"Coup d'oeil" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... votre facon ne reste pas longtemps au berceau: votre premier coup d'oeil a fait naitre le mien; le second lui a donne la facon; le troisieme l'a rendu grand garcon. Tachons de l'etablir au plus vite; ayez soin de lui, puisque vous ...
— A Selection from the Comedies of Marivaux • Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux
... The first coup d'oeil, as the sun slid into the position described, impressed me very much as I have been impressed, when a boy, by the concluding scene of some well-arranged theatrical spectacle or melodrama. Not even the monstrosity of color was wanting; for the sunlight came out through the ...
— The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 2 (of 5) of the Raven Edition • Edgar Allan Poe |
