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To-day this is the famous École de Bergers, where is quartered the largest flock of moutons
Zis prima donna chante pour les Francais, les Italiens, les Russes! il faut qu'elle chante pour nous! Zen zey vill pay ze guinea ces commes des moutons! Zey follow les autres pays zey know nosing of ze art demselves!" Mrs. Bludlip Courtenay coughed delicately. "Music is so very much overdone in England" she said, languidly "One gets so tired of it!
The habitant M.P., openly avowed that the matter, whatever it was, had been explained to him. The "moutons" were crammed at meetings held nightly for the purpose. There was one singular instance, of a habitant, who, in every instance, voted against the prevailing party. But that was the solitary exception to a general rule. The Canadians voted en masse, as directed not by the government.
They are all to a man against our author. 'That speaks more to his credit than his own self-opinion, rejoined Ixion. 'A nous moutons! exclaimed Tantalus; 'I was about to observe that I am curious to learn for what reason our friend Sisyphus was doomed to his late terrible exertions. 'For the simplest in the world, replied the object of the inquiry; 'because I was not a hypocrite.
Tout le monde, carte blanche enbonpoint sauve que peut entre nous revenez nous a nous moutons!" The horrified sans-culottes shrink back in terror as the Gray Wolf seizes Maria by the hair and cuts her into twenty-nine pieces, each exactly the same size.
All reconnaissance observers must carry out a simultaneous search of the earth for movement and the sky for foes, and in addition keep their guns ready for instant use. And should anything happen to their machines, and a forced landing seem likely, they must sit tight and carry on so long as there is the slightest hope of a safe return. A nos moutons.
She thought of the last verse of the song he had sung that night in the garden. "Le lendemain, Phillis peu sage Aurait donne moutons et chien Pour un baiser que le volage A Lisette donnait pour rien." Mary shed tears at the memory; she had never been so unhappy in all her life before. It was Denis who first broke the silence.
"Humph! if I had had a grain more talent I should have been crushed by it. There is a subtle allegory in the story of the lean poet, who put lead in his pocket to prevent being blown away! 'Mais a nos moutons, to return to Maltravers.
There is no doubt that he is a great artist. He assured me that there is no art like that of making people believe what you want them to. For instance, he pretends that he can sing "Il pleut, il pleut, bergere," and make you hear the patter of the bergere's heels on the wet sod, or wherever she was trying to rentrer ses blancs moutons.
It had invaded fresh territory, he said, added to the range of expression, and was meanwhile a new language to casual listeners. It was rebel music, offensive to the orthodox. Hubert had always said that "it was out of the question," and he appeared to have been right. "Bah, ce ne sont que des moutons!" exclaimed Jouffroy.
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