires a%d emeralds in their ..."
6. A Ride on Horseback to Florence Through France and Switzerland by Augusta Macgregor Holmes (1842)
"... Chillon—Attentive gendarmes—oubliettes—Destiny of their inhabitants—Salle de
Justice—Torture room—Eating hall with its fleurs-de-lis—The dungeons—The ..."
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