affiche

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Perhaps the most intolerable thing is the affiche of idolatry for Baudelaire.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George

The Germans got out an affiche of news this morning, stating that "les troupes Allemands ont fait des progrès sur certains points."

From A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium by Gibson, Hugh

The regiment was soon fitted up and the soldiers began to put in practice in good earnest the theory of the affiche.

From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Frye, Major W. E

This affiche was dated like the former, and certified under the august hand of Quentin Quackleben, M.D., &c. &c. &c.

From St. Ronan's Well by Scott, Walter, Sir

The Kommandant put up an affiche on the hedge, forbidding any one to decorate the grave.

From One of Ours by Cather, Willa Sibert