Douvres

The real business of the book -- the salvage by Gilliatt of the steamer wrecked on the Douvres -- is, as a schoolboy would say, or would have said, "jolly impossible."

A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889

The contrast of the long agony of effort and its triumph on the Douvres, with the swift collapse of any possible reward at St. Samson, is simply a windfall of the Muses to this spoiled and, it must be confessed, often self-spoiling child of theirs.

A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889

Not the Douvres-Calais that day! only that horrible little narrow boat that always upsets me -- and I-- such an heroic being, bearing the mighty mediæval sword, an object of wonder and questioning to sailors, _douaniers_, passengers alike.

In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc 1879

French language; and under his guidance it was asked, in contempt of the answer, Combien de postes d'ici a Douvres?

Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868

French language; and under his guidance it was asked, in contempt of the answer, Combien de postes d'ici a Douvres?

Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Complete George Meredith 1868

French language; and under his guidance it was asked, in contempt of the answer, Combien de postes d'ici a Douvres?

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

And now rose the question, two-dozen-mouthed, Did Matey know her address at Douvres?

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

If it were inked and properly manipulated it would leave an impression -- an artist's proof the most curious and extraordinary in the world, for the block was cut with flint instruments by the Cave-men an incredible number of years ago, perhaps before England was separated from the Continent by the sea, while the two were still connected, and it was dry land where now the _Calais-Douvres_ steams so steadily over the waves.

Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Richard Jefferies 1867

SIRE, ET MON TRÈS CHER FRÈRE, -- Votre Majesté m'a écrit deux bien bonnes lettres de Douvres pour lesquelles je vous remercie de tout mon

The Letters of Queen Victoria, Vol 2 (of 3), 1844-1853 A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Queen of Great Britain Victoria 1860

Il fit porter processionnellement cette sainte image dans l'Eglise de Douvres: mais

A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811