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SOME FRENCHMEN by JOHN UPDIKE

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First Line: MONSIEUR ETIENNE DE SILHOUETTE
Last Line: DEVELOPED JUST IN TIME FOR BED
Subject(s): AMPERE, JEAN JACQUES ANTOINE (1800-1864); CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; DAGUERRE, LOUIS (1789-1851); FRANCE; GUILLOTIN, JOSEPH IGNACE (1738-1814); PAINTINGS AND PAINTERS; SAX, ADOLPH (1814-1894); SILHOUETTE, ETIENNE DE (1709-1767); WRITING & WRITERS; HANGING; EXECU

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