A gentleman, a merchant, a farmer, are all caught by the seductive offers of Folle Bobance, and are not long before they repent it.
Such is the farce of Folle Bobance, in which the tendency of various classes to loose and light living is satirised amusingly enough.
Rabelais' pleasantry about the woman folle a la messe is exactly in the style of the Adevineaux.
Folle est la brébis qui au loup se confesse=--It is a silly sheep that makes the wolf her confessor.
L'imagination est la folle du logis=--Imagination is the madcap of the brain (lit.
The capabilities of instrumental music in this direction are most strikingly displayed in the overture, in composing which Mozart appears to have kept before him the second title of Beaumarchais' play, "La Folle Journee.
P'tit Maitre had been there, and with him Doctor Bonfils, who said that La Folle might die.
He was a middle-aged man, with a family of beautiful daughters about him, and a little son whom La Folle loved as if he had been her own.
The men had flocked to a neighboring village to do their week's trading, and the women were occupied with household affairs,--La Folle as well as the others.
When La Folle regained consciousness, she was at home again, in her own cabin and upon her own bed.
La Folle was sorry when they were gone, for she loved these dumb companions well, and liked to feel that they were there, and to hear them browsing by night up to her own inclosure.
When La Folle had slowly and cautiously mounted the many steps that led up to the veranda, she turned to look back at the perilous ascent she had made.
When La Folle came to the broad stretch of velvety lawn that surrounded the house, she moved slowly and with delight over the springy turf, that was delicious beneath her tread.
La Folle goin' mine you; Doctor Bonfils goin' come make mon Cheri well agin.
Then the world that had looked red to La Folle suddenly turned black,--like that day she had seen powder and blood.
Nina, or la folle par amour, is a ballet from private life.
This lake is the main source of Red Cedar River (called sometimes the Folle Avoine), a branch of the Chippewa River.
While Du Lhut was at Mackinaw, on the 24th of October, he was told that an accomplice, named Folle Avoine, had arrived at Sault Ste.
Folle Avoine was allowed two of his relatives to defend him, and the same privilege was accorded to the others.
There were only twelve Frenchmen at the Sault at the time, and they felt too weak, without aid, to make an arrest of Folle Avoine.
Folle Avoine and the eldest of Achiganaga’s sons were selected.
When he had emptied his pockets, La Folle patted his round red cheek, wiped his soiled hands on her apron, and smoothed his hair.
La Follewas sorry when they were gone, for she loved these dumb companions well, and liked to feel that they were there, and to hear them browsing by night up to her own enclosure.
La Folle goin' mine you; Doctor Bonfils goin' come make mon Cheri well agin.
As for the folle maitresse--as a concomitant of my existence she transcends imagination.
Another is the Sottie of Foolish Ostentation (de folle bobance).
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "folle" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
