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"Oh pauvre chien!" cried the spectators, "c'est fini!" "Not yet," cried Baptiste, as he sprang with a scream to his feet again, and began his dance with redoubled energy, just as if all that had gone before was a mere sketch a sort of playful rehearsal, as it were, of what was now to follow.
Of a large and robust type of physical beauty, Nature seems to have endowed him on every hand with splendid gifts. Such a man as this could say with calm simplicity to Marie Antoinette, who inquired one night about his new opera of "Armida," then nearly finished: "Madame, il est bientôt fini, et vraiment ce sera superbe."
Oh, well, write—write what you like,” he concluded, with scornful disgust. “I’m not afraid of you and I can still hold up my head before you.” “And can’t you tell us the nature of that disgrace?” Nikolay Parfenovitch hazarded. The prosecutor frowned darkly. “No, no, c’est fini, don’t trouble yourselves. It’s not worth while soiling one’s hands. I have soiled myself enough through you as it is.
The German hosts melted away, and the Baltic Fleet passed on. St. Petersburg accepted the British demands, and a commission of arbitration was appointed. Henri de Bergillac read out the news from the morning paper, and yawned. "C'est fini l'affaire Poynton!" he remarked. "You can get ready as soon as you like, Guy. I am going to take you into Paris to your sister!" Guy looked up eagerly.
His heart swelled within him. A thrill permeated his entire being, starting at his head and running out at his heels. He felt tremendous a sort of blend of Oliver Cromwell, a Berserk warrior, and Sir Galahad. 'Monsieur, he said again. 'Hi! What about it? This time the croupier did speak. 'C'est fini, he said; and print cannot convey the pensive scorn of his voice.
Besides, Stanley had assured them that they had nothing to fear, as the only evil he anticipated would be the trouble they were sure to have in getting rid of the superabundant snow. While they were talking, the back door was opened violently, and La Roche, in a state of dishabille, burst into the room. "O messieurs, c'est fini! Oui, le world him shut up tout togedder. Oh, misere!
Presently she came into the tent and, addressing her husband, exclaimed: 'Avez-vous bientot fini, vous autres? Ah! que vous etes des gourmands! Till the finish, she and the rest walked with the shooters. By four it was over. The total score was 1,387 head. Mine was 182, which included thirty-six partridges, two woodcocks, and four roedeer. Fashion is capricious.
The Emperor Frederick II. writes: "Rosa di maggio Colorita e fresca Occhi hai fini E non rifini Di gioie dare Lo tuo parlare La gente innamora Castella ed altura." Jacopo Pugliesi says of his lady: "Chiarita in viso più che argento Donami allegrezze Ben eo son morto E mal colto Se non mi dai conforto Fior dell' orto."
"Better I than thou," cried Jack, blowing hard. "He will play no more tricks. Come on!" "With a glance at my enemy I hurried past him over dead and wounded men, a cannon upset, muskets cast away, and what not. "This way, Wynne," said the marquis. "C'est fini! Get those fellows together, gentlemen." Our men were huddling the prisoners in a corner and collecting their arms.
As the fly passed the last yard of mown grass which marked the boundary of the Fanshawe property, she threw out her arms with one of the expressive gestures, which remained with her as a result of her foreign training. "Fini!" she cried aloud. Mentally at that moment, she swept the Fanshawes, mother and son, from the stage of her life. Where should she go next?
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