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  • Hans Grade, the first German to fly, made his early efforts on a "Demoiselle" type machine, 1908.

    The Aeroplane Speaks Fifth Edition 1919

  • Hans Grade, the first German to fly, made his early efforts on a "Demoiselle" type machine, 1908.

    The Aeroplane Speaks 1917

  • This latter because, in the early days, it was heroism to trust life to the planes that were turned out -- the 'Demoiselle' and the

    A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914

  • Santos-Dumont produced the famous 'Demoiselle' monoplane early in 1909,

    A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914

  • [Footnote 3: The "Demoiselle" Dragon-fly, a well-known slender variety (_Libellula_), with body of brilliant blue.]

    Verses for Children and Songs for Music Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863

  • _] From the elegance of its appearance, and its singular carriage, is called the Demoiselle, which means the young Lady; for this bird walks very gracefully, and sometimes skips and leaps, as though it were trying to dance.

    The Peacock 'At Home:' A Sequel to the Butterfly's Ball Catherine Ann Turner Dorset

  • "Demoiselle," said he, trembling, "I wotted not of it.

    A Monk of Fife Andrew Lang 1878

  • Memeskia, aka Old Briton or la Demoiselle 1695–1752, Miami chief who defied the French; killed and eaten at Pickawillany, 1752

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Memeskia, aka Old Briton or la Demoiselle 1695–1752, Miami chief who defied the French; killed and eaten at Pickawillany, 1752

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Memeskia, aka Old Briton or la Demoiselle 1695–1752, Miami chief who defied the French; killed and eaten at Pickawillany, 1752

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

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