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Souffle  n.  (Cookery) A side dish served hot from the oven at dinner, made of eggs, milk, and flour or other farinaceous substance, beaten till very light, and flavored with fruits, liquors, or essence.






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"Souffle" Quotes from Famous Books



... presque toutes brisees, tandis que celles des autres faces etaient entieres. On me dit, que c'etait la Bise qui les cassait; cela me parut incroyable; je parlai a d'autres personnes, qui me firent la meme reponse: et je fus enfin force de le croire. La Bise y souffle avec une telle violence, qu'elle enleve le gravier de la terrasse, et le lance jusqu'au second etage, avec assez de force pour casser les vitres." From the violence of the Bise wind this morning, and my subsequent experience of its force ...
— Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone - Made During the Year 1819 • John Hughes

... in an obituary notice, says of Chopin that "he lived ten years, ten miraculous years, with a breath ready to fly away" (il a vecu dix ans, dix ans de miracle, d'un souffle pret a s'envoler). Another writer remarks: "In seeing him [Chopin] so puny, thin, and pale, one thought for a. long time that he was dying, and then one got accustomed to the idea that he could live always so." Stephen Heller in chatting to me about Chopin ...
— Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician - Volume 1-2, Complete • Frederick Niecks

... peu profond, ou il est dangereux de rester, parce qu'on peut etre jete a la cote par un coup de vent. Elle a deux sources d'eau douce, dont l'une est couverte des eaux de mer quand le vent de Ponent souffle un peu fort. Des qu'il debarque au port quelques pelerins, aussitot des truchemens et autres officiers du soudan [Footnote: C'est du Soudan d'Egypte, qu'il s'agit ici. C'etoit a lui qu'obeissoient alors la Palestine et la Syrie. Il en sera souvent mention dans le cours du voyage.] viennent ...
— The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, - and Discoveries of The English Nation, Volume 10 - Asia, Part III • Richard Hakluyt

... Napoleon Buonaparte etait avide de renommee et de gloire; Arthur Wellesley ne se soucie ni de l'une ni de l'autre; l'opinion publique, la popularite, etaient choses de grand valeur aux yeux de Napoleon; pour Wellington l'opinion publique est une rumeur, un rien que le souffle de son inflexible volonte fait disparaitre comme une bulle de savon. Napoleon flattait le peuple; Wellington le brusqne; l'un cherchait les applau-dissements, l'autre ne se soucie que du temoignage de sa conscience; quand elle approuve, ...
— The Life of Charlotte Bronte - Volume 1 • Elizabeth Gaskell

... father's salon. The fascination of her fine and elevated intellect, her gentle sympathy, her keen appreciation of talent, and her graces of manner lent a singular charm to her presence. Her character was aptly expressed by this device which Rulhiere had suggested for her seal: "Un souffle m'agite et rien ne m'ebrante." Chateaubriand was enchanted with a nature so pure, so poetic, and so ardent. He visited her daily, read to her "Atala" and "Rene," and finished the "Genius of Christianity" under her influence. He was young then, and that she loved him is hardly doubtful, ...
— The Women of the French Salons • Amelia Gere Mason

... sir—and a souffle—and potatoes a la creme au gratin,' said Miss Hazel, throwing off her bonnet and curling herself down on the arm of the sofa. 'Mr. Falkirk, all my previous acquaintance with cushions was superficial!—And could you just open ...
— Wych Hazel • Susan and Anna Warner



Words linked to "Souffle" :   cheese souffle, souffle-like, dish



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