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Definition of Soubises
1. soubise [n] - See also: soubise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soubises
Literary usage of Soubises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of France: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Jules Michelet, G. H. Smith (1851)
"Guides, and soubises—thus crowding antiquity upon antiquity, and history Into
history. The entrance to the royal colonnade of the ..."
2. Popular Science Monthly (1902)
"... soubises and Orleans without bringing in intellectual distinction, as far as
I know, there appears to be nothing against heredity in ..."
3. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"The soldier, who has seen his pay stolen by rapacious Foulons, his blood wasted
by soubises, Pompadours, and the gates of promotion shut inexorably on him ..."
4. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"If he do frankly wager his life in that manner, beware, ye soubises, Karls and
flaccid trivial persons, of the stroke that may chance to lie in him !— III. ..."
5. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1865)
"If he do frankly wager his life in that manner, beware, ye soubises, Karls, and
flaccid trivial persons, of the stroke that may chance to lie in him!— III. ..."
6. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1865)
"... with such a power of always expectorating himself into clearness again.
If he do frankly wager his life in that manner, beware, ye soubises, ..."
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