Bruant
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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For there to be found, among others, was a certain Mickey Finn, as celebrated in his day and town as Aristide Bruant was in a section of Paris of the nineties.
From Fifth Avenue by Maurice, Arthur Bartlett
He has also signed some fine posters, notably a Bruant which is a masterpiece of its kind.
From The French Impressionists (1860-1900) by Mauclair, Camille
In 1892 Bruant was received as a member of the society of Gens de Lettres.
From The Ways of Men by Gregory, Eliot
Georges Bruant, 1888; Blanc double de Coubert, 1892; Belle Poitevin, 1895, rose-coloured and very fragrant; and the handsome Rose à parfum de l'Hay, 1904, carmine cerise and deliciously scented.
From Roses and Rose Growing by Kingsley, Rose Georgina
To the noise of a strident chorus in choice argot, which I was told I should be thankful I did not understand, Bruant showed us into his café.
From Nights Rome, Venice, in the Aesthetic Eighties; London, Paris, in the Fighting Nineties by Pennell, Elizabeth Robins
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