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Il ne se nourrissait avec rien would mean 'he did not nourish himself with anything, the introduction of ne bringing the negation to bear upon the verb. 88 7 il lui en voulut de: cf. note to 36 10. The ridiculous appearance which the fowl presents gives use to the figurative meaning. Cf.

Alphonse Daudet - Tartarin de Tarascon

Auger tells us gravely that Mme. de La Fayette found the reading of the Latin poets a safeguard from the bad taste and extravagance of the Rambouillet coterie. But the same safeguard should have proved effectual in case of Ménage first of all, says Sainte-Beuve, who then gives the true relation of Mme de La Fayette to the Hôtel de Rambouillet: "Mme. de La Fayette, qui avait l'esprit solide et fin, s'en tira

Madame de (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne) La Fayette - La Princesse De Clèves par Mme de La Fayette : Edited with Introduction and Notes

The professor's chair, however, does not seem to have been congenial to his tastes, for in 1836 he removed to Paris, determined to devote himself exclusively to literature. He took up his abode in the fourth story of a house in a retired part of the city, and of his life there he gives us charming glimpses in his "Philosophe sous les Toits."

Émile Souvestre - Le mari de madame de Solange

Some day your feet will find the way That gives you back your lost once more. The only answer I can give To any question such as this From those who miss a mother's face Is: Heaven is where that mother is! Deux petits enfants pleurant amèrement, Vinrent rôdant pleins de chagrin dans la rue. Pauvres épaves sur la plage tempétueuse de la vie! Couverts de haillons et les pieds nus.

Ernest Michel - À travers l'hémisphère sud, ou Mon second voyage autour du monde: Tome 2; Équateur, Panama, Antilles, Mexique, Îles Sandwich,: Nouvelle-Zélande, Tasmanie, Australie.