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  • "Ay, that does he, and all for the sake of what you call your" bonhommie "I would venture, if the truth was known, the fellow's grandfather taught the noble science of dancing".

    The Last of the Mohicans 1826

  • He did the honor of respecting his ideological adversaries, without covering up the adversarial nature of the relationship in false bonhommie.

    Archive 2008-02-01 2008

  • He did the honor of respecting his ideological adversaries, without covering up the adversarial nature of the relationship in false bonhommie.

    Passing 2008

  • Occupied all day with matters of vast moment, deeply anxious about the fate of the greatest army of the world, with his own fame and future hanging on the events of the passing hour, he yet has such a wealth of simple bonhommie and goodfellowship, that he gets out of bed and perambulates the house in his shirt to find us that we may share with him the fun.

    The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008

  • He did the honor of respecting his ideological adversaries, without covering up the adversarial nature of the relationship in false bonhommie.

    William F. Buckley, Jr. has died. Ann Althouse 2008

  • These annual conventions of IA unions from the Western states are a cavalcade of speeches, workshops, and general bonhommie where union members and officers mingle for 48 hours and strategize about how to put more money into the hands of working stiffs in these difficult economic times.

    District Twooo Steve Hulett 2008

  • Occupied all day with matters of vast moment, deeply anxious about the fate of the greatest army of the world, with his own fame and future hanging on the events of the passing hour, he yet has such a wealth of simple bonhommie and goodfellowship, that he gets out of bed and perambulates the house in his shirt to find us that we may share with him the fun.

    The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008

  • Longfellow, Prescott, or Washington Irving may be seen mixing with the general throng with so much _bonhommie_ and simplicity, that none would fancy that in their own land they are the envy of their age, and sustain world-wide reputations.

    The Englishwoman in America 2007

  • The jokes and bonhommie which thrilled the Kool Kids Klub seemed like cruelty to many of the people who suffered under his policies.

    Archive 2004-06-01 2004

  • The redeeming qualities of the Meccan are his courage, his bonhommie, his manly suavity of manners, his fiery sense of honour, his strong family affections, his near approach to what we call patriotism, and his general knowledge: the reproach of extreme ignorance which

    Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

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