Lexicographical Neighbors of Alencons
Literary usage of Alencons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sketch of the Geography, Political Economy, and Statistics of France by James N. Taylor, P. Etienne Herbin (1815)
"... Poitiers, Bourges, Rio in, Arks, Chalons, Sur-Marne, Luneville, Beauvais,
Douai, Mou- lins, alencons, Blois, St. Omer, Sedan, &c. § 8. ..."
2. Footsteps of Jeanne D'Arc: A Pilgrimage by Mrs Florence Caddy (1886)
"... who were nearer her own rank, than with the courtiers and nobles among whom
she had won her place, always excepting her kind friends the alencons. ..."
3. The History of Modern Europe: From the Fall of Constantinople, in 1453, to by Thomas Henry Dyer (1861)
"In case of the failure of heirs to Francis I., Bourbon cherished even the hope
of succeeding to the crown ; for although the alencons possessed a nearer ..."
4. A Commercial Geography: For Academies, High Schools, and Business Colleges by John Newell Tilden (1900)
"Lace-making is one of the most characteristic French industries, alencons and
Valenciennes having each given its name to choice qualities. ..."
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