He soon tried again to realize his ideal of a country home by buying, in 1838, three acres of land at Ville d'Avray, a quarter near Sevres, on the road to Versailles.
The great dormer window above, possibly of later construction, is a prediction of the loveliness that was to come to dormers, such as we see in the roofs of Rouen's Hotel de Ville and of the chateau of Blois.
Rue Gambetta, Ville d'Avray, and has been placed among the National Monuments of France.
We rode on to la ville basse, the other and more modern Carcassonne, a little checkerboard of a city with streets running at right angles and so different from the usual intricate streets of mediaeval origin.
Municipal buildings like the Hotel de Ville were not decorated.
Hotel de Ville could not have made a greater hubbub.
Leave the village of Viéville on the right and, 500 yards further on, take the road which leads up a steep slope to =Hattonchâtel.
Woodbridge’s Bay to the north, and Charlotte-ville Bay to the southward.
Roseau is about half a mile in length, from Charlotte-ville to Roseau river, and two furlongs in breadth, but less in some parts, being of a very irregular figure.
From this Hotel de Ville 'the numerous statuettes with which the building was once embellished have all disappeared.
This desertion drove Jean de Ville and his followers to despair.
The Duke of York seems to have been successful as an archer, for in the Hotel de Villeat Bruges there is a picture by John van Meuninxhove, in which Charles is seen hanging the 'Bird of Honour' round his brother's neck.
The Palace at Seraing, from which Bishop Hoensbroeck was carried by the revolutionary mob to the Hotel de Ville at Liege in the summer of 1789, is now the office of the well-known firm of John Cockerill and Company.
On his return from a tour of agitation in the provinces he was received with royal honours: the Hotel de Ville flung out its red hangings; and at the doors of Ste.
From Alençon, we passed the Briante, a small river, at Ville Neuve, where the road begins to skirt the Forest of Moultonue.
His visit to De Ville being strictly private, there was no opportunity afforded me of hearing his remarks.
Of this there is no better illustration than the great collection of De Ville in London, of which the following account is given in the admirable treatise on phrenology (of 637 pages) by Dr.
This flag was preserved in the Hotel de Ville till that building was destroyed by the Commune in 1871.
As they passed the sergent de ville they all cocked themselves up with an air of braggadocio.
At the doors a sergent de ville stood good-humouredly and nodded to the ladies and gentlemen with whom he had a professional acquaintance.
Comines describes it as a city which 'se gouverne plus follement que ville d'Italie.
The ancient linden-tree on the Place de l'Hotel-de-Ville would have delighted Dr.
Back of Martigny-ville along the Dranse is a broad field with morasses; it belonged to the Abbey of the Great Saint-Bernard.
Louis was forced to assent to all the demands of the people; he recalled Necker, and showed himself at the Hôtel de Ville wearing the national cockade or tricolour.
The emperor proposed a congress at Lunéville in which England should be invited to take part.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ville" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
