His education was begun at the College des Quatre Nations, where he obtained a smattering of the classics; but, his artistic talent being already obvious, he was soon placed by his guardian in the studio of Francois Boucher.
The Division fell in and moved forward to Quatre Bras, where we had a view of Johnny.
Wellington retired with superior forces before Ney at Quatre Bras, and allowed the gallant and unfortunate Duke William of Brunswick to fall a futile sacrifice.
Footnote 6: Napoleon said at that time to a Russian, "Si vous perdez cinq Russes, ne perds qu un Francais et quatre cochons.
I alighted at the Hotel Quatre Soeurs, and at once sent a note to M.
Les Quatre Fils Aymon or Renaut de Montauban[34] is the foundation of one of the most popular French chap-books.
The first is a Chronique des Quatre Premiers Valois, written with exactness and careful attention to authentic sources of information.
It resulted in a preference for simple gold; this metal, coloured by alloys such as platinum and silver, and popular under the name of à quatre couleurs, being at most only set off by enamel painting.
Of ornaments of this kind Mary Queen of Scots possessed a large number: thus--"Quatre vingtz bouttons dor esmaillez de blanc et noir garniz de chacune une perle.
Madame de Chamillart had amongst other jewels "Un petit portrait en mignature en forme de bracelet garny de quatre diamants, monté en or.
Each group elected its own officers, and in 1245 at latest the Quatre Nations were meeting in the church of St. Julien le Pauvre to choose a common head or rector, who soon superseded the chancellor as head of the university.
We are able to give the impression which the Paris of Henri Quatre made on an English traveller, a friend of Ben Jonson and author of Coryat's Crudities, hastily gobbled up in five months' Travell.
The march of the afternoon was hot and dusty, and was made all the more disagreeable by the road frequently becoming blocked by troops, guns, wagons, and ambulances withdrawing from Quatre Bras.
No sooner did Wellington become aware of the Prussian retreat than he decided to fall back from Quatre Bras to the position at Waterloo which he had had in his mind all along, and at about 10 A.
Quatre Bras--the point where the Nivelles-Ligny road crossed the road from Charleroi to Brussels--and at 10 P.
Wellington, riding from Brussels, had reached the position which his advanced troops were taking up at Quatre Bras, though by that time only some 7000 Dutch and Belgians, under the Prince of Orange, had arrived.
At dawn on the 15th he saw the first item on his programme carried out, the French forcing back the Prussians, occupying Charleroi, and advancing northwards towardsQuatre Bras.
At daylight the troops were under arms, and at eight o'clock set out for Quatre Bras, the expected scene of action in advance of Charleroi; the fifth division taking the direct road through the forest of Soignies.
Croyez-moi, I would have joyfully submitted to make my exit à quatre pattes, so I might but have followed them.
But this no more resembles the endless crammings of a repas de quatre services, than a work in four volumes on political economy to an epigram in four lines upon the author of it.
For them the steaming vapour, the tedious long array, the slow and solemn progress of a dîner de quatre services, offers nothing but joy and gladness; but what is it to those who only eat to live?
As we left the spot, my attention was directed to the Rue de la Ferronnerie, which is close to the Marché des Innocens, and in which street Henri Quatre lost his life by the assassin hand of Ravaillac.
He left the city very early and arrived at Quatre Bras about 10 o’clock.
Some of this brigade, particularly the 5th Military, had behaved with great gallantry on the 16th, atQuatre Bras.
Lefebvre first encountered the enemy at the village of Frasnes, some twenty-three miles from Brussels and covering Quatre Bras, where about 1500 men were stationed, who fell back towards Quatre Bras.
I reached the Prussian army; was at their headquarters; stayed there a considerable time; saw the army formed; the commencement of the battle; and returned to join my own army assembled and assembling at the Quatre Bras.
I arrived then at Quatre Bras a second time on that day, as well as I recollect, at about two or three o’clock in the afternoon.
The nineteen words which the Prince read were momentous: “Captain Baron von Gagern has just arrived from Nivelles, reporting that the enemy had pushed up to Quatre Bras.
The reserves of the British army from Brussels had arrived at the Quatre Bras at this time; and the corps of Brunswick troops from the headquarters, and a division of Belgian troops from Nivelles, Braine, &c.
Sou Il a fait de cent sous quatre livres, et de quatre livres rien = He has brought his noble to ninepence, and his ninepence to nothing.
Je me suis tenu à quatre pour ne pas lui dire ses vérités = It was almost more than I could do not to tell him what I thought of him.
Quatre Il se mettrait en quatrepour un ami = He would go through fire and water for a friend.
Il est toujours tiré à quatre épingles = He always looks as if he came out of a band-box.
Il marche à quatre pattes = He walks on all-fours.
Nous convînmes de cela entrequatre yeux = We agreed to that between ourselves.
Il se tenait à quatrepour ne pas lui dire des injures = It was as much as he could do not to abuse him.
Je me ferais tirer à quatre avant de parler = Wild horses would not make me speak.
Matin Il partira un de cesquatre matins = He will start one of these fine days.
Thence, as the day advanced, they proceeded towards Quatre Bras.
Their serried ranks stood firm at Fontenoy; turned the tide of battle at Quatre Bras; withstood unshaken the assaults of Napoleon's brilliant chivalry at Waterloo, and ascended with stately movement the bristling heights of the Alma.
It so chanced, by good luck, or good management, that the Gordons arrived at Quatre Bras just at the very moment they were needed.
When Cameron fell at Quatre Bras, he was not only mortally wounded, but pinned down by his horse.
She was going to be married once to a brave young officer, Ensign Angus Macquirk, of the Whistlebinkie Fencibles; but he fell at Quatre Bras, by the side of the gallant Snuffmull, his commander.
There were so many British barristers there this year that they called the "Hotel des Quatre Saisons" the "Hotel of Quarter Sessions.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "quatre" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
