arrêt
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arrêts
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He had never been a strong man, and at fifty-three he received, at his doctor's hands, his arrêt de mort.
From Amiel's Journal by Mrs. Humphry Ward
The new Parliament has dared to remonstrate against a declaration obtained by the Chancellor for setting aside an arrêt of 1762, occasioned by the excommunication of Parma.
From Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II by Horace Walpole
For on his face, regarded in and by itself, is indicated the ground tone of all his thoughts and efforts, the arrêt irrevocable of his future, and of which he is only conscious when alone.
From Essays of Schopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer
In 1742 another arrêt granted privileges for twenty years to both these establishments, and Marie Moreau dying in 1743 left Dominique her business.
From The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods by William Chaffers
Arles had its court of love, more splendid than now, and its arrêt d’amour was more binding than the charms of the brightest eyes that shine in Provence to-day.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various
The latest arrêts of the council had ordained that all shares should be paid in paper: and instantly a crowd assembled round the bank, to exchange their gold and silver for bank-notes.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 by Various
In 1785 the French council of state, irritated by the large influx of British manufactures which were smuggled into France, issued arrêts restraining trade with Great Britain.
From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Reginald Lane Poole
New arrêts, new retrenchments, new misery, stalk forth every day.
From Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II by Horace Walpole
Among the Edits, Ordonnances Royaux, declarations, et arrêts du Counsel d'etat Roi concernant le Canada, nothing concerning Indian intoxication is to be found.
From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Charles Roger
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