fêtes champêtres
- plural of fête champêtre.
Example Sentences
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But such as they are in their shops, and back-parlours, and ball-rooms, and fêtes champêtres, there they are in Paul de Kock—nothing extenuated, little set down in malice—vain, empty, frivolous, good-tempered, gallant, lively, and absurd.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 by Various
I frequently attended receptions at the British Legation, and I particularly recall those in the spring of the year when they took the form of fêtes champêtres upon the well-kept lawn.
From As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century by Gouverneur, Marian
Instead of attempting to cling to the skirts of Society as a vendor of champagne or an organiser of fêtes champêtres, he—to use his own words—decided to cut the whole show.
From The Gloved Hand by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
The fêtes champêtres of the Venetian masters are here anticipated in the prose of the trecento.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington
Of his fêtes champêtres, recherchés dinners, château balls, a pleasant remembrance still lingers in the memory of many Quebecers and others.
From Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir
