Commines
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noun
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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
None of this applause is undeserved, for the pages of Commines abound with excellences.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
The views of Philippe de Commines have already been quoted above, and they were shared by a long series of theoretical writers as well as by men of affairs.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
De Commines joined the Duke of Orleans in a conspiracy against the government of the Regent, which was discovered.
From In Château Land by Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth
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 Ady, Julia Mary Cartwright
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