Zouaves

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The word "zouaves" in example sentences

M. de Charlus had gone as far as it was possible for him to go, or rather, he was so completely marked by what he had become, by habits that were not his alone but also those of many other inverts, that, at first, I had taken him for one of these following the zouaves on the open boulevard; in fact, for another of their kind who was not M. de ❋ Unknown (2003)

Prince Urban, whom I had the honor of knowing when I served in the zouaves. ❋ Various (N/A)

Jan. 31 -- Kaiser directs German assault on La Bassée; zouaves and ❋ Various (N/A)

The newspaper people tell me she is building ships, drilling zouaves, diplomatizing at Rome, brigandizing in ❋ Various (N/A)

Montfanon made the campaign of France with the other zouaves, and the empty sleeve which was turned up in place of his left arm attested with what courage he fought at Patay, at the time of that sublime charge when the heroic General de Sonis unfurled the banner of the Sacred Heart. ❋ Various (N/A)

Scruples of devoutness coming in the wake of a serious illness cast at one blow the frequenter of the 'Cafe Anglais' and gay suppers into the ranks of the pontifical zouaves. ❋ Various (N/A)

He had no eye for the tramps, laden with grain from Odessa, coming down from the Black Sea; for the vessels of ancient shape and build, such as the Argonauts might have sailed in when questing for the Golden Fleece; for the graceful caiques rowed by boatmen in zouaves of crimson and gold, in the sterns of which the flower of ❋ Herbert Strang (N/A)

Thanks to the influence of the Duke of Montgeron, whose faithful constituents had sent him to the National Assembly, his brother-in-law had been transferred to a regiment of zouaves, of which he became colonel in 1875, whereupon he decided to remain in Africa during the rest of his life. ❋ Various (N/A)

It is not empty as Ypres is empty: troops are quartered in the cellars, and at the approach of our motor knots of cheerful zouaves came swarming out of the ground like ants. ❋ Unknown (1915)

In front of the cathedral a German shell has dug a crater thirty feet across, overhung by splintered tree-trunks, burnt shrubs, vague mounds of rubbish; and a few steps beyond lies the peacefullest spot in Nieuport, the grave-yard where the zouaves have buried their comrades. ❋ Unknown (1915)

The Colonel and his officers [Page 169] stood listening to the music, and presently the soldiers broke into the wild "chanson des zouaves" of the – th zouaves. ❋ Unknown (1915)

Many of his sermons have been printed; among them are one to the papal zouaves returning from Rome (1871), and a funeral oration on Mgr. Bourget (1885). ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

During this phase of his life, besides endeavouring to enlist pontifical zouaves and to increase the Peter's-pence, he wrote the "Protestation", against the impending spoliation of the pope; the ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

At all times devoted to the Church and the pope, he took an active part in the formation of the pontifical zouaves, and persuaded General Lamoricière to offer his services to Pius IX. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

I never saw Miss Antoinette Polk until long after she had been the Baronne de la Charette, wife of the gallant and illustrious General Baron de Charette, leader of the Pope's zouaves, said to be to-day the most honored and beloved soldier of the old régime in France. ❋ Unknown (1911)

Down below among the motionless multitude, and identifiable by their wasting and disfigurement, there are zouaves, tirailleurs, and ❋ Henri Barbusse (1904)

The zouaves broke, fleeing in disorder toward a piece of woods. ❋ Mary Johnston (1903)

French trenches lined with zouaves a few feet beneath, and distant from him, on the slope of the hill; a Turkish redoubt lower down, then another in the valley, then, in a line with it, some angular earthworks; then, in succession, the other two redoubts up to Canrobert's Hill. ❋ Joy, James Richard, 1863- (1902)

Color is really color in the South, and the lines of blue zouaves and crimson spahis against the mellow afternoon sky were vivid and picturesque beyond description. ❋ Unknown (1902)

Strange sounds came from the stone walls along the street, where zouaves, turcos, and line soldiers, cursing and weeping with rage, were smashing their rifles to pieces rather than surrender them. ❋ Unknown (1899)

"[That girl] is [saucy]" "[Nah dude], she's zouave" ❋ Kweena____ (2019)

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