bonne foi
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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
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
I believe that here everything is really de bonne foi; but where there are cards there will always be danger.
From In the Days of My Youth by Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards
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
Our bonne foi is still sophisticated in comparison with that of the great Gascon.
From Montaigne and Shakspere by J. M. (John Mackinnon) Robertson
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