Quand on est immortel, on a tout le temps d’apprendre qu’il existe pire que la mort.

The only intact reserve which then remained at his disposal consisted of twelve battalions of the infantry of the Imperial Guard , namely , four battalions of the Old and eight of the Middle Guard . Of the remainder of the Imperial Guard , all the ...

This work consists in the straightening , deepening and widening of the channel , the removal of the old north and south ... The removal of the old guard - lock , and also the deepening , widening and straightening of the channel from the upper ...

It embraces the construction of a lift lock connecting with the river below the rapid , and of a guard lock and supply weir , and the removal of the old guard lock , & c . , also the deepening , widening and strengthening of the channel from the ...

Defeat of the Imperial Guard . column , Jerome braved fire and death , with the devoted gallantry of a simple grenadier . ... The old guard , shattered in vain by the English artillery , clambered to the crest of the ridge of Mont - Saint - Jean .

A far clock chimed twelve words apparently to herself , but really and she rose wearily from her chair . with an eye to dramatic — and imper “ Good ... Then , ” he retorted , “ the old guard Eagerly , happily , the Other Man will make the best of it .

The procession was escorted by the old Imperial Guard . Others will tell of the mistaken treatment of the Guard both before and after that day ; all that I have to say is that its aspect was imposing , but that it froze us . It marched quickly , silent  ...

Many barricadoed houses still held out ; but nothing could resist the fury of the old grenadiers and chasseurs of the guard ; they snatched the muskets out of the hands of the Prussians as they levelled them out of the loop - holes , & c . , and ...

Old - fashioned furniture = des meubles de mode antique . - A man of the old stamp = un galant homme de la vieille roche . C'est un vieux de la vieille = he is a veteran of the old guard . — Ce jeune homme ne fera pas de vieux os = this young ...