Word: fete
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...serve the house, that he went and tooke one of the greatest asses with al the woode, and layde him on hys back, and went up al the stayrs into the galary, and dyd caste downe the asse with al the woode into the chimney, and the asse's fete upward, whereof the Earl of Foix had great joye, and so had all they that wer ther, and had mervele of his strength...
...Glee Club will sing at Mrs. Kennedy's Garden Fete to-night...
...million people attended the fete at Moscow in honor of the Czar's coronation on Saturday...
Interest is being awakened in athletics in France. A splendid fete of athletes has been held at Reims, at which about 2,000 young men from all parts of France assisted. The minister of public instruction attended the banquet, and said that if his hopes and his programme were only adhered to, France would in a few years' time be able to point with pride to a race of active and manly youths, somewhat different in physique and appearance from the pallid boys who loiter about a small courtyard, or walk in procession through the streets on half-holidays...
...Bassano sale in Paris the following were among the prices realized : Courbet's "L'Hiver," 5,380f.; Decamp's "Un Cheuil," 5,500f; Diaz's "Une Clairiere," 8,190f.; Van Goyen's "La Meuse a Dordrecht," 4,250f; and "L'Hiver en Hollande," 6,070f.; and Guardi's "Fete a Venise," 6,000f...