Nivernais
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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But this is not the case with their confrères who reside in the uplands, amongst the arid and volcanic mountains, without roads, and the thickly timbered hill-district which joins the Nivernais.
From Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches by Jesse, William
Werder, after occupying Dijon, was to have gone westward through the Nivernais in order to assist other forces in the designs on Bourges.
From My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
The story as given by Nivernais is the most intelligible account.
From Historical Mysteries by Lang, Andrew
This same year appeared her "Plowing Scene in the Nivernais," now in the Luxembourg Gallery, thought to be her most important work after her "Horse Fair."
From Lives of Girls Who Became Famous by Bolton, Sarah Knowles
The Ministere des Beaux Arts paid her three thousand francs for her "Labourge Nivernais."
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women by Hubbard, Elbert
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