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Use in Literature ComptesThe archives of the Parliament, and those of the Cour des Comptes, show that those two great bodies went to meet her outside of Paris as far as Saint Lazare.–HonorÉ de Balzac in Catherine de Medici (tr Katherine Prescott Wormeley).I never saw anything more lovely than the scenery of the Vilaine south of Guichen and Bourg des Comptes.–Stephen Gwynn in The Life of the Rt Hon Sir Charles W. Dilke, vol 1.Boutigny in The Comptes Rendus, in which...
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Use in Literature ComptesThe archives of the Parliament, and those of the Cour des Comptes, show that those two great bodies went to meet her outside of Paris as far as Saint Lazare.–HonorÉ de Balzac in Catherine de Medici (tr Katherine Prescott Wormeley).I never saw anything more lovely than the scenery of the Vilaine south of Guichen and Bourg des Comptes.–Stephen Gwynn in The Life of the Rt Hon Sir Charles W. Dilke, vol 1.Boutigny in The Comptes Rendus, in which he notes that ``the portion of the hands which are not immersed in the fused metal, but are exposed to the action of the heat radiated from its surface, experience a painful sensation of heat.–Harry Houdini in The Miracle Mongers, An Expose.In later life, she purchased, or obtained on credit, everything that caught her fancy, also sans comptes.–Andrew Lang in Books and Bookmen.Sans interruption, a intervalles exactement comptes, afin que la coulee fut absolument reguliere et constante, les equipes des autres fours agissaient successivement de meme.–Jules Verne in Les Cinq Cents Millions de la BÉgum.Nous avons des comptes a vous rendre, mon cher Florent.–Emile Zola in Le Ventre de Paris.Un soir, Florent assista aux fameux comptes.–Emile Zola in Le Ventre de Paris. Nonfiction Usage Legal UsageGovernment of Haiti. Decree of 23 September 1957 establishes the organism called Cour Superieure des Comptes. Published in Le Moniteur, Journal Officiel de la Republique d'Haiti on September 23, 1957.Governmental UsageHistorical Economy in Senegal. These include L'Inspection GÉnÉrale d'Etat, a cabinet-level office, La Commission de Verification des Comptes, part of the Ministry of Justice, and Cotecna SA, a pre-shipment inspection contractor hired by the government.Trade in Luxembourg. In addition, Luxembourg acts as headquarters to all big six accounting firms and the EU Cour des Comptes (Court of Auditors).Bibliographic UsageA. Colin. Publisher of Madame de Stael et Benjamin Constant: notes et documents, comptes rendus, nouvelles, bibliographie. Publisher: A. Colin (Paris). Published in 1966.