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"As our party left the Hall, he stood at the entrance; he saw and knew me, and lifted his hat; he offered his hand in passing, and uttered the words 'Qu'en dites-vous? question eminently characteristic, and reminding me, even in this his moment of triumph, of that inquisitive restlessness, that absence of what I considered desirable self-control, which were amongst his faults.
"I am really ASTONISHED," he wrote, "at the conduct of your old Uncle the King; this invitation of the Prince of Orange and his sons, this forcing him on others, is very extraordinary... Not later than yesterday I got a half-official communication from England, insinuating that it would be HIGHLY desirable that the visit of YOUR relatives SHOULD NOT TAKE PLACE THIS YEAR qu'en dites-vous?
I don't know what call she had to blush so when she made her curtsey to the stranger. It was such a deep ceremonial curtsey as you never see at present. She and her sister both made these "cheeses" in compliment to the new comer, and with much stately agility. "Eh bien! que dites-vous, ma fille, de notre hote?" "Nonsense, Mr. Lambert!" cries mamma.
To praise, even with qualifications, the author without reading all his work on the subject, while certainly more amiable, is hardly more conducive to an impartial estimate than to disparage on hearsay, according to that travesty of critical judgment: "'Que dites-vous du livre d'Hermodore? 'Qu'il est mauvais, répond Anthime ... 'Mais l'aves-vous lu? 'Non. dit Anthime.
"Did mortal ever look upon eyes like hers, or view a more sylph-like figure?" "She might have a little more flesh, Mr. Tidd," says the Captain, "and a little less eyebrow. They look vicious, those scowling eyebrows, in a girl. Qu'en dites-vous, Mr. Titmarsh, as Miss Brough would say?" "I think it remarkably good claret, sir," says I. "Egad, you're the right sort of fellow!" says the Captain.
He allowed Anthony's muttered "A qui le dites-vous?" to pass unnoticed, and, making his voice grave, continued, "But for those of us who don't happen to be named Tony unberufen! Take a man like me, for instance, an intellectual young fellow, with work to do, but delicate, and dependent for his strength upon the regular administration of sustaining nourishment.
After the rhythm, to us, at any rate, with the German paste in our composition, so deeply unsatisfying, of "Ah! que me dites-vous, et qne vous dit mon âme? Que dit le ciel a l'aube et la flamme
MARIANE. Je suis fort redevable a cet amour de pere. ORGON. Fort bien. Que dites-vous de Tartuffe notre hote? MARIANE. Qui? Moi? ORGON. Vous. Voyez bien comme vous repondrez. MARIANE. Helas! J'en dirai, moi, tout ce que vous voudrez! ORGON. C'est parler sagement.
Je n'en dirai pas autant de quelques exemples de rhétorique religieuse. C'est une métaphore cueillie dans le sermon d'un clergyman: "Et si quelque étincelle de grâce a pu être allumée par cet exercice, veuille, ô Dieu, l'arroser." Et que dites-vous de cette prière prononcée devant la reine Victoria par un prédicateur de petite ville?
What he wrote was, at the moment, true and correct. I was frequently asked in letters what the French now said about the government and the Emperor. The only answer was that all that side of the question was antiquated in Paris. If I were to say to one of my acquaintances: "Eh! bien, que dites-vous de l'empereur?" the reply would be: "Mais, mon cher, je ne dis rien de lui.
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