"Au revoir" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... that as he was mounting his horse on starting to the island of Lobau, the duke was possessed by gloomy presentiments. He paused a moment, took M. Lannefranque's hand, and pressed it, saying to him with a sad smile, "Au revoir; you will soon see us again, perhaps. There will be work for you and for those gentlemen to-day," pointing to several surgeons and doctors standing near. "M. le Duc," replied Lannefranque, "this day will add yet more to your glory."—"My glory," interrupted the marshal eagerly; "do ...
— The Private Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete • Constant
... away, when we whirled through the gates of Ghent later in the evening, we said "Au revoir" to Verhagen and the mendicant priest, and went to our rooms. At midnight came a rap at the door; my gray-haired alderman broke into the room, bursting with the latest news, ...
— The Log of a Noncombatant • Horace Green
... I.G. would retaliate with reminiscences of Ah Fong making the Grand Tour of Europe with him in 1878—how he kissed his hands to the winning French chambermaids, and called out "Allewalla, Allewalla!" ("Au revoir, au revoir!"), or how he had answered the horrified ladies of Ireland who inquired about his duties,—"Morning time my brush master's clothes, night time my bring he ...
— Sir Robert Hart - The Romance of a Great Career, 2nd Edition • Juliet Bredon
... When derided for mounting a pair of Government "bluchers," tied over bare feet, with bits of glaring tassel-string from his camel-saddle, he quoted the proverb, "Whoso liveth with a people forty days becomes of them." We parted after the most friendly adieu, or rather au revoir, and he was delighted with some small gifts of useful weapons:—I wonder whether Shaykh Furayj will prove "milk," to use Sir Walter Scott's phrase, "which can ...
— The Land of Midian, Vol. 1 • Richard Burton
... leading him from the room. "Au revoir, dear Codlingsby. His Majesty is one of US," he whispered at the door; "so is the Pope of Rome; so is . . ."—a whisper concealed ...
— Burlesques • William Makepeace Thackeray
... promise you that when it's fine we will all come and spend a day here—yes, with our wives and children. And you will then show us your work, and we shall see if you have succeeded. So good-by! All my good wishes, my dear fellow! Au revoir, cousin! Au revoir, children; ...
— Fruitfulness - Fecondite • Emile Zola
... with precious stones and containing nectar distilled from the air that blew over the fields of beans in bloom for fifteen summers, remarked 'Le diner que nous avons eu, mon cher, n'est rien—il ne compte pas—il a ete tout-a-fait en famille—il faut diner (en verite, diner) bientot. Au plaisir! Au revoir! Au diner!'" ...
— The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete • John Forster
... the composer's departure for Reinerz. A footnote to the edition of this rather elegiac piece tells this. Adieu to Guillaume Kolberg, is the title, and the Trio in D flat is accredited to an air of "Gazza Ladra," with a sentimental Au Revoir inscribed. Kleczynski has revised the Gebethner & Wolff edition. The little cadenza in chromatic double notes on the last page is of a certainty Chopin. But the Polonaise in G flat major, published by Schott, is doubtful. It has a shallow ring, a brilliant superficiality ...
— Chopin: The Man and His Music • James Huneker
... got up, and saying coldly and dryly, "Au revoir, monsieur," walked out of the study, leaving behind her the same tender, delicate, disturbing fragrance. For a long time again her pupil did nothing; he sat ...
— The Duel and Other Stories • Anton Chekhov
... is!" said Eve, who had been watching out of the window. "Au revoir, my pet. Here's Machin with your breakfast and newspapers. I daresay I shall be back before you're up. But ...
— Mr. Prohack • E. Arnold Bennett
... take leave of a discharged prisoner in English. Farewell; good-by!—a contraction for God be wi' ye—etc. It used to be in French, Sans adieu! au revoir! and the like. ...
— It Is Never Too Late to Mend • Charles Reade
... that moment of which his wife knew nothing. He thought the best way to get rid of Goupil was to sign the draft. The clerk, seeing the flush of seigniorial fever on the face of the imbecile and colossal Machiavelli, threw him an "au revoir," by way of farewell, accompanied with a glance which would have made any one but an idiotic parvenu, lost in contemplation of the magnificent chateau built in the style in vogue under Louis XIII., tremble ...
— Ursula • Honore de Balzac
... almost personify Britannia," said he, "with her complete self-absorption and general air of comfortable somnolence. Well, au revoir, Von Bork!" With a final wave of his hand he sprang into the car, and a moment later the two golden cones from the headlights shot through the darkness. The secretary lay back in the cushions of the ...
— His Last Bow - An Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes • Arthur Conan Doyle
... forces,[135] baron.... Prenez ... vous en aurez besoin.... (Voyant qu'Henri rit encore et n'apporte rien.) Eh bien! que faites-vous la avec vos bras pendants et votre mine betement rejouie.... Servez donc! (A Montrichard en s'en allant.) Adieu! baron ... ou plutot au revoir!... car si vous devez rester ici jusqu'a capture faite ... vous voila chez moi en semestre ... (Lui faisant la reverence.) ce dont je me felicite de tout mon coeur.... Adieu! baron, adieu!... (Elle sort par la ...
— Bataille De Dames • Eugene Scribe and Ernest Legouve
... I have! He's a good fellow, is Hubert. Till our next meeting! Au revoir, Miss Yardely! So long, Stane!" The next moment he turned to ...
— A Mating in the Wilds • Ottwell Binns |
