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  • Pericles, Persepolis; and a captain of the guard who had a better knowledge of how to command a charge than of Greek history and geography, not hearing it distinctly, gave as the countersign, 'perce l'eglise', which mistake furnished much amusement.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various

  • One day the word was Pericles, Persepolis; and a captain of the guard who had a better knowledge of how to command a charge than of Greek history and geography, not hearing it distinctly, gave as the countersign, 'perce l'eglise', which mistake furnished much amusement.

    Recollections of the private life of Napoleon Wairy, Louis Constant, 1778-1845 1895

  • Pericles, Persepolis; and a captain of the guard who had a better knowledge of how to command a charge than of Greek history and geography, not hearing it distinctly, gave as the countersign, 'perce l'eglise', which mistake furnished much amusement.

    Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon — Complete Louis Constant Wairy 1811

  • * Moko* et * Bozyeux* ont mangé en brasserie et nous des conneries achetées dans un casino assis tranquilou dans l'herbe pes d'une eglise.

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2008

  • "E communde le rey e defend qe feire ne marche ne seient tenuz en cimeter pur honur de seint eglise."

    Notes and Queries, Number 36, July 6, 1850 Various

  • ` ` I'm glad you don't have people like that dans votre eglise, Dr. Gedney, '' said young Geraldine, who thought it was ` ` smart '' to display her proficiency in the stylish French tongue.

    A Parody Outline of History 1921

  • Here the _eglise philosophique_ met regularly to discuss its doctrines and publish its propaganda of radicalism.

    Baron D'Holbach : a Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in France Max Pearson Cushing 1918

  • Here the eglise philosophique met regularly to discuss its doctrines and publish its propaganda of radicalism.

    Baron d'Holbach Cushing, Max Person 1914

  • Vous devriez voir mon eglise a la Dominique; j'ai la une Vierge qui est vraiment gentille. '

    In the South Seas Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

  • Anderkirk or Autre-eglise, and on his right Ramillies, which has given its name to one of the most brilliant and disastrous days of battle that history ever hath recorded.

    The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

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