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...es in a wheat-field. Some of them wore wooden shoes, which the peasants of Brittany make for them- selves; but the greater number had heavy hobnailed ... ... The 7 Balzac departments of the West, known under the name of La Vendee, Brittany, and a portion of Lower Normandy, which had been tranquil for the ... ...f the measures that were most opportune to take, was anxious to wring from Brittany every one of her contingents, more especially that of Fougeres, wh... ...dvanced pay promised by the government to these exceptional levies. Though Brittany had hitherto refused all kinds of military service under the Repub... ...stood stock-still in a prophetic attitude, as though he were the Genius of Brittany rising from a slumber of three years, to renew a war in which vict... ... of the road, the ridges of which were covered with the broom and gorse of Brittany; then he suddenly turned them full on the stranger, whom he subjec... ...in a little village of La Vendee, where she spent a few days of her exile. Brittany is the region in all France where the manners and customs of the G... ... but also as proud, as crafty, and as enduring as they. The position which Brittany occupies in the centre of Europe makes it more interesting to obse... ... the rector. Consequently, it was the voice of the priesthood which roused Brittany against the Repub- lic, and sent thousands of men, five years befo...

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....P.W. 4 Balzac BEATRIX I A BRETON TOWN AND MANSION F RANCE, especially in Brittany, still possesses certain towns completely outside of the movement ... ... . in the depths of Pitou, and of still more ancient times in the towns of Brittany. Most of these towns have fallen from states of splendor never men... ... tradition of this splendor still lives in the memory of the people,—as in Brittany, where the native char- acter allows no forgetfulness of things wh... ...tty town overlooks a salt-marsh, the product of which is called throughout Brittany the Guerande salt, to which many Bretons attribute the excellence ... ...ich comes du Guesclin, issued from the du Guaisnics. Old as the granite of Brittany, the Guaisnics are neither Frenchmen nor Gauls,—they are Bretons; ... ... Guaisnic. All the lands belonging to the barony of Guaisnic, the first in Brittany, are pledged to farmers, and bring in sixty thousand francs a year... ...ect of laughter in Paris, were it known there —is to Guerande the whole of Brittany. In Guerande the Baron du Guaisnic is one of the great barons of F... ...sories of the building, the spirit, grace, and candor of the old and noble Brittany still survives. Without the topography and descrip- tion of the to... ... Baron du Guenic had started from Guerande the mo- ment that La Vendee and Brittany took arms; he fought through the war with Charette, with Catheline...

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.... The spot was at the farther end of Croisic, a dainty little peninsula in Brittany; it was far from the port, and so inaccessible that the coast- gua... ... transportation are too heavy to allow them to use the firewood with which Brittany abounds. This region is fine for none but noble souls; persons wit...

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...ke and Count each bringing twelve men with them, all unarmed. Duke Alan of Brittany was one on our side, Count Bernard here another, old Count Bothon ... ...h their grave mournful faces, speak- ing of the corpse, which Duke Alan of Brittany was escort- ing to Rouen, there to be buried beside the old Duke R... ... formed into a procession behind him, according to their ranks—the Duke of Brittany first, and then all the rest, down to the poorest knight who held ... ...ifted up to his throne, and then came the paying him homage; Alan, Duke of Brittany, was the first to kneel before him, and with his hand between thos... ... to be his man, to obey him, and pay him feudal service for his dukedom of Brittany. In return, Richard swore to be his good Lord, and to protect him ... ...ice of Bernard de Harcourt, call- ing him to rouse up, and bid the Duke of Brittany farewell. “Poor child!” said Duke Alan, as Richard rose up, startl... ...and should that be, remem- ber that thou hast no surer friend than Alan of Brittany. Fare thee well, my young Duke.” “Farewell, Sir,” said Richard, wi... ...uin of Montreuil, and how far the friendship of Hugh of Paris, and Alan of Brittany might be trusted. Very tired of all this did Richard grow, especia... ... Osmond. “There must surely be a great arrival of the vassals. The Duke of Brittany, perhaps.” “Oh,” said Richard, piteously, “we have had one council...

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...a lady of that family, the daughter of a brave Knight slain in the wars in Brittany. Since this time, both the Baron de Clarenham and his son, Sir Ful... ...n to leave Bordeaux, he travelled safely through France, and crossing from Brittany, at length found himself once more in Somersetshire. It was late, ... ...chose to call their little party, safely arrived at Rennes, the capital of Brittany, where Jean de Montford held his court. Here they met the tidings ... ...ut exposing himself to death or captivity; and even within the confines of Brittany itself, Duke John, though bound by gratitude and affection to the ... ... did he tarry so long on the road?” “How could we come on when the Duke of Brittany him- self said it was certain death or captivity? We were forced t... ...of Normandy, and his brother had been murdered by an Englishman—his native Brittany was torn by dissensions and divisions—and his youth had been passe... ... came away, but as sore wounded as ever I saw a Knight. And the butcher of Brittany is upon them by this time! And here I am sent to ask succours—and ...

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... words? Marcas’ name was Zephirin; Saint Zephirin is highly vener- ated in Brittany, and Marcas was a Breton. Study the name once more: Z Marcas! The ...

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... rabid royalists in Normandy, kept the part of that province which adjoins Brittany under subjection to Henri IV. by the rigor of his executions. The ...

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... do. You may reconcile two families who have half-killed each other, as in Brittany and in La Vendee during the civil wars, but you can no more reconc... ...oney were obeyed in Provence, in the depths of Normandy, on the borders of Brittany, as they were at the great centres of social life? What philosophe... ...ook is going to press, this dumb resis- tance, which opposed Louis XIV. in Brittany, may still be seen and felt. See the unfortunate results of the ga...

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...Mar- chioness met again—that it was after the Reverend Colonel was shot in Brittany that Lady Steyne took to those extreme practices of devotion which...

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...y flew, touching Cherbourg, Alderney, Sark, Guernsey, and sighting the low Brittany rocks. Memorable days to Arthur Rhodes. He saw perpetually the one...

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... conducted with the gravity of a tailor and an old woman making a match in Brittany.’ ‘You came out with that valuable improvable freehold, the T erra...

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...looks down with an air of motherly protection. This quarter derives its appellation from having been, in ancient times, the residence of the Dukes of Brittany....

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...ppellation from having been, in ancient times, the residence of the Dukes of Brittany. As London increased, however, rank and fashion rolled off to th...

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...itted, behaved Raced (rased), tore Rack (of bulls), herd Raines, a town in Brittany famous for its cloth Ramping, raging Range, rank, station Ransacke...

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...itted, behaved Raced (rased), tore Rack (of bulls), herd Raines, a town in Brittany famous for its cloth Ramping, raging Range, rank, station Ransacke...

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...uguiere, a composer to whom we are indebted for many charming melodies. In Brittany, the young villagers sing this song to all newly-married couples o... ...ly reigns, hardly to be defined; caused, perhaps, by the aspect of life in Brittany, which is deeply touching. This power of awakening a world of grav... ...which stuck out at the hips,— the jacket of blue cloth which is classic in Brittany; there, too, were the waistcoat of printed cotton, the linen shirt... ...ty. “Where is the little girl now?” asked Monsieur Tiphaine, politely. “In Brittany,” said Rogron. “Brittany is a large place,” remarked Monsieur Leso... ... which was now painfully repressed by the cold greeting of her cousins. If Brittany had been full of outward misery, at least it was full of love. The... ...cleanliness. A great girl like you ought to be clean. Weren’t you clean in Brittany? But I recollect when I went down there to buy thread it was piti-... ...ing but how to love, made a pretty , childish gesture. “What did you do in Brittany?” asked Rogron. “I played,” she answered, naively. “Everybody play... ...g round her, that the bold idea of escaping, on foot and without money, to Brittany and to her grandparents took possession of her mind. Two events hi... ...could not see the end. Pierrette was ill; she was not happy; she pined for Brittany—what was the matter with 70 Pierrette her? All these questions pa...

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...e dared tarry no longer in Scotland, but hastened south, leav ing Hoel of Brittany lying sick at Dumbarton, I know not of what infirmity. With what m... ...the king at Dumbarton, where he had brought succour to his nephew, Hoel of Brittany. Arthur found Hoel safe in body and in wealth, and altogether whol... ...st went therefore each to his own place, loudly praising the king. Even in Brittany men told that there was no more valiant captain than he. Arthur tu... ...ovince which men now call Normandy. From Le Mans drew Earl Borel, and from Brittany Earl Hoel. Passing noble of visage was Hoel, and all those lords w... ... hundred lances. This was their bounden service, said these peers. Hoel of Brittany promised ten thou sand men, Aguisel of Scotland two thousand more... ...kindliness, as for Wisdom and chivalry. Now Hoel was captain of the men of Brittany. His fellow ship were proud and debonair. They were reckless of d... ... man they charged, and as one man they pierced through the foe. The men of Brittany swept down on the Romans, who were pursuing their comrades, and tr...

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...tle tomb of the two children (who died young) of Charles VIII. and Anne of Brittany, in white marble, embossed with symbolic dolphins and exquisite ar... ...uis, the ermine and the festooned rope which formed the devices of Anne of Brittany,—the tone of this rich-looking roof carries out the mild glow of t... ...e that he died. It was within the walls of Amboise that his widow, Anne of Brittany, already in mourning for three children, two of whom we have seen ... .... The main event in the history of the castle is the mar- riage of Anne of Brittany to her first husband, Charles VIII., which took place in its great... ...f antiq- uity as this fascinating tomb is the exquisite oratory of Anne of Brittany, among the apartments of the castle the only chamber worthy of not... ...On the south side stands the tomb of Francis II., the last of the Dukes of Brittany, and of his second wife, Margaret of Foix, erected in 1507 by thei... ... presence of one of the purest and most touching of modern tombs. Catholic Brittany has erected in the opposite transept a monument to one of the most... ...he was eventually repudiated, in order that her fiance might marry Anne of Brittany,—an alliance so magnificently political that we almost condone the... ...lptor (at once) Jehan de Paris, author (sic) of the tomb of Francis II. of Brittany, to which we gave some attention at Nantes, and which the writer o...

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...repit. A cold precision made itself felt throughout. Tourists in Normandy, Brittany, Maine, and Anjou must all have seen in the capitals of those prov... ... la Porte-de-Seez, and becomes the rue du Bercail as it enters the road to Brittany. If the departure of Mademoiselle Cormon made a great noise in Ale... ...tuosity, still lived, though she seemed to be suffering. Along the road to Brittany the Vicomte de Troisville was stated to be a younger son without a... ... departure she passed through her native town with an artist on his way to Brittany. She wanted to see Fougeres, where the adventure of the Marquis de... .... Alencon owes to him its connection with the industrial movement by which Brittany may possibly some day be joined to what is popularly called modern...

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...ir La Cote Male Taile, and turn we unto Sir Tristram de Liones that was in Brittany. When La Beale Isoud understood that he was wed- ded she sent to h... ...rned unto the realm of Logris, and Sir Kehydius said that he would go into Brittany. Now turn we unto Sir Dagonet again, that when he and his squires ...

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...said Goupil, “won’t want to witness her own disaster; she’ll go and die in Brittany, where she can manage to find a wife for her son.” “No,” said the ... ...ld lady say that if she could settle her affairs she should go and live in Brittany, as she would not have means enough left to live her. She is think... ... “But suppose I give them to you, on condition of your buying an estate in Brittany near Madame de Portenduere,— 192 Ursula you could then marry her ...