gelant

Updated: July 7, 2026

Read the campaign of Moscow, said another gentleman to me, you will there see the French character: "Les François sont les seuls dans l'univers qui pourroient rire meme en gelant."

Sir Archibald Alison - Travels in France during the years 1814-15 : Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes.