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"Mousse" Quotes from Famous Books

... our lives by the idea of death, they used to think, at least before this century; there is a time for all things, and it will be enough to remember death when its hour strikes. "Mademoiselle," said La Mousse to the future Madame de Grignan, too careful of her beautiful hands, "all that will decay." "Yes, but it is not decayed yet," answered Mademoiselle de Sevigne, summing up in a single word the philosophy of many French lives. We will sorrow to-morrow, if need be, and even then, if possible, ...

— A Literary History of the English People - From the Origins to the Renaissance • Jean Jules Jusserand

... immediate result of Madame Bernard's consultation with the doctor was that she disappointed one of her pupils the next day in order to gain an hour, which she devoted to making a very exquisite 'mousse de volaille' for Angela. The poor girl was much touched, but could only eat two or three mouthfuls, and the effort she made to overcome her repugnance was so unmistakable that the good little Frenchwoman was more anxious for her than hurt at ...

— The White Sister • F. Marion Crawford

... en hiver; on les traine sur la neige jusques au bord des rivieres et des lacs; lorsque la fonte des neiges et des glaces a rendu la navigation libre, on les met en radeaux pour les descendre a Quebec, ou ils restent longtems dans l'eau, avant d'etre tires a terre, et ou ils en contractent une mousse qui les echauffe; encore imbibes d'eau, ils sont exposes dans un chantier a toute l'ardeur du soleil de l'ete; l'hiver qui succede les couvre une seconde fois de neige, que le printems fait fondre, et ainsi successivement jusqu'a ce qu'ils soient employes; enfin, ils ...

— Picturesque Quebec • James MacPherson Le Moine