menagerai

Updated: May 14, 2025

"Yes; but in the mean while you may get killed; and then of what service will your claim to a pension be?" "N'ayez pas peur, Madame Je me menagerai bien on ne se bat pas pour ces gueux la comme pour son Roi."* * "No fear of that, Madam I'll take good care of myself: a man does not fight for such beggarly rascals as these as he would for his King."

An English Lady - A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Part I. 1792: Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General: and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners

"Yes; but in the mean while you may get killed; and then of what service will your claim to a pension be?" "N'ayez pas peur, Madame Je me menagerai bien on ne se bat pas pour ces gueux la comme pour son Roi."* * "No fear of that, Madam I'll take good care of myself: a man does not fight for such beggarly rascals as these as he would for his King."

An English Lady - A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Complete: Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General: and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners