"Dernier" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... mulberry tree paper twice, first, as 'papier de racines et d'ecorce de murier,' and, second, in speaking of the bark paper from Broussonetia: 'On emploie aussi pour le meme usage l'ecorce d'Hibiscus Rosa sinensis et de murier; ce dernier papier sert encore a recueillir les graines de vers a soie,' What is understood by the latter process may be seen from Plate I. in Julien's earlier work on sericulture,[2] where the paper from the bark of the ...
— The Travels of Marco Polo, Volume 2 • Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa
... que j'ai fait, le dernier de plusieurs melodrames anglais qui ont Lagardere pour heros. Des mots remplacent l'action, des mots remplacent le decor, les costumes, et les accessoires; mais enfin ce pastiche n'est qu'une piece et non un roman. Je l'ai fait pour ...
— The Duke's Motto - A Melodrama • Justin Huntly McCarthy
... ma levre ardente Brule encor ton dernier baiser. Entre mes bras, chere imprudente Ton beau front vient de reposer. Sens-tu mon coeur, comme il palpite? Le tien, comme ...
— God's Good Man • Marie Corelli
... are distinguished by their purple robes, and other ensigns of authority. They administer justice, having the power of life and death, not only through the whole county of Nice, but causes are evoked from Oneglia, and some other places, to their tribunal, which is the dernier ressort, from whence there is no appeal. The commandant, however, by virtue of his military power and unrestricted authority, takes upon him to punish individuals by imprisonment, corporal pains, and ...
— Travels Through France and Italy • Tobias Smollett
... Dernier drove up to the log-cabin office and shook himself from his blankets; his soutane was rolled up around his waist and secured with safety-pins; his solid legs were encased in the heaviest of woollen ...
— O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 • Various
... makes an appearance. Roger Nimier's last book was D'Artagnan amoureux, set shortly after The Three Musketeers. He had planned more in the series, but unfortunately died in 1956. The 1993 winner of le Prix Interallie was a novel entitled Le dernier amour d'Aramis by Jean-Pierre Dufreigne, which focuses on Aramis, the most mysterious of the four and the one whose past remains the greatest mystery. Although Dumas's portrayal of the character of D'Artagnan is the most famous, it was not the first. Dumas got much of his ...
— Dumas Commentary • John Bursey
... from the ministry, in July, 1824, Lamartine became Secretary to the French Legation at Florence. Here he wrote "Le dernier chant du pelerinage d'Harold," (the Last Song of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage,) which was published in Paris in 1825. Some allusions to Italy which occur in this poem, caused him a duel with Col. Pepe, ...
— Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 • Various |
