This lofty disregard for others was not shared by such men as Pierre Flotte and his associates, that `` brilliant group of mediocre men '', as Powicke calls them, who provided the brains for the French embassy that came to Rome under the nominal leadership of the archbishop of Narbonne, the duke of Burgundy, and the count of St.-Pol.

This work, written in his native French tongue, and its philosophical principles, provided a foundation for Infinitesimal calculus in Europe.

The first of these scientific concepts of acids and bases was provided by the French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, circa 1776.

In 1794, this fortress was used by the French astronomer Pierre François André Méchain for observations relating to a survey stretching to Dunkirk that provided the official basis of the measurement of a metre.

The distractions provided by Heureux, Mercure and Justice allowed Villeneuve to bring most of the surviving French ships to the mouth of the bay at 11: 00.

In 1956 French legislation eliminated certain voting inequalities and provided for the creation of some organs of self-government in each territory.

However, since primogeniture and the Salic Law provided for the succession of the French throne for most of French history, here is a list of all the predecessors of the French monarchy, all the French kings from Hugh until Charles, and all the Legitimist pretenders thereafter.

The languages of Aboriginal peoples in Canada started to influence European languages used in Canada even before widespread settlement took place, and the French of Lower Canada provided vocabulary to the English of Upper Canada.

The most common derivation provided in English dictionaries is from the Alpine French dialect pronunciation of the word Chrétien ("( a ) Christian "), which was a greeting there.

Also, Zaire's allies provided a large influx of military equipment, and Belgian, French, and American advisers assisted in rebuilding and retraining the force.

Yehonatan Shimʻon Frenḳel writes that '.. the .. Air Wing was formed after the 1987 coup, when the French provided two helicopters as part of its military aid package.

In December 1914, French aviator Roland Garros asked Saulnier to install his synchronization gear on Garros ' Morane-Saulnier Type L. Unfortunately the gas-operated Hotchkiss machine gun he was provided had an erratic rate of fire and it was impossible to synchronize it with a spinning propeller.

The tree was chosen as a symbol of the French Revolution because it is a symbol of fertility in French folklore, which provided a simple transition from revering it for one reason to another.

This system, known as the corvée, originated in the unpaid labor that French peasants provided to their feudal lords.

In 1560 Marie de Guise died, and soon after the Auld Alliance also died, with the signing of the Treaty of Edinburgh, which provided for the removal of French and English troops from Scotland.

On becoming king, Louis issued a constitution known as the Charter which preserved many of the liberties won during the French Revolution and provided for a parliament composed of an elected Chamber of Deputies and a Chamber of Peers that was nominated by the king.

In 2008, the French government provided $ 180 million of the Louvre's yearly $ 350 million budget ; the remainder came from private contributions and ticket sales.

However, a rudimentary network begun under French colonial rule and continued from the 1950s has provided an important means of increased intervillage communication, movement of market goods, and a focus for new settlements.

His works provided the chief inspiration for French and English comedies of the 1600s, and even for modern American comedy.

Although the nationalistic fervor sweeping French West Africa at this time was largely absent in Mauritania, continuous politicking ( averaging one election every eighteen months between 1946 and 1958 ) provided training for political leaders and awakened a political consciousness among the populace.

The revised Constitution of Monaco, proclaimed in 1962, abolished capital punishment, provided for female suffrage, established a Supreme Court to guarantee fundamental liberties and made it difficult for a French national to transfer his or her residence there.

Sunday New Orleans brunches continue at the Trade Winds but the daily French buffets have been called off.

Metro ( Belgian newspaper ) ( Concentra ) is a major daily free newspaper in a Dutch and French edition.

While living at the Cecil House, Edward's daily studies consisted of dancing instruction, French, Latin, cosmography, writing exercises, drawing, and common prayers.

Orwell's first published article in his home country, A Farthing Newspaper, was a critique of the new French daily the Ami de Peuple.

However, Hergé accepted an offer to produce a new Tintin strip in Le Soir, Brussels ' leading French daily, which had been appropriated as the mouthpiece of the occupation forces.

In relation to this view of individuality, French Individualist anarchist Emile Armand advocates egoistical denial of social conventions and dogmas to live in accord to one's own ways and desires in daily life since he emphasized anarchism as a way of life and practice.

A journal ( through French from Latin diurnalis, daily ) has several related meanings:

The city alternated years of crisis, featuring economic exploitation, the decrease of the maritime trade, made unsafe by the daily raids of Saracens pirates, political corruption of its rulers, the sacking of Sassari in 1527 by the French, and two plagues in 1528 and 1652, with periods of cultural and economic prosperity.

Barthez denied that he was planning to retire, and in an article for French daily L ' Équipe, he said that he was looking for another contract for at least two years.

As both spoke French in daily life, their court church in the Prinsenhof in Delft held services in French.

Le Figaro () is a French daily newspaper founded in 1826 and published in Paris.

He was taught French at home every morning by a succession of nursery maids, and exercised daily at Mr Macpherson's Gymnasium and Dancing Academy, around the corner from the family home in Cadogan Place.

Meanwhile, the " League of the Scarlet Pimpernel ", a secret society of twenty English aristocrats, " one to command, and nineteen to obey ", is engaged in rescuing their French counterparts from the daily executions ( see Reign of Terror ).

Most flights are operated by Brit Air and Chalair Aviation and the French national airline Air France operates three daily flights to the French city of Lyon, while in the summer there are many charter flights to Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany, Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria.

" The French daily evening newspaper Le Monde reported that Banza was killed in circumstances " so revolting that it still makes one's flesh creep ":

Gatineau does not have its own daily newspaper, but is served by daily newspapers published in Ottawa, including the French Le Droit and the English Ottawa Citizen and Ottawa Sun.

Le Monde (; ) is a French daily evening newspaper founded by Hubert Beuve-Méry and continuously published in Paris since its first edition on 19 December 1944.

It is more common to eat substitutions for daily rice and beans in festivities such as Christmas and New Year's Eve ( the tradition is lentils ), as follow-up of churrasco ( mainly potato / carrot salads, called maionese, due to the widespread use of both industrial and home-made mayonnaise, which can include egg whites, raw onion, green peas, sweetcorn or even chayote squashes, and pronounced almost exactly as in English and French ) and in other special occasions.

In 2011, a small study conducted in two French allergy practices suggested that low doses of propranolol ( 10 – 40 mg daily ) were effective in the treatment of aquagenic pruritus.

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat ; most of the daily communication within secretariat and most of the signs in the UN headquarters building are in French and English.