- a variation of Comines.
Commines
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Philippe de Commines is actually Andre Bercoff, 37, a former cultural editor of the newsmagazine L'Express.
From Time Magazine Archive
His first act was to hold a council of war, which decided in favour of peace, and Commines was sent to treat with the Marquis of Mantua.
From Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 by Julia Mary Cartwright Ady
This delay discouraged the French, who suffered from the great heat, and complained, as Commines tells us, of the sourness of the country wine, the last vintage having been a bad one.
From Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 by Julia Mary Cartwright Ady
The fashion of their friendship was such," says Commines, "that it could not last long.
From Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 by Julia Mary Cartwright Ady
After these particulars, Commines repeats his censures of the duke of Burgundy's infatuated conduct, in throwing away that advantage of English aid, which he had been labouring all his life to procure.
From The Boke of Noblesse by Unknown
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