Thus miserably ended that too happy Septennate, and so no more at present of "Le joli lieu de ma naissance!"
"Peter Ibbetson"
George Du Maurier
The majority of this commission, monarchist by inclination, contented itself with proposing, in January, 1875, a law providing simply for the continuance of the existing "Septennate."
"The Governments of Europe"
Frederic Austin Ogg