bonne foi
Example Sentences
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"Is this said de bonne foi?" said she, with a smile where the expression was far more of severity than sweetness.
From Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) by Charles James Lever
It is upon the conviction of bonne foi that I act.
From Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1 by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of
To what Talleyrand said about noninterference the King answered it was a very good thing, especially when exercised de bonne foi.
From A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II by Edward Law, Earl of Ellenborough
It is, though in a different sense from Montaigne's, a livre de bonne foi.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by George Saintsbury
Our bonne foi is still sophisticated in comparison with that of the great Gascon.
From Montaigne and Shakspere by J. M. (John Mackinnon) Robertson
