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  • Dorsan's, sport, and, though sometimes paid out in kind, bringing calamities upon him, while at last he actually capots his friend and enemy by making him one of the _derniers_ already mentioned!

    A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889

  • At Auch, a quarter was set apart for the _Cagots_, or _capots_, and

    Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre Louisa Stuart Costello 1834

  • The pipe was passed once or twice round and in the meantime a bowl of spirits and water and a present considerable for our circumstances of cloth, blankets, capots, shirts, etc., was placed on the floor for the chief's acceptance and distribution amongst his people.

    The Journey to the Polar Sea John Franklin 1816

  • The pipe was passed once or twice round, and in the mean time a bowl of spirits and water, and a present considerable for our circumstances of cloth, blankets, capots, shirts, _&c. _, was placed on the floor for the chief's acceptance, and distribution amongst his people.

    Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 John Franklin 1816

  • -- all, it would seem, picked men; not one less than six feet, and some more: they were clad in their grey _capots_, to render their appearance more _sombre_, and less discernible in the twilight of the morning: and as the weather was cold during the nights, I secretly determined to have one of those great coats as a _chère amie_ to keep me warm in night-watches.

    Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer Frederick Marryat 1820

  • -- all, it would seem, picked men; not one less than six feet, and some more: they were clad in their grey _capots_, to render their appearance more _sombre_, and less discernible in the twilight of the morning: and as the weather was cold during the nights,

    Frank Mildmay The Naval Officer Frederick Marryat 1820

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