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Definition of Cockades
1. cockade [n] - See also: cockade
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cockades
Literary usage of Cockades
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"Nay look: green uniforms faced with red; black cockades,—the color of Night!
Are we to have military on-fall; and death also by starvation ? ..."
2. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1891)
"Tricolor cockades were to be seen at the coffee-house and on the corners of every
street. ... Thus they hope to bring up cockades of all sorts. ..."
3. An Abridgment of the Law of Nisi Prius by William Selwyn (1845)
"37, Penalty for giving Ribbons or cockades, p. 642 ; 4 $• 5 Viet, c. 57, Dispensing
with Proof of Agency in the first Instance upon Questions of Bribery ..."
4. Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, Ramsay Weston Rhipps (1895)
"... troops—First day of Napoleon's journey—The Imperial Guard succeeded by the
Cossacks—Interview with Augereau —The first white cockades—Napoleon hanged in ..."
5. The Court of the Tuileries: From the Restoration to the Flight of Louis Philippe by Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1884)
"... Emblem of Victory—Belles amies de M. de Talleyrand— The White cockades—Alexander
and Frederick William— ' Vive Henri Quatre ! ..."
6. Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1836)
"Proclamations and White cockades.— Crowds assemble at the Boulevards — The Allies
are received with shouts of welcome.— Their Army retires to Quarters—and ..."
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