vive le roi
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“Vive le roi!” the crowd chanted as he climbed out of his pristine white Land Rover, emblazoned on the side with “ROYAUME DU MAROC.”
From The New Yorker
Vive le roi “You can always tell when the king is here.”
From Economist
Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi! was first declared upon the coronation of Charles VII following the death of his father, the mad and tragic Charles VI, in 1422.
From Salon
The soldier expiring on the battlefield cried "Vive le roi!" and vessels have gone down at sea with the entire crew shouting the same words; for "Vive le roi!" was, in their minds, equivalent to "Vive la France!"
From Project Gutenberg
The retreat was sounded, and, as the English re-embarked, troops of Indians came whooping down the heights, and hovered about their rear, to murder the stragglers and the wounded; while exulting cries of Vive le roi, from the crowded summits, proclaimed the triumph of the enemy.
From Project Gutenberg
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