The specimen given on the next page, entitled "Partant pour la Syrie," which appeared soon after the departure of Eugenie and her advisers, was a genuine hit.
Fougas' surprise is explained by the well-known fact that Napoleon was obliged to forbid the playing of Partant pour la Syrie in his armies, on account of the homesickness and consequent desertion it occasioned.
He took the glass in both hands, and was silently occupied in resuming acquaintance with himself, when a hand-organ came into the court and began playing "Partant pour la Syrie!
He has made an air of her composition, 'Partant pour la Syrie,' the national air of France.
Among these was the beautiful air, Partant pour la Syrie, which will be a fair guaranty that I do not say too much for the rest.
Some regiment was changing quarters, and the band was playing 'Partant pour la Syrie,' and the music from the heights swelled over the valley.
It was the song the organ has ground out--"Partant pour le Moulin.
He whistled "Partant pour le Moulin" all the days, and went to hear it all the nights.
The band in attendance was ordered to play, and struck up "Partant pour la Syrie.
Upon the arrival of the generals, the band continued playing "Partant pour la Syrie.
She quite understood the signal when he whistled Partant pour la Syrie, but he could never succeed in inducing her to pronounce her own name--Stephanie.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "partant" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
