fine-new

Updated: June 12, 2025

Hireling musicians paraded the streets, singing fine-new ballads in honour of the Emperor, to the long-forgotten tune of ça ira; the passengers gathered round them, and drowned the strains in hooting and laughter. In every saloon discussions such as the police had long suppressed were urged without ceremony.

J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart - The History of Napoleon Buonaparte