Commines
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Philippe de Commines is actually Andre Bercoff, 37, a former cultural editor of the newsmagazine L'Express.
From Time Magazine Archive
After these particulars, Commines repeats his censures of the duke of Burgundy's infatuated conduct, in throwing away that advantage of English aid, which he had been labouring all his life to procure.
From The Boke of Noblesse by Unknown
Commines certainly wrote under a misapprehension in that respect, as well as upon the number of years of the truce with England.
From The Boke of Noblesse by Unknown
Hastings accepted the French pension, being double the amount of the Burgundian, but on this occasion, according to Commines, would give no written acknowledgment.
From The Boke of Noblesse by Unknown
Not a prince in the world, said Philip de Commines, can levy a penny without the consent of the people.
From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
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