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...f danger. Sailing upon the river is one of the common amusements of the city of Rouen, in France. My father also took great pleasure in these water-... ... occasion he agreed with a party to sail to Port St. Omer, about ten miles from Rouen. Dinner and musical instruments had been sent on board the ves...

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...heaven designing it, have to face, and how to beat them; until he gazed on Rouen, know- ing by the size of it and by what Mr. Durance had informed him... ...ad informed him of the city on the river, that it must be the very city of Rouen, not so many years back a violated place, at the mercy of a foreign f... ... ‘Dreux?’ waved out of the carriage- window at a westerly distance, naming Rouen as not the place, not at all, totally other. Thus we are taught, that... ...s an ignorant foreigner from one station to another through the streets of Rouen, after a short stoppage at the buffet and assistance in the identific... ...uick ear caught the sound of the station, as pro- nounced by his friend at Rouen. He handed his card to the station-master. A glance, and the latter s... ...carried his bag. But with the remembrance of the kindly serviceable man at Rouen, he sought to convey to the porter, that the terms of 131 George Mer... ...d to their carriages, with expressions of gratitude, at the departure from Rouen; and the Boniface at Gisors had entreated them to stay another night,...

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...‘Baby, baby, he’s a giant, 122 ABBEYCHURCH Tall and black as Rouen steeple; And he dines and sups, ’tis said, Every day, on naugh...

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...sented by the queen-mother; at the risk of losing his head, he had gone to Rouen to consult with the Connetable de Montmorency. No one ventured to dra...

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...traditional burden. The Sansons were for two hundred years executioners at Rouen before being promoted to the first rank in the kingdom, and had carri...

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...went to Fontainebleau and imagined himself on the way to Italy; he went to Rouen with a little handbag and inordinately spent the night. One afternoon...

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...t it is economical. It was a humble establishment, kept by a good man from Rouen and his wife, that Philip had discovered by accident. He had been att...

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...have de- feated itself. Y ou were to have engaged an attendant at Havre or Rouen, and have had abundance of time for the purpose, though you had been ...

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...ht, and came to anchor at Val de la Haye on the Seine, three leagues below Rouen. Here the next morning (10th), it was met by the flo- tilla of steamb... ...ition, embarked immediately in the flotilla, which arrived the same day at Rouen. At Rouen salutes were fired, the National Guard on both sides of the...

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...upon: Go down upon him, you have power enough, And in a captive chariot into Rouen Bring him our prisoner. Constable: This beco... ...he will give. Act III, scene v 36 Prince Dauphin, you shall stay with us in Rouen. DAUPHIN: Not so, I do beseech your majesty. KING OF FRANCE : Be ...

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...e Prioress. ‘Sisters Isabel and Beata spent their younger days, the one at Rouen, the other at Bordeaux, and have learned many young ladies in the tru...

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...ad asked for leave of absence for five days, and was gone, it was said, to Rouen on family business. M. de T reville was the father of his soldiers. T... ...ner. “Which route must I take?” demanded D’Artagnan, in his turn. “That of Rouen; but you will leave the city on your right. You must stop at the litt...

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...en, and another of silk, both which extend through the whole generality of Rouen. It ap- pears from his account, which is copied from the registers of... ...d poor; as at Rome, Versailles, Compeigne, and Fontainbleau. If you except Rouen and Bourdeaux, there is little trade or industry in any of the parlia... ...ome to plead before them, are in general idle and poor. The great trade of Rouen and Bourdeaux seems to be altogether the effect of their situation. R...

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... the reign of —, frequented the little Câfé in the cul-de-sac Le Febvre at Rouen, will, I imagine, feel himself at liberty to dispute. That Pierre Bon... ... and although, while he flourished, there were not wanting some authors at Rouen to assert “that his dicta evinced neither the purity of the Academy, ... ...n of genius. Bon-Bon was a man of genius. There was not a sous-cusinier in Rouen, who could not have told you that Bon-Bon was a man of genius. His ve...

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...en, forsooth, they understand the noble art of defence! Now, when I was at Rouen in the year 1695, there was a Chevalier de Chapon and I went to the o...