Word: vous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Bourbon, presented such an indescribable babel of confusion last week that correspondents seriously pondered whether they should refer to it as a madhouse. They were saved from this scandalous impropriety by a sly wag of the Boulevards who whispered a knowing question in their ears: "Eh bien, Messieurs, avez-vous vu 'Les Folies Bourbon?'" As "The Folies Bourbon," the Chamber passed one of its most chaotic weeks...
...merveilleuse! C'est toute pour moi, mes amis. . . . But he has locked it up with his will. Que voulez-vous? He refuses to let it be produced while he lives. . . . Ah! The most wonderful old man in France! . . .He said to me: 'I have had the most beautiful love affairs it ever befell any man to experience. That is why when I am in the country I insist that not even important telegrams be forwarded to me. Before I die I must have a little quiet to remember my happy youth...
...grey rat is black. Henry de Jouvenel was not christened Henri. See p. 408, French Qui Etes-Vous...
...hung, because the subject is one dealing with the war. Different soldiers, representing different wars in French history are shown seated on a bench with room for just one more. A Pollu, holding an olive branch behind his back, bows to the assemblage, and a caption below reads -- "Vous permettez-les anciens?" Jean Droit is the artist...
...Vous etes...