tiers état
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Even in the hall reserved for dignitaries and officials the fare was the same as for us in the tiers état.
From A Tramp's Sketches by Graham, Stephen
I sided with the tiers état, not from factious feeling, but from justice.
From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by Ryde, H. T.
The States-general has met and the tiers état is not ready.
From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 5, May, 1884 by Various
Qu'est-ce que c'est que le tiers état? rien! qu' est qu'il doit être?
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle by Francke, Kuno
The triumph of the tiers état was of little consequence, so long as the people, that is to say, all human kind in its widest acceptation, did not prevail.
From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by Ryde, H. T.
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