A translation by De Lille, which has a very close resemblance to that of Boileau, is inserted in the delightful chapter of the Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis, which treats of Lesbos and Sappho.
Why, this is only a slip of a lad, un petitjeune homme,” he said.
She likes to speak her English--"Of what good Jeune homme!
That's true, but the jeune Anglaise recites also in French," said Gabriel Nash.
What he had mainly in mind was to say to the old actress that she had been mistaken--the jeune Anglaise wasn't such a grue.
He found her at home, but as soon as he had expressed his conviction she began: "Oh, your jeune Anglaise, I know a great deal more about her than you!
This exasperation, however, was a degree of flattery; it was neither indifference nor simple contempt; it acknowledged a mystifying reality in the jeune Anglaise and even a shade of importance.
They have such beautiful manners together, and their conversation is so interesting, one can fancy one's self back in that dainty world of the engravings of Moreau le Jeune and Freudenberg which we have.
With De Caën came Paul Le Jeune and two other Jesuits, a vanguard of the missionary band which was to convert the savages.
We do not possess the oration which Father Paul Le Jeune delivered at his funeral, but there remains from Le Jeune's pen an appreciation of his character in terms which to Champlain himself would have seemed the highest praise.
The third, a "Jeune Mère," hanging disconsolate over a clayey and puffy baby with a face like an unwholesome full moon.
Where the `jeune femme bien faite' was lodged is not set down, and the people of Asuncion no doubt looked leniently on such affairs, as does society to-day in England.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "jeune" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
