"Suisse" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... state-papers; among them, one relating to a point of contested right to which recent events have given fresh significance: "Trait: Sommaire du Droit de Frdric I. Roi de Prusse la Souverainet de Neufchtel et de Vallengin en Suisse." ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. II, No. 8, June 1858 • Various
... of St. Barnabe vespers were over; the clergy left the altar; the little choir-boys flocked across the chancel and settled in the stalls. A Suisse in rich uniform marched down the south aisle, sounding his staff at every fourth step on the stone pavement; behind him came that eloquent preacher and ...
— The King In Yellow • Robert W. Chambers
... long form: Swiss Confederation conventional short form: Switzerland local long form: Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft (German), Confederation Suisse (French), Confederazione Svizzera (Italian) local short form: Schweiz (German), Suisse (French), ...
— The 1999 CIA Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... etait ordinairement chez elle le vendredi. Un jour elle avait donne l'ordre a son suisse de dire qu'elle n'y etait pas. Le soir, dans le nombre de ceux qui s'etaient presentes, le suisse lui nomme Mme V..., sa soeur. "Eh! dit-elle, ne vous ai-je pas deja dit que, quelque ordre que je vous donne,[1] j'y suis toujours pour elle?" Le lendemain Mme M... sort, Mme V... revient: "Ma ...
— French Conversation and Composition • Harry Vincent Wann
... Clover, I have seen lots of them. There was that one at the Pension Suisse; you remember, Tanta? And the two on the steamer when we came home. And there's Miss Fitz who made my blue frock; Ellen said she was a regular old maid. I never mean to let Mabel ...
— Clover • Susan Coolidge |
