bonne foi
Example Sentences
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It is upon the conviction of bonne foi that I act.
From Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1 by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of
Our bonne foi is still sophisticated in comparison with that of the great Gascon.
From Montaigne and Shakspere by Robertson, J. M. (John Mackinnon)
On admirera l'impartialité avec laquelle il parle des nations infidèles qu'il a occasion de connoître, et spécialement des Turcs, dont la bonne foi est bien supérieure, selon lui, à celle de beaucoup de chrétiens.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Hakluyt, Richard
I believe that here everything is really de bonne foi; but where there are cards there will always be danger.
From In the Days of My Youth by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford
It is, though in a different sense from Montaigne's, a livre de bonne foi.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George
