"Boulle" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... on this question. Champlain does not mention the name of his wife in any of his writings, but we find later that she accompanied him to Quebec, where she dwelt for four years. The name of Champlain's wife was Helene Boulle, the daughter of Nicholas Boulle, secretary of the king's chamber, and of Marguerite Alix of St. Germain l'Auxerrois, Paris. Helene Boulle was born in 1598, and at the time of her marriage she was only twelve years of age. Her parents were Calvinists, and she was brought up in the same faith, ...
— The Makers of Canada: Champlain • N. E. Dionne
... the De Caens was marked by the presence at Quebec of Madame Champlain. The romance of Champlain's life does not, however, revolve about his marriage. In 1610, at the age of forty-three, he espoused Helene Boulle, whose father was secretary of the King's Chamber to Henry IV. {118} As the bride was only twelve years old, the marriage contract provided that she should remain two years longer with her parents. She brought a dowry of six thousand livres, and simultaneously ...
— The Founder of New France - A Chronicle of Champlain • Charles W. Colby
... whose design is particularly original, inasmuch as the shield is supported on one side by a Unicorn, and on the other by a female, possibly intended to represent a saint, an idea which was apparently copied by Symon Vincent, Lyons; the Unicorn was also used in the marks of L.Martin and G.Boulle, both of Lyons; and also in the very rough but original design employed by H.Hesker, Antwerp, 1496; whilst for its quaint originality a special reference may be made to the Mark of Franois Huby, Paris, of the latter part of the sixteenth century, for in this a Unicorn is represented as ...
— Printers' Marks - A Chapter in the History of Typography • William Roberts
... examined the flower-stands, filled with the choicest exotic plants, mounted in chased brass and inlaid in the style of Boulle, the Baroness was scared by the idea of the wealth in this apartment. And this impression naturally shed a glamour over the person round whom all this profusion was heaped. Adeline imagined that Josepha Mirah —whose portrait by Joseph Bridau was the glory of the adjoining boudoir—must ...
— Poor Relations • Honore de Balzac |
