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Business matters take me a good deal about the country; I am a friend of the peasantry, and people have even talked about proposing me for the Council-General-in short, I am a well-known man.
Je cours beaucoup les campagnes, à cause de mes affaires; je suis l'ami des paysans; on a même parlé de moi pour le conseil général; enfin, mon nom est connu....
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
Harking back to the old troubles, Monsieur de Mortsauf repeated the nonsense of the peasantry against the new system of farming.
Se prévalant de ses négations antérieures, monsieur de Mortsauf répéta les niaiseries des paysans qui se refusaient aux nouvelles méthodes.
Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
Balzac, Honore de
The Lily of the Valley
Balzac, Honore de
The women of the lower classes in Provence – the peasantry and workpeople – still wear these ample cloaks, which are called pelisses; it is a fashion which must have lasted for ages.
Les femmes du peuple, les paysannes et les ouvrières portent encore, en Provence, ces larges mantes, que l’on nomme pelisses dans le pays, et dont la mode doit remonter fort loin.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
The land would soon be bankrupt, and the peasantry no longer believed in it, so old and empty and worn out had it become.
La terre faisait faillite comme le bon Dieu, les paysans ne croyaient plus en elle, tant elle était vieillie, vidée, épuisée.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
' Oh ! an idiotic publication ; one of those volumes which are got up for circulation amongst the peasantry.
--Une ânerie, un de ces volumes qu'on fabrique pour les paysans.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
They all wore the short jacket of the Southern peasantry, and as they sang they brandished pitchforks and scythes. Some of them even only carried large navvies' shovels.
Tous portaient la veste courte des paysans du Midi. Ils brandissaient en chantant des fourches et des faux; quelques-uns même n’avaient que de larges pelles de terrassier.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar

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peasantry

noun
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Common casepeasantry*peasantries
Possessive casepeasantry's*peasantries'