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 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

The group to which she pointed was still distant, but Lord Findon, even at seventy, had the eyes of an eagle, and could read an affiche a mile off.

From Fenwick's Career by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

The paper they were going to prosecute was an affiche calling upon the French people to overthrow l'aristocratie bourgeoise, which was as bad as the other, and to divide the lands.

From A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II by Ellenborough, Edward Law, Earl of

The composition of the affiche was that of the two Miss Dunns jointly, who prided themselves upon being elegant scholars.

From A Life's Secret A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry