Commines
Americannoun
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
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
"In Italy," as Commines wrote, "they make little difference between legitimate and illegitimate children."
From Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 by Ady, Julia Mary Cartwright
How long this great tower of Commines took, I can only conjecture.
From Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders by Edwards, George Wharton
One of them then told Commines that, if they had seen many such men of the duke of Burgundy's before, perhaps the peace had not been concluded so soon.
From The Boke of Noblesse by Unknown
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