Comines

or Com·mines

[ kaw-meen ]

noun

1. Phi·lippe de [fee-, leep, d, uh], 1445?–1511?, French historian and diplomat.

Comines

/ kɔmin /

noun

1. CominesPhilippe de?1447?1511MFrenchPOLITICS: diplomatHISTORY: historian Philippe de (filip də). ?1447–?1511, French diplomat and historian, noted for his Mémoires (1489–98)

Example Sentences

Philip de Comines, speaking of this celebrated conflict for liberty, mentions arquebusiers as troops.

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"The doom of forfeiture it would in this case be difficult to enforce," answered De Comines calmly.

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De Comines, consider the great loss, the utter destruction, such a marriage will bring upon my kingdom.

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Yet moderation, De Comines, moderation in success, is—no one knows better than you—necessary to its ultimate advantage.

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As a specimen of the chroniclers, he selects Philip de Comines, almost the last great writer of his class.

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