"Il" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... caps, it shot towards the vessel. A Genoese captain in graver garb sat at the helm, and as they came alongside, a whisper, almost a shudder, seemed to thrill upwards from the boat to the crew, and through them to the passengers, "Il Re!" "il Re santo," "il Re di Francia." It seemed to have pervaded the whole ship even before the Genoese had had time to take the rope flung to him and to climb up the ship's side, where as his fellow-captain greeted him, he asked hastily for the ...
— The Prince and the Page • Charlotte M. Yonge
... of health and spirits, Horace insisted I should write the "L'Allegro" to this "Il Penseroso" effusion. So, finding the jade had recovered her wonted buoyancy, I prayed her mount on gayest wing, and having spread her pinions to the sun, produced ...
— The English Spy • Bernard Blackmantle
... fils d'un Coutelier: un homme tres licentieux, qui ecrit encore plusieurs autres Ouvrages, comme La Religieuse, Les Bijoux mechant (sic), &c. Il jouit un grand role ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 238, May 20, 1854 • Various
... the King of France and of the pope; and Anne's husband, Prince George, brother to the King of Denmark, was a Protestant. He was a dull man, and people laughed at him—because, whenever he heard any news, he never said anything but "Est il possible?" is it possible? But he had a little son, of whom there was ...
— Young Folks' History of England • Charlotte M. Yonge
... fontaine M'en allant promener, J'ai trouve l'eau si belle Que je m'y suis baigne. Il y a longtemps que je t'aime, ...
— Fort Amity • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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