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The pediment of the town hall had been hung with garlands of ivy; a tent had been erected in a meadow for the banquet; and in the middle of the Place, in front of the church, a kind of bombarde was to announce the arrival of the prefect and the names of the successful farmers who had obtained prizes.

Madame Bovary 2003

The pediment of the town hall had been hung with garlands of ivy; a tent had been erected in a meadow for the banquet; and in the middle of the Place, in front of the church, a kind of bombarde was to announce the arrival of the prefect and the names of the successful farmers who had obtained prizes.

Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert 1850

The pediment of the townhall had been hung with garlands of ivy; a tent had been erected in a meadow for the banquet; and in the middle of the Place, in front of the church, a kind of bombarde was to announce the arrival of the prefect and the names of the successful farmers who had obtained prizes.

Madame Bovary A Tale of Provincial Life Gustave Flaubert 1850

It is probable, however, that M. Thoinan, who makes this statement, has not considered the possibility of the word _musette_ applying in this case to the small rustic hautbois or _dessus de bombarde_, also written _muse_,

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various

He ascribes a material effect to the cannon of Edward, Colpi delle bombarde, which I suspect, from his strong expressions, had not been employed before, except against stone walls.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6 Edward Gibbon 1765

He ascribes a material effect to the cannon of Edward, Colpi delle bombarde, which I suspect, from his strong expressions, had not been employed before, except against stone walls.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6 Edward Gibbon 1765

L'aviation thaïlandaise, supérieure en nombre, bombarde de jour Vientiane,

KI Media 2009

Edward, Colpi delle bombarde, which I suspect, from his strong expressions, had not been employed before, except against stone walls.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

In a post called "le biniou et la bombarde" a play on words for bagpipe and "wog", commentators claimed that "an extra-European will never be a real Breton.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011