"Bretagne" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... dans la Grande Bretagne" (tome i., p. 244), who had the facts from Daru. But, as Meneval sensibly says ("Mems.," vol. i., ch. v.), it was not Napoleon's habit dramatically to dictate his plans so far in advance. Certainly, in military matters, he always kept his imagination subservient to ...
— The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2) • John Holland Rose
... night," he writes, "the dead and dying below, the ship scarcely floating, the swelling waves threatening each moment to engulf her, the wild howling of the storm, and the iron-bound coast of Bretagne to leeward, were all together such as to try severely the courage of the few remaining ...
— Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea • Charles H. L. Johnston
... Mas, maitre d'hotel du Duc de Bretagne—to you I recommend myself. I have collected here roughly according to my stupid understanding what I saw of the said festival, to send it to you, beseeching you as earnestly as I can to advise me of the noble states ...
— Charles the Bold - Last Duke Of Burgundy, 1433-1477 • Ruth Putnam
... Dans la Bretagne, il y avait autrefois la noble famille des barons Kerver. Le baron, qui tait aussi brave que bon, avait douze enfants, six fils, grands et forts comme lui, et six filles, belles comme le jour, et vraiment adorables. Avec une telle famille ...
— Contes et lgendes - 1re Partie • H. A. Guerber |
