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I picked up a Tientsin paper a few days ago, and was interested to read an "Ordonnance" promulgated by the French consul-general at Tientsin.
Peking Dust Ellen Newbold La Motte 1917
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Hunting ibex within the site is ruled by an ordinance (Ordonnance sur la régulation des populations de bouquetins RS 922.27).
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Vol. 6: Oeuvres anonymes du XVIIIe siècle (IV): célèbre libertine Décrets des sens sanctionnés par la volupté Requête et décret en faveur des putains, des fouteuses, des maquerelles et des branleuses contre les bougres, les bardaches et les brûleurs de paillasses Ordonnance de police de Messieurs les officiers et gouverneurs du Palais Royal Le Degré des âges du plaisir ou jouissances voluptueuses de deux personnes de sexes différents, aux différentes époques de la vie
Sex for Thought Darnton, Robert 1994
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The same aims were pursued in his "Ordonnance des cinq espèces des colonnes selon la méthode des anciens" (1683).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Le Gentil writes: "Selon une Ordonnance du Roi, renouvelée peut-être cent fois, il est ordonné aux Religieux d'enseigner le castillan aux jeunes Indiens; mais Sa Majesté, m'ont unanimement assuré les Espagnoles à Manille, n'a point encore été obéie jusqu'a ce jour."
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The rules adopted to secure fair play and guard against accidents may be read by those curious in such matters in the original black-letter _Ordonnance_, printed at the time.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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The arrangements observed on this occasion, not less elaborate than those by which the feats of arms were regulated, may be read in the same volume as the _Ordonnance_.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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Footnote: _Ordonnance de la police du Châtelet concernant l'observation des dimanches et fêtes, du 18 Novembre, 1782_.
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Ordonnance which appealed from the Parliament to the nation, and, to the anger and consternation of the Ultra-Royalists, made an end of the intractable Chamber a few weeks before the time which had been fixed for its re-assembling.
A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 Charles Alan Fyffe 1868
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The town Major charged it to the Government at the rate fixed by the Ordonnance; the difference left him a handsome profit.
Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present 1868
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