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  • The pediment of the town hall had been hung with garlands of ivy; a tent had been erected in a meadow for the banquet; and in the middle of the Place, in front of the church, a kind of bombarde was to announce the arrival of the prefect and the names of the successful farmers who had obtained prizes.

    Madame Bovary 2003

  • The pediment of the town hall had been hung with garlands of ivy; a tent had been erected in a meadow for the banquet; and in the middle of the Place, in front of the church, a kind of bombarde was to announce the arrival of the prefect and the names of the successful farmers who had obtained prizes.

    Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert 1850

  • The pediment of the townhall had been hung with garlands of ivy; a tent had been erected in a meadow for the banquet; and in the middle of the Place, in front of the church, a kind of bombarde was to announce the arrival of the prefect and the names of the successful farmers who had obtained prizes.

    Madame Bovary A Tale of Provincial Life Gustave Flaubert 1850

  • It is probable, however, that M. Thoinan, who makes this statement, has not considered the possibility of the word _musette_ applying in this case to the small rustic hautbois or _dessus de bombarde_, also written _muse_,

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various

  • He ascribes a material effect to the cannon of Edward, Colpi delle bombarde, which I suspect, from his strong expressions, had not been employed before, except against stone walls.

    History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6 Edward Gibbon 1765

  • He ascribes a material effect to the cannon of Edward, Colpi delle bombarde, which I suspect, from his strong expressions, had not been employed before, except against stone walls.

    History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6 Edward Gibbon 1765

  • L'aviation thaïlandaise, supérieure en nombre, bombarde de jour Vientiane,

    KI Media 2009

  • Edward, Colpi delle bombarde, which I suspect, from his strong expressions, had not been employed before, except against stone walls.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • In a post called "le biniou et la bombarde" a play on words for bagpipe and "wog", commentators claimed that "an extra-European will never be a real Breton.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

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