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

Sublimity glares from the theatrical hand-bill, and the menagerie affiche.

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord

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

From One of Ours by Cather, Willa Sibert

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

But it was not till three o'clock in the morning that the word "Victory!" was proclaimed by an affiche on the walls to the terrified population of Bruxelles!

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 566, September 15, 1832 by Various