Louisiana Studies: Literature, Customs and Dialects, History and Education, Volume 1 |
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Page 146 - Sun destre guant en ad vers Deu tendut. Angles del ciel i descendent a lui. AOI CLXXVI 2375 Li quens Rollant se jut desuz un pin; Envers Espaigne en ad turnet sun vis. De plusurs choses a remembrer li prist, De tantes teres...
Page 221 - As the Officers and Soldiers of the United States have been subject to repeated insults from the women (calling themselves ladies) of New Orleans, in return for the most scrupulous non-interference and courtesy on our part, it is ordered that hereafter when any female shall, by word, gesture, or movement, insult or show contempt for any officer or soldier of the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation.
Page 150 - This name is not found in any earlier public document. It was afterwards restricted to the peninsula of Nova Scotia, but the dispute concerning the limits of Acadia was a proximate cause of the war of 1755. The word is said to be derived from the Indian Aquoddiauke, or Aquoddie, supposed to mean the fish called a pollock. The Bay of Passamaquoddy, " Great Pollock Water," if we may accept the same authority, derives its name from the same origin.
Page 248 - Excellent results are obtained from the convent of the Ursulines, in which a good many girls are educated; but their inclinations are so decidedly French that they have even refused to admit among them Spanish women who wished to become nuns so long as these applicants should remain ignorant of the French idiom...
Page 276 - It shall be composed of four faculties, to wit : one of law, one of medicine, one of the natural sciences, and one of letters. ART. 138. It shall be called the University of Louisiana, and the Medical College of Louisiana, as at present organized, shall constitute the faculty of medicine. ART. 139. The Legislature shall provide by law for its further organization and government, but shall be under no obligation to contribute to the establishment or support of said University by appropriations.
Page 247 - ... children. Convinced of the advantages of such an establishment, they invited the Jesuits to undertake its creation and management. But the reverend fathers refused, on the ground that they had no lodgings suited for the purpose, and had not the necessary materials to support such an institution. Yet it is essential that there be one, at least for the study of the classics, of geometry, geography, pilotage, etc.
Page 275 - ... from 1834 to 1894 was 10,905, and of graduates 3,141. A tabulated record of the professors and number of students by years will be found in exhibit marked "A.
Page 245 - ... or gallery. Six doors gave air and entrance to the apartments on the ground floor. There were many windows, but instead of glass the sashes were covered with fine, thin linen, which let in as much light as glass, and more air. The ground about the house was cleared : it had a garden in front and a poultry yard in the rear, but the whole establishment was in the depth of the forest ; the streets, marked by the surveyor some years before, had not yet been cut through as far as Bienville-street,...
Page 220 - As soon as the two officers left the room Mr. Monroe also went out. Descending the front steps he walked out into the street, and placed himself immediately in front of the howitzer pointing down St. Charles Street. There, folding his arms, he fixed his eyes upon the gunner who stood, lanyard in hand, ready for action.
Page 6 - My father told me that on his return home after a seven years' course in a French college, he knew so little English that he had to go to Lexington, Kentucky, for some time to study the language of the country. My grandfather, who was born during the Spanish domination, spoke French only, and did not allow English to be spoken in his family. We are not so exclusive at present, and we are very anxious that our children should know English perfectly well, but we still consider French as the mother...