Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Auprès de ma blonde. " Auprès de ma blonde " (French for "Next to My Girl") or " Le Prisonnier de Hollande " ("The Prisoner of Holland ") is a popular chanson dating to the 17th century. The song tells the story of a woman who laments to the birds in her father's garden that her husband is a prisoner in Holland.
Family. Arnoud de Pret Roose de Calesberg is a descendant of Jacques I de Pret, (1643–1703) grand almoner of Antwerp. [2] and related to count Philippe de Pret Roose. He is the grandson of a member of the house of de Spoelberch, an old Belgian noble house, they are titled Viscount de Spoelberch. The house of Spoelberch is one of the three ...
Jean de La Fontaine ( UK: / ˌlæ fɒnˈtɛn, - ˈteɪn /, [1] US: / ˌlɑː fɒnˈteɪn, lə -, ˌlɑː foʊnˈtɛn /, [2] [3] French: [ʒɑ̃ d (ə) la fɔ̃tɛn]; 8 July 1621 – 13 April 1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model ...
The Pour le Mérite ( German: [puːɐ̯ lə meˈʁiːt]; [3] French: [puʁ lə me.ʁit], lit. 'For Merit' ), also informally known as the " Blue Max ", is an order of merit ( German: Verdienstorden) established in 1740 by King Frederick II of Prussia. The Pour le Mérite was awarded as both a military and civil honour and ranked, along with the ...
Pret a Manger / ˈprɛt ə ˈmɒ̃ʒeɪ / ( prêt à manger is French for ready to eat) is a British [4] [5] sandwich shop franchise chain headquartered in London, United Kingdom, and founded in 1983. It is popularly referred to as Pret. [6] As of April 2024, Pret had 697 locations worldwide, including 498 in the UK and 62 in the US, It also ...
Ross Parker. Francis Blanche. Book. Robert Dhéry. Productions. 1958 Broadway. La Plume de Ma Tante is a 1955 musical comedy, written, devised, and directed by Robert Dhéry, with music by Gérard Calvi, and English lyrics by Ross Parker. The play consisted of a number of short sketches in English, French, and pantomime, satirizing French society.
The U.S. economy grew at a sluggish 1.3% annual pace from January through March, the weakest quarterly rate since the spring of 2022, the government said Thursday in a downgrade from its previous ...
Chanson. Length. 3.59. Label. Barclay Records. Songwriter (s) Charles Aznavour. La Bohème is a song written by French lyricist Jacques Plante and Armenian - French musician Charles Aznavour. It is Aznavour's signature song, as well as one of the most popular French -language songs and a staple of French chanson .