"Sommeil" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... weary day of far niente, when even le sommeil se faisait prier, we "hardened our hearts," and at nine p.m., as the gale seemed to slumber, we stood southwards. The Mukhbir rolled painfully off Ras Mohammed, which obliged us with its own peculiar ...
— The Land of Midian, Vol. 1 • Richard Burton
... bataille. La nuit tomba, et le froid terrible qui sevissait augmenta encore leurs souffrances. Ils essayerent d'echanger quelques paroles, mais ils ne se comprirent pas, car l'un etait un Francais et l'autre etait un Russe. Le sommeil vint enfin clore leurs yeux. Helas! ceux du Francais ne devaient plus voir ...
— French Conversation and Composition • Harry Vincent Wann
... aux grands yeux d'azur, ouvre done ta paupiere, Chasse les reves d'or de ton leger sommeil— Ils sont la, nos amis; cede a notre priere Le trone prepare n'attend que ton reveil; Le soleil a cesse de regner sur la terre, Viens regner sur la fete et sois notre soleil. Reponds a nos accords par tes accents plus doux Au jardin des amours, ...
— In Bohemia with Du Maurier - The First Of A Series Of Reminiscences • Felix Moscheles
... could never forget; handed the bag through the window of the moving train; and at the same time poured into his ears a long sentence, spoken rapidly and low, of which he was able to comprehend only the last few words: "a cause du sommeil et a ...
— Three John Silence Stories • Algernon Blackwood |
