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  • "I am called Briquet -- Robert Briquet, monsieur."

    The Forty-Five Guardsmen Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836

  • The old French "Briquet," the Afghan "Charay," and the Goorka "Kukkri," exemplify this fact in the history of arms.

    First Footsteps in East Africa Richard Francis Burton 1855

  • In 1999, the Bibliothèque de Genève joined the project by allowing the Gravell archive to use unpublished watermark tracings by Charles-Moise Briquet, amounting to over 27,000 images of which a sample were added to the web database and the rest compiled on CD-ROM.

    Creating, Managing & Pres. Dig. Assets: Thomas Gravell Watermark Archive 2008

  • In 1999, the Bibliothèque de Genève joined the project by allowing the Gravell archive to use unpublished watermark tracings by Charles-Moise Briquet, amounting to over 27,000 images of which a sample were added to the web database and the rest compiled on CD-ROM.

    Archive 2008-01-01 2008

  • The French officer's sword skewered past Sharpe's swerve and a Marine, instinctively seizing the blade, screamed as Briquet withdrew and cut the Marine's fingers to the joints.

    Sharpe's Siege Cornwell, Bernard 1987

  • A musket banged somewhere, then another, but Briquet took no notice.

    Sharpe's Siege Cornwell, Bernard 1987

  • Two hundred men, Briquet said, could capture this fort.

    Sharpe's Siege Cornwell, Bernard 1987

  • A man appeared above him, startled, but a musket shot from below dissolved the man's face in blood and Briquet, spattered by the gore, spat as his head cleared the embrasure's lip.

    Sharpe's Siege Cornwell, Bernard 1987

  • Briquet, sensing the flash of steel, ducked, but a Marine's bayonet thumped on his ribs and the Heavy Cavalry sword took him in the side of the neck to end his hopes of glory.

    Sharpe's Siege Cornwell, Bernard 1987

  • Briquet shouldered a Sergeant aside with a snarl and climbed the first ladder as if the dogs of hell were at his heels.

    Sharpe's Siege Cornwell, Bernard 1987

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