Lexicographical Neighbors of Poule
Literary usage of Poule
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Declaration of War by France in by William James, Frederick Chamier (1837)
"AM the Belle-poule opened her fire upon the lee bow of the London, and received a
... AM began engaging, the Belle-poule. All this while the London had been ..."
2. The French Court and Society: Reign of Louis XVI and First Empire by Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1881)
"It was on the i8th of June 1778, when a part of Admiral Keppel's fleet encountered
the French frigates " Licorne " and " Belle poule," and after a two ..."
3. The Growth of the French Nation by George Burton Adams (1896)
"COIFFURE X LA BELLE-poule. In honor of the victory of the frigate La Belle-poule
over an English ship, 1778. It was during his ministry that France went to ..."
4. The Chronicle of Froissart by Jean Froissart (1903)
"... CAP. of saynt poule came to the duke of Yorke, the erle of assemble that of
... by the constable of Fraunce, the lorde Coucy, the erle of saynt poule, ..."
5. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"Mauvaise maison, où le coq se tait et la poule chante. — Answering to our "
hen-pecked " husband. ..."
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