garnison

Article 1er : Le ministre de la guerre donnera sur le champ les ordres nécessaires pour que la garnison de Mayence soit transportée en poste dans la Vendée…

Archive 2007-08-05 de Brantigny........................ 2007

Le lendemain, comme la garnison évacuait la ville, il ne peut, dit-on, s'empêcher de crier aux vainqueurs:

French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann

The army has probably ever been the home of high swearing: the expression in French of 'ton de garnison' is an amiable way of referring to that habit of speech; and we all know ancient warriors whose conversation is thickly larded with oaths and profanity.

Joan of Arc Gower, Ronald Sutherland, Lord, 1845-1916 1893

The army has probably ever been the home of high swearing: the expression in French of '_ton de garnison_' is an amiable way of referring to that habit of speech; and we all know ancient warriors whose conversation is thickly larded with oaths and profanity.

Joan of Arc Ronald Sutherland Gower 1880

If the poor man failed to pay, a garrison (_garnison_) was lodged upon him.

The Eve of the French Revolution 1869

"La garnison se trouva de 24 hommes, entre lesquels il y avoit un ministre, 3 femmes, et 5 enfans."

A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II Francis Parkman 1858

Bigot says: "Nous avions 13,000 hommes et mille à 1,200 sauvages, sans compter 2,000 hommes de garnison dans la ville."

Montcalm and Wolfe Francis Parkman 1858

Dryden, I suspect, got it from his favorite, Montaigne, who says, "Que nous ne pouvons abandonner cette garnison du monde, sans le commandement exprez de celuy qui nous y a mis."

Among My Books First Series James Russell Lowell 1855

Perhaps, too, from the possession of high station, or the habit of living only amongst the great, there was a certain dignity insensibly diffused over his whole person that was not noticeable in his earlier years, when a certain _ton de garnison_ was blended with his ease of manners.

Alice, or the Mysteries — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

Perhaps, too, from the possession of high station, or the habit of living only amongst the great, there was a certain dignity insensibly diffused over his whole person that was not noticeable in his earlier years, when a certain _ton de garnison_ was blended with his ease of manners.

Alice, or the Mysteries — Book 03 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838