Placide

They could gesticulate, if they could not speak English, and when I tried them with the one word Placide they would nod and point out which of the many side canyons I was to follow.

The Woman in the Alcove Anna Katharine Green 1890

For, by an irony on nature, that indomitable warrior was called Placide, and that rough buffalo, with all his instincts material, Spiridion.

Tartarin On The Alps Alphonse Daudet 1868

"Placide," he said, "it grieves me to the soul for you to leave me.

The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV Harris Dickson 1907

So many thrill to the song "O Holy Night" but don't realize the words are written by Placide Cappeau (influenced by the French Revolution) and translated (loosely) by John Sullivan Dwight (a Unitarian minister) in the decade prior to the Civil War as the country began to fracture.

Rev. Ruth Hawley-Lowry: The Hopes And Fears Of All The Years (A Lament At Christmas) Rev. Ruth Hawley-Lowry 2011

So many thrill to the song "O Holy Night" but don't realize the words are written by Placide Cappeau (influenced by the French Revolution) and translated (loosely) by John Sullivan Dwight (a Unitarian minister) in the decade prior to the Civil War as the country began to fracture.

Rev. Ruth Hawley-Lowry: The Hopes And Fears Of All The Years (A Lament At Christmas) Rev. Ruth Hawley-Lowry 2011

He wants to chat her up, because Placide's father said him at his deathbed that he would come and haunt if Placide wouldn't find a girl soon.

[Dutch] Koko Flanel | Happy Share Scott at 5:08 AM 2009

Placide-Auguste Le Pileur d'Apligny, "De la peinture encasutique," in Traité des couleurs matérielles (Paris, 1779), 248 – 99.

The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe 2006

(London, 1789); Placide-Auguste Le Pileur d'Apligny, Traité des couleurs matérielles et la manière de colorer, relativement aux différents arts & métiers (Paris, 1779); Didier-François d'Arclais de Montamy, Traité des couleurs pour la peinture en émail et sur la porcelaine et precéde de l'art de peindre sur l'émail ...

The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe 2006

There were 5-on-1 breakaways - yes - there were five Mexican players facing Placide and they weren't able to finish off the goal.

Olympic Sized Failure 2008

Placide says that has forced her to hire 154 more teachers.

CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2005 2005