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"The project was abandoned; Davoust shrugged his shoulders and went out, whispering to himself 'Bah, il devient superstitieux! Next morning the order to retreat was given." "All this is most interesting," said the prince, very softly, "if it really was so that is, I mean " he hastened to correct himself.
Do. Collot calls them "un composé de traiteurs, d'aventuriers, de coureurs de bois, rameurs, et de guerriers; ignorans, superstitieux et entêtés, qu'aucunes fatigues, aucunes privations, aucunes dangers ne peuvent arreter dans leurs enterprises, qu'ils mettent toujours fin; ils n'ont conservé des vertus françaises que le courage."
They are therefore very careful in praising, and sometimes express themselves in language the very reverse of what they intend, as, "'Va, coquine! says Bandalaccio, in M. Merimee's pleasant story of "Colomba," 'sois excommuniee, sois maudite, friponne! Car Bandalaccio, superstitieux comme tous les bandits, craignait de fasciner les enfans en les addressant les benedictions et les eloges.
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