d'ivoire

I now have to deal with a Cote d'ivoire bank for a stretch and work out a few minor details.

The Mayor Is about To Be Rich--Part 7 2008

'Tour d'ivoire, maison d'or': is not that the jargon?

Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte 2004

Nigeria and South Africa view the present development with considerable regret as it constitutes a major set-back to the democratic process in Cote d'ivoire, a country traditionally regarded as a bastion of peace and stability.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

The Military coup in Cote d'ivoire runs counter to the universal trend towards greater democratisation of governance and the advancement of the rule of law.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

Mes activités de recherche, autrefois menées dans une tour d'ivoire, se font maintenant presque uniquement par des collaborations locales ou à distance.

Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas Marie Lebert

He wrote -- as almost every popular writer in these days who does not shut himself up in a _tour d'ivoire_ and neglect popularity must write -- too much; and, in the special circumstances and limitations of his interests and his genius, this was specially unfortunate.

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

C'etait une tour d'argent ornee de boucliers d'ivoire.

Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde 1877

Ton corps etait une colonne d'ivoire sur un socle d'argent.

Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde 1877

See the old nurse's 'ici bas les choses vont de travers, comme un chien qui va à vêpres, p. 93; and compare Prosper's treasures,' la petite Vénus, et le petit Christ d'ivoire, 'p. 121; also Madame Brehanne's request for the divertissement of' quelque belle batterie à coups de couteau 'with

The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing John Ruskin 1859

See the old nurse's "ici bas les choses vont de travers, comme un chien qui va à vêpres," p. 93; and compare Prosper's treasures, "la petite Vénus, et le petit Christ d'ivoire," p. 121; also Madame

On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature John Ruskin 1859