Lexicographical Neighbors of Mauvaise
Literary usage of Mauvaise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"mauvaise maison, où le coq se tait et la poule chante. — Answering to our "
hen-pecked " husband. Petit chaudron, grandes oreille». ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Nothing but strong excitement and a great occasion overcomes a certain reserve
and mauvaise honte which I have in public speaking ; not a mauvaise honte ..."
3. The Writings of Thomas Jeffersonby Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the United States by Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the United States (1903)
"... et des gens de mauvaise vie, disoient à ses Disciples : Pourquoi voire ...
et lee gem de mauvaise vie ? ; dit : Ce ne sont pas ceux qui son 17. ..."
4. Letters to His Son: On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a by Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh (1901)
"This proceeds from a mauvaise Honte, which makes them ashamed of going into
company; and frequently too, from the want of the necessary language (French) to ..."
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