sans souci
Example Sentences
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I think there is but one king in Sans-souci," he said, "and that is Frederick II.
From Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia by Jordan, F.
Simultaneously from north and south, from the Mouillage and the Fort, two immense bands enter the Grande Rue;—the great dancing societies these,—the Sans-souci and the Intrépides.
From Two Years in the French West Indies by Hearn, Lafcadio
On his return from Sans-souci the emperor visited also the tomb of Frederick the Great.
From Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia by Jordan, F.
Sans-souci, so this host we greet, Their jovial humour showing; There's now no walking on our feet, So on our heads we're going.
From Faust — Part 1 by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
It is said, that when Peter Corneille was puzzled to end a verse he would undo a trap that opened into his brother's room, shouting, "Sans-souci, a rhyme!"
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 by Black, Robert
