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Definition of Mantes
1. mantis [n] - See also: mantis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mantes
Literary usage of Mantes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Foundations of England; Or, Twelve Centuries of British History (B.C. 55 by James Henry Ramsay (1898)
"In the last week of July, 1087, he marched against mantes, the van of the army
be- ing sent on a ... The crops round mantes having been trampled under foot, ..."
2. The Foundations of England; Or, Twelve Centuries of British History (B.C. 55 by James Henry Ramsay (1898)
"In the last week of July, 1087, he marched against mantes ... The crops round
mantes having been trampled under foot, the vines destroyed, ..."
3. The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet by Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Joseph Dacier (1849)
"The king of England now assembled a very large army ; and in conjunction with
that he had brought with him from England, he marched toward mantes to offer ..."
4. The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet: Containing an Account of the by Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Bon-Joseph Dacier, Pierre Desrey (1867)
"... sent his heralds to summon the garrison of mantes, which town was held and
occupied against his will. While the heralds were on their embassy, ..."
5. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock, Anna Botsford Comstock (1888)
"MANTID^E.* (The Soothsayers or Praying mantes^) The members of this family ...
Among these are Rear-horses, Race-horses, Camel-crickets, Praying mantes, ..."
6. The Natural History of Insects by James Rennie, John Obadiah Westwood (1835)
"Mouf- fet tells us, that " they are called mantes, that is, fortune-tellers ;
either because by their coming they do show the spring ..."
7. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1876)
"The defenders of the town had come forth to see at least, if William they could
not hinder, the harrying of their fields ; friends mantes. and foes pressed ..."
8. Days Near Paris by Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (1888)
"Poissy and mantes form a most delightful day's excursion from Paris, though
architects and artists will wish to stay longer at mantes. ..."
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