montre

Updated: June 28, 2025

Peron, in the first volume of the Voyage de Decouvertes, wrote as though he were present and heard what occurred between the two commanders. "En nous fournissant tous ces details M. Flinders se montre d'une grande reserve sur ses operations particulieres," he wrote; and again: "apres avoir converse plus d'une heure avec nous."

Ernest Scott - Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia

"Le rossignol chante, voici la raison, Pourquoi il est pris pour chanter en prison; Voyez le moineau qui fait tant de dommage, Jouir de la vie sans craindre la cage. Voila un portrait, Qui montre l'effet Du bonheur des fripons du desastre des sages." See now the sparrow, who does so much evil, Plays with life without fear of cages. Amelia could not control herself; she could look no longer.

L. (Luise) Mühlbach - Frederick the Great and His Family

The following is the song itself, in the words of Marot. When the Huguenots sang it, each soldier became a lion in courage. "Que Dieu se montre seulement Et l'on verra dans un moment Abandonner la place; Le camp des ennemies épars, Épouvanté de toutes parts, Fuira devant sa face.

Samuel Smiles - The Huguenots in France

I wish I could have made father a gift too, but I did not have sufficient time. I hope you will like your watch-case, for it made me very happy to make it for you. You must keep your lovely new montre in it. If it is too warm in Tuscumbia for little sister to wear her pretty mittens, she can keep them because her sister made them for her. I imagine she will have fun with the little toy man.

Helen Keller - The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy

Some fleecy clouds were speeding across the clear ether. "No," she answered slowly; "I think I shall go to Corsica. Tell me," she added, after a pause "I suppose I have Corsican blood in my veins?" "I suppose so," admitted Mademoiselle Brun, reluctantly. "Chaque homme a trois caracteres: celui qu'il a, celui qu'il montre, et celui qu'il croit avoir."

Henry Seton Merriman - The Isle of Unrest

The celebrated Abbé Delille, to whom the beauties of the gardens were being shown, deplored the lack of good manners on the part of the habitués and delivered himself of the following appropriate quatrain: "Dans ce jardin tout se rencontrée Exceptê l'ombrage et les fleurs; Si l'on y dêregle ses moeurs Du moins on y règle sa montre."

M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield - Royal Palaces and Parks of France