Comines
Americannoun
noun
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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
Comines is not a master of style, though at times the weight of his thought and the simplicity of his expression combine to produce an effect not unhappy.
From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George
Before Comines, the French chronicle was little more than gossip, though it was often the gossip of genius.
From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George
It should be said that the Mémoires of Comines are not a continuous history.
From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George
On this occasion Philip de Comines in his Memoirs says: “I never saw any man living so holily, nor out of whose mouth the Holy Ghost did more manifestly speak.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." by Various
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