In the silence that followed, Fulkerson looked from one lady to the other with dismay.
Pardon me," said the colonel, "the case is one in which all can give in.
The red painted windmills flew like great birds in the air, though some of the habitans kept to their little home hand mill, whose two revolving stones needed a great expenditure of strength and ground but coarsely.
Cautious French habitans and traders thought it wiser to wait and see how long this standard of stripes and stars would wave over them.
Children were so often beaten in those days, and yet the French habitans were very fond of their offspring.
On our way to the falls, we met the habitans coming to the Church of La Bonne Ste.
There was apparently a greater equality of condition among the habitans of Montmorenci County than in New England.
But what became of the families of the habitans after this swoop of your foragers?
The habitans of en haut and the habitans of en bas commingled, as they rarely did, in a friendly way.
But," continued he, looking round admiringly on the bands of citizens and habitans who were at work strengthening every weak point in the fortifications, "my brave Canadians are busy as beavers on their dam.
My ferryboat is laden every day with the curses of the habitans returning from the Friponne, where they cheat worse than a Basque pedler, and without a grain of his politeness!
Habitans and citizens bowed to him out of habitual respect for their superiors.
The habitansheld this spot to be haunted by the wailing spirit of a woman in a gray robe, who had been poisoned by a jealous lover.
A violent scuffle ensued; many habitans were ridden down, and some of the horsemen dismounted.
Master Jean Le Nocher the sturdy ferryman's patience had been severely tried for a few days back, passing the troops of habitans over the St. Charles to the city of Quebec.
The dame was proceeding in a still more moralizing strain, when a noise arose in the street from a crowd of persons, habitans for the most part, congregated round the house.
The Habitans are particularly fond of the river St. Lawrence, and their settlements extend from Montreal, about two hundred miles along the river on the north shore, and perhaps three hundred and fifty miles on the southern shore.
The Habitans profess the Roman Catholic religion with much zeal.
The political opinions of the Habitans are extremely liberal, and not much in accordance with the spirit of Canadian institutions.
The Habitans are partial to the luxury of riding, and their common vehicle is a rough two-wheeled cart, and, occasionally, a calash.
Amidst the confusion and hazard of this feat a procession of other habitans marched aboard, each one bearing under his arm a coffin-shaped wooden box.
The Confession of Faith had for its full title, Confession de la Foy laquelle tous bourgois et habitans de Geneve et subjectz du pays doyvent jurer de garder et tenir extraicte de l'Instruction dont on use en l'Eglise de la dicte ville.
On the wide gallery sat Madame Chouteau herself, dressed in the style of the habitans who had filled the streets on our arrival, but in richer materials.
The few tourists and returning habitans settled themselves in the bow and made ready for their voyage.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "habitans" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
