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I have been attending the festivities here in Montreal for a good 10 years now…. but this is the first year where I truly understand the concept of “fierte” or pride. on July 30, 2007 at 6:51 pm | Reply Grammar Snob
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Le people Quebecois, dont je fais partie, avec ses particularites, sa fierte et ses valeurs propres croit que sa participation A la federation canadienne est un gage de reussite devant la mondialisation des marches et l'emergence de l'economie du savoir.
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D'une part, elle nous invite a nous pencher sur les acquis et les francs succes dont les Nations unies peuvent tirer une fierte et une satisfaction bien legitimes.
Speech at the 54th General Assembly of the United Nations 1999
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L'invitation qui m'avait 0e faite alors avait 6t6 pour moi un sujet de fierte, --- mais en meme temps de preoccupation, car je m'etais demande si je saurais retenir, et satisfaire, votre attention.
The Algerian Issue 1958
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It was so at the hearing of the Girard suit; and during the strictly legal arguments in the Charles River Bridge case, the court-room, Judge Story says, was filled with a brilliant audience, including many ladies, and he adds that “Webster's closing reply was in his best manner, but with a little too much fierte here and there.”
Daniel Webster Lodge, Henry Cabot 1883
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'The fact is ----' he began several times, rendered discreet, I suppose, by my juvenility, fierte, and reputed wealth.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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'The fact is ----' he began several times, rendered discreet, I suppose, by my juvenility, fierte, and reputed wealth.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 6 George Meredith 1868
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'The fact is ----' he began several times, rendered discreet, I suppose, by my juvenility, fierte, and reputed wealth.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete George Meredith 1868
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The _fierte_ of the French noble, however, came to his aid.
The Chaplet of Pearls Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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If Englishmen are to travel, I am glad that such as you are abroad -- good specimens of Englishmen: with the proper fierte about them.
Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 Edward FitzGerald 1846
yarb commented on the word fierte
"Though Pickle was extremely mortified at his miscarriage in this adventure, he was also struck with the behaviour of his antagonist, which affected him the more, as he understood that Godfrey's fierte had proceeded from the jealous sensibility of a gentleman declined into the vale of misfortune."
— Smollet, Peregrine Pickle
January 20, 2022