"Boeuf" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of weary marching Washington arrived at Fort le Boeuf. The Frenchmen greeted him courteously, and entertained him in the most friendly fashion during the three days which the commander took to make up his answer. The answer was not very satisfactory. The commander promised ...
— This Country Of Ours • H. E. Marshall Author: Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
... locality from the north winds, and, acting as a barrier to the turbulent waves, offers to the mariner a safe port of refuge behind its shores. The French ascended the little stream, and from its banks made a short portage to the Rivire des boeuf, or some tributary of French Creek, and descended it to the Alleghany and the Ohio. This Erie and French River route finally became the military highway of the Canadians to the Ohio Valley, and may be called the ...
— Four Months in a Sneak-Box • Nathaniel H. Bishop
... know it as Bugrane, beloved by goats, and the chief delight of donkeys, who rejoice to roll themselves amid its prickles. Simon Pauli ne connait pas de meilleur remede contre le calcul des reins, et de la vessie. "Anjourdhui l'arr ete boeuf est a peu pres abandonne." "On y reviendra!" The plant contains "ononin," a chemical glucoside, which is demulcent to ...
— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie
... whose hands the emperor proposed to resign despotic power and to rule thenceforward as constitutional sovereign, had for its chief M. Emile Ollivier; Marshal Le Boeuf (made marshal on the field of Magenta) ...
— France in the Nineteenth Century • Elizabeth Latimer |
