 I made, thirty years back. My only excuse for giving them is that they are so singularly prophetic. The reminding tune (an old French chime which my father used to sing) is very simple and touching; and the old French words run thus: "Orleans, Beaugency!...  A Modern Chronicle - Էջ 58Winston Churchill - 1910 - 493 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Philippe Kuhff - 1878 - 426 էջ
...les Cloches. LES CLOCHES. Orléans, Boisgency3 Notre-Dame de Cléry, Vendôme! Vendôme! LES CLOCHES. Quel chagrin, quel ennui De compter toute la nuit Les heures ! les heures ! Berceuses. Dô Dô, l'enfant dô, L'enfant dormira tantôt. FAIS DODO. Fais dodo, Colin, mon... | |
 | George Du Maurier - 1891 - 440 էջ
...and the old French words run thus : Orleans, Beaugency ! Notre Dame de Clery ! Venddme 1 VendSme 1 Quel chagrin, quel ennui De compter toute la nuit Les heures — les heures I" i belfry. I tried to fancy that his name was Pasquier de la Mariere, and that he was my ancestor.... | |
 | Otto Jespersen - 1892 - 206 էջ
...Klokkeslettene fra Kl. 12 — 1—2 med 5 Minuters Mellemrum. *• 29 (vingt-neuf). Les cloches. y Quel chagrin, quel ennui, de compter toute la nuit les heures! les heures! A minuit les cloches disent : - . \ Il a frappé douze heures, i.vu.' i -^ ( / ">' ia donnez... | |
 | Auguste Font - 1894 - 380 էջ
...Beaugen . cy, No . tre PPP -oDa. me de Clé . ry, Ven.dô . me, Ven.dô . me. et son second couplet : Quel chagrin, quel ennui, De compter toute la nuit Les heures, Les heures1. Tous ces fredons de provenances diverses sont analogues par le mode, la coupe, le rythme et... | |
 | Auguste Font - 1894 - 376 էջ
...triste avec ses trois noies : ! Da. me de Clé . ry, Ven.dô - me, Ven.dô et son second couplet : me. Quel chagrin, quel ennui, De compter toute la nuit Les heures, Les heures '. Tous ces fredons de provenances diverses sont analogues par le mode, la coupe, le rythme... | |
 | Mary Churchill Luck - 1900 - 332 էջ
...avoid seeing Sir John's face when he knew Frank was a coward and a liar. Orleans, Beaugency ! Notre Dame de Clery Vendome ! Vendome ! Quel chagrin, quel...ennui ! De compter toute la nuit Les heures — les heures ! CHAPTER XIII " T WISH to God I had some money! " said Frank 1 miserably. " I don't know what... | |
 | Winston Churchill - 1910 - 1112 էջ
...Honora's brain, as she read, was ringing the refrain of the prisoner : — " Orleans, Beaugency ! Notre Dame de Cle'ry ! Vendome ! Vendome ! Quel chagrin,...quel ennui De compter toute la nuit Les heures, les heures! " The verse appealed to Honora strangely, just as it had appealed to Ibbetson. Was she not,... | |
 | Douglas Goldring - 1913 - 382 էջ
...formerly enjoyed a great celebrity and are commemorated in a nursery rhyme : "Orleans, Boisgency, Notre Dame de Clery, Vendome, Vendome ! Quel chagrin, quel ennui, De compter toute la nuit, Les In.- ii n".. les heures." From the shady promenade of the Petit Mail it is possible to scramble down... | |
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