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Customs men decide which on the basis of what a Canadian official calls "le sixi�me sens."
From Time Magazine Archive
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It thus becomes periodically necessary, as French Poet St�phane Mallarm� once suggested, donner un sens plus pur aux mots de la tribu �to purify the dialect of the tribe.
From Time Magazine Archive
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“When I asked her how she felt she said, ‘Je me sens comme Hélène Keller, mon vieux.’”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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To St Denis a very practical petition is addressed: Grand Sant Danis de Fran�o, Gardetz me moun bouen sens, ma boueno remembran�o.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn
She had "le bon sens � jet continu," as Victor Hugo said of Voltaire.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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