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She is making the _tour du monde_ entirely alone, without even a soubrette to carry the ensign, for the purpose of seeing for herself _a quoi s'en tenir sur les hommes et les choses -- on les hommes_ particularly.
A Bundle of Letters Henry James 1879
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In France we have had this principle applied for more than a century by the "Consells des Prud'hommes" -- tribunals of employers and employees-established by the first Napoleon.
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'Conseil des prud'hommes' in vain endeavoured to allay the excitement, and they were themselves denounced.
Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance Samuel Smiles 1858
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Pour cela aussi bien les hommes d'affaires, étudiants, touristes et autres ne devraient plus prendre Air france ou Gabon airlines, une alternative sera de prendre la Lufthansa, Ethiopia airlines et autres compagnies.
Global Voices in English » Gabon: Opposition Continues to Fight Election Result 2009
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Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes, about 1459 - 1460; about
Elizabeth Morrison: A Getty Curator Discusses Manuscripts, France, And The Middle Ages: Imagining The Past Elizabeth Morrison 2011
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Another top Sotheby's lot will be Alberto Giacometti's haunting sculpture "Trois hommes qui marchent II," three men walking together yet totally isolated from one another estimate: £10 million-£15 million.
Exploring Beyeler's Private Collection Margaret Studer 2011
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As frequent travelers --and les hommes du monde in general --know, this is the international practice of alerting a guest to the imminent entry of a maid, and that the guest, if he is male, should immediately remove his pants.
Danielle Crittenden: Discovered: Strauss-Kahn's Travel Review of New York Sofitel Danielle Crittenden 2011
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In «Nos hommes» (1995) she writes, as quoted in Nicole Savard's literary blog [Fr]:
Global Voices in English » World Book Day: Women’s lives in the mirror of their men 2009
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As frequent travelers --and les hommes du monde in general --know, this is the international practice of alerting a guest to the imminent entry of a maid, and that the guest, if he is male, should immediately remove his pants.
Danielle Crittenden: Discovered: Strauss-Kahn's Travel Review of New York Sofitel Danielle Crittenden 2011
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Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes, about 1459 - 1460; about
Elizabeth Morrison: A Getty Curator Discusses Manuscripts, France, And The Middle Ages: Imagining The Past Elizabeth Morrison 2011
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