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  • Charlotte Corday set out to slay the "montagnard" Marat.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

  • I imagine myself in the woman's shoes (make that hiking boots) some twenty years down the timeline: existing peacefully in a petit village montagnard, * just around the corner from the free-flowing fountain.

    Alps 2010

  • Indeed, my recollection is that Victoire made the comment while digging into a gratin montagnard.

    Hold the...Well, Nothing Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

  • I imagine myself in the woman's shoes make that hiking boots some twenty years down the timeline: existing peacefully in a petit village montagnard,* just around the corner from the free-flowing fountain.

    Alps 2010

  • I think, in fact, the same sort of "up the empty river" perspective was used in a few of the closing scenes of Apocalypse Now before Col. Kurtz 'montagnard army was revealed.

    unbillable hours: 2005

  • I think, in fact, the same sort of "up the empty river" perspective was used in a few of the closing scenes of Apocalypse Now before Col. Kurtz 'montagnard army was revealed.

    Picture Envy No. 27 2005

  • They in a moment made their way through a strong hedge of thorns, under the cover whereof the cavalrie had taken their station, in the strugle of passing which hedge My Lord George Murray, being dressed en montagnard, as all the army were, lost his bonet and wig; so continued to fight bare-headed during the action.

    Waverley 2004

  • Well, the Vietcong had engaged the local montagnard to look for him, and when Jim's feet went into the -- to cross the river, the bank on the other side exploded with montagnards whooping and hollering and so forth, and soon Vietcong cadre were there and fired at his feet, and he was recaptured.

    Glory Denied: The Saga of Jim Thompson, America's Longest-Held Prisoner of War 2001

  • We would trade San Miguel beer, obtained on our visits to Taiwan or to the Philippines, for crates of fresh vegetables grown in their neighboring montagnard villages.

    Claxton, Charles P. 1967

  • We would trade San Miguel beer, obtained on our visits to Taiwan or to the Philippines, for crates of fresh vegetables grown in their neighboring montagnard villages.

    Parker, Frank C. III 1967

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