Lexicographical Neighbors of Mauvais
Literary usage of Mauvais
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"On St. Ruth's impatience to come to an engagement after the loss of Athlone, the
Duke of Berwick observes, that " etant fache & honteux du mauvais succes ..."
2. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1854)
"THE ROBBERS OF LE mauvais PAS lounged about in the hotel of Lans-li- bourg during
the hot hours cf a summer day, while men and horses were taking their rest ..."
3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
""Je sens mauvais: oil est ma naissance?" is the Stratford equivalent for " I feel
bad : where is my berth ?" just as in the same locality " the smile of the ..."
4. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1839)
"By Owen Stanley, Esq. Commander, RN Letter from M. mauvais to Mr. Daily, announcing
the ... Elements and an Ephemeris of the second Comet of mauvais. ..."
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