foison
Example Sentences
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She found Mme. de Vaubadon's guide at the rendezvous before the church door; it was Foison, whom she recognised.
From The House of the Combrays by Le Notre, G., [pseud.]
And as Captain Mancel, who presided at the interview, remarked that those were indeed the bands used by gendarmes, Foison left the room with more threats, swearing that he owed an account to no one.
From The House of the Combrays by Le Notre, G., [pseud.]
It was said that at dawn that morning the quartermaster Foison and four of his men had gone into an inn at Mathieu, one of them carrying a gun with the butt-end broken.
From The House of the Combrays by Le Notre, G., [pseud.]
The doctors who had held the autopsy were there, Captain Mancel and Foison, who was in great agitation, although he tried to hide it, at having to assist at the exhumation of his victim.
From The House of the Combrays by Le Notre, G., [pseud.]
The next morning Foison appeared at La Délivrande to draw up the report.
From The House of the Combrays by Le Notre, G., [pseud.]
