"Poudre" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... against Russia, and has been withheld only by some differences with General Klapha, the Turco-Hungarian, from doing so. I had a long letter from him to- day, in which he expresses his restlessness characteristically, J'ai la nostalgic de la poudre." ...
— The Life of Froude • Herbert Paul
... la Poudre River.—Excellent road crossing two streams at ten and twenty-three miles from the last camp; good camps on both. Cashe la Poudre is a fine large stream which issues from the mountains near the road, and is difficult to cross ...
— The Prairie Traveler - A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions • Randolph Marcy
... generales, c'est changer le salpetre en poudre.—A. DE MUSSET, Confessions d'un Enfant du Siecle, 15. Les revolutions c'est l'avenement des idees liberales. C'est presque toujours par les revolutions qu'elles prevalent et se fondent, et quand les idees liberales en sont veritablement le principe et le but, quand ...
— Lectures on Modern history • Baron John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton
... cried. "Ma pauvre enfant, qu'allez vous faire maintenant?" She turned to the door and laughed again. "Elle a la tete pres du bonnet, n'est-ce pas?—mon Dieu, elle s'enflamme comme de la poudre!" ...
— Prince Fortunatus • William Black |
