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Examples
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I hope this letter will come in time for us to wish you both bon voyage and _bon succes.
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I hope this letter will come in time for us to wish you both bon voyage and _bon succes.
The Pit Frank Norris 1886
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Page 56. 1. le bon Dieu: do not translate _le bon_.
Le Petit Chose (part 1) Histoire d'un Enfant Alphonse Daudet 1868
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It was called _Le bon jugement de la très sainte et gracieuse Vierge Marie_, and she appears herself on the stage and pronounces her _bon jugement_.
The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1851
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She was, as Kitty said, "a comical body," but very entertaining, and acted a woman chopping bread and selling _un liv '-- deux liv' -- trois liv '-- Ah, bon, bon_, as well as Molly
The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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Before the end of the eleventh century, Bon, after all, was not an organized religion and the term bon simply referred to this opposition, xenophobic faction at the imperial court.
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Bon, after all, was not an organized religion and the term bon simply referred to this opposition, xenophobic faction at the imperial court.
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Thomasius prefers the term bon goût for a quality he requires of gentlemen.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas GIORGIO TONELLI 1968
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According to some scholars, the Tibetan word bon was not even used yet, at that time, for the pre-Buddhist indigenous system of beliefs and rituals that included the four traditional arts of divination, astrology, healing rites, and herbal medicine.
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According to some scholars, the Tibetan word bon was not even used yet, at that time, for the pre-Buddhist indigenous system of beliefs and rituals that included the four traditional arts of divination, astrology, healing rites, and herbal medicine.
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Code for Flamingo Field airport, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
December 29, 2009