Word: maise
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". . . When the Duke of Devonshire's daughter is married, all true Englishmen feel happy. When the Duke of Richmond rides with his hounds, all true Englishmen blow their horn. But the Frenchman holds to his own poet: Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je bois dans mon...
At the French foreign office a significant remark was heard. "Mais out, they are parading His Royal Highness through Europe to prove to the various govern ments and peoples that he is really fit to succeed his father on the Spanish throne."
"Mais, oui."
"Mais, mon ami!" responded M. Briand, advancing a purposely weak argument, "I fear it would be a great hardship to move our troops in the cold winter months. Why not wait till Spring?"
"Mais certainment! But nothing controversial," with a smile, "And now, gentlemen, please, no more questions. I do not excite myself. I take precautions. I find at seventy-six that I must be careful. So I play backgammon. . . ."