Comines
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Christophe Bourgois, 29, a builder, said it was worth his while to drive to the French border town of Halluin from his Belgian home town of Comines.
From Reuters ● Sep. 2, 2022
The memoirs of Michel de Castelnau show more of the tradition of Comines than most of their contemporaries, and are remarkably full of political studies.
From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury
Everywhere in Comines is evident, however, the anti-feudal and therefore anti-mediaeval conception of a centralised government instead of a loose assemblage of powerful vassals.
From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury
Philippe de Comines has said that there is but one thing more severe on a man than the favor of kings, and that is their enmity.
From Francezka by Molly Elliot Seawell
It should be said that the Mémoires of Comines are not a continuous history.
From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury
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