fêtes champêtres
- plural of fête champêtre.
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
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
