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He battled the fierce mistral winds in the South of France, only giving up when his easel would not stay anchored. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
When the mistral kicks up again, he moves inside, drawing with pen and ink and working with watercolor. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
At this point the priest left and I told the story about the travelling salesman who arrived at five o’clock in the morning at Marseilles when the mistral was blowing. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
Like the mistrals fierce winds, his evaluations of his own worth are variable and unpredictable, and can be destructive. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
The mistral brings clear skies with it, but my adolescent brain was in a muddle. Encounters with Shakespeare 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z
Pantelleria is battered by two Mediterranean winds, the mistral and the sirocco. Tilda and Luca in Central Park 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z
When the mistral blew in winter, the view past Cannes revealed the peaks of Corsica; the coal stove in the kitchen yielded little hot water or heat. Back to Provence 2011-06-17T18:55:00Z
The wines, at their best, are delicious and transporting, conjuring up images of rugged hillside towns, the sound of the mistral wind, and the wild herbs that cover the landscape. Three wines that show the Mediterranean’s range, starting at $16 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z
She was marvellous and monstrous, sirocco and mistral, fragile and brutish, inspired and vacant. Elaine Stritch: I'll Miss Her 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z
The cavern opens to the north, where a cold and powerful wind known as the mistral breathes dust under the rock shelter. Neanderthals and Modern Humans Agreed About One Thing: This Cave 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z
That is a sign of which way the mistral is blowing. Novak Djokovic’s Fight to Play Tennis Could Be Just Starting 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z
Or the mistral will blow from somewhere between north-west and east and all hell will break loose late on as the bunch splinters in the wind. Tour de France 2021: stage 12 – live! 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z
Listen hard along an internal register, and you sometimes pick up the pounding thud of your heart, or a mysterious whooshing that swirls through your ears like a miniature mistral. Opinion | The Genius of Insomnia 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z
Douglas’s comeback will begin next week in Salin-de-Giraud, France, where the swift, biting-cold mistral can reach 60 knots, perhaps strong enough to allow a record. Kiteboarder Plots New Course for Speed Sailing Record 2012-11-23T22:03:24Z
The "mistral" has blown chilly and with suffocating dryness, so that I have scarce breathed freely since I entered the town, and the streets, though handsomely laid out and built, are intolerable from the dust. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z
The Riviera season has been a failure: the mistral blows eternally. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z
But at times the mistral blows, and it is cold. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z
The cold and violent north-west wind known as the mistral is its worst drawback. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z
My father had already done his part, for he was a man who could not endure the chill mistral of the Rh�ne valley. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z
On Wednesday, when Marseille’s renowned mistral wind blew, the team, Olympique de Marseille, played out a goalless draw with Manchester United. On Soccer: Marseille Plays for a Tie, and Digs a Hole 2011-02-24T16:04:34Z
It is said, however, that the mistral wind is not always agreeable in Avignon. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z
At Nice and Mentone, in fact all along that favorite coast bordering the Mediterranean, the mistral is the bane of the health-seeker; while in this group the grégalé is the twin evil. The Story of Malta
Bouches-du-Rh�ne enjoys the beautiful climate of the Mediterranean coast, the chief drawback being the mistral, the icy north-west wind blowing from the central plateau of France. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John"
It is precisely similar in character to the mistral which prevails in Provence and along the French Mediterranean littoral. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis"
He did not feel the dry even rush of the high mistral, steady and broad as a great ocean current—yet how many times more swift. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion
"The mistral," our conductor said, and, though he did not cross himself, we knew by his exalted smile that he felt in it the presence of the poet of the south. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z
The mistral, blowing from the north and north-west, is the prevailing wind. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens"
To-day we have been out inventorying; and though a mistral blew, it was delightful in an open cab, and our house with the windows open was heavenly, soft, dry, sunny, southern. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25)
“Well, she hasn’t said much,” was my reply, as I bent my head to the mistral that was springing up. The Count's Chauffeur
The bells of Avignon rose into song as he was gazing; and the high notes and the deep tossed and drowned, boomed suddenly near or were suddenly swallowed up, in the current of the mistral. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI
A park adjoins the church and we went into it, but the mistral wind was tearing through the trees and we crossed and descended by a long flight to the narrow streets. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z
It was fine weather, but certainly not walking weather; too much sun and too much mistral, a typical Provencal day to be sure. Letters from my Windmill
It is blowing to-day a hot mistral, which is the devil or a near connection of his. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25)
Sudden anguish swept down upon Maria Angelina, like the cold mistral upon the southlands. The Innocent Adventuress
The even bluster of the mistral, with which he had been combating some hours, had not suspended, though it had embittered, that predominant passion. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI
I have forgotten whether it was the mistral or the tramontane, and I do not think it matters. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z
The mistral might just as well not have bothered for all the turning the windmills did…. Letters from my Windmill
I am to-day, thanks to a pure heaven and a beneficent, loud-talking, antiseptic mistral, on the high places as to health and spirits. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25)
In this state of mind I arrived at Avignon, which under a bright, hard winter sun was tingling—fairly spinning—with the mistral. A Little Tour of France
Avignon is subject to violent winds, of which the most disastrous is the mistral. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"
Cold and windy; air rather raw; the mistral blowing, 50   12. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes.
What with the fast flow of the Rhone, the propeller, and the mistral, the two river banks speed by. Letters from my Windmill
The elderly victim of my furious entry was lounging, in spite of the mistral, by the grim machicolated gateway. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol
It was very cold the other day at Avignon, for though there was no mistral, it was raining as it rains in Provence, and the dampness had a terrible chill in it. A Little Tour of France
Protected as it is on every side but that of the sea, it is free from the dreaded mistral of Cannes and from the sharp frost winds that sweep down the torrent-bed of Nizza. Stray Studies from England and Italy
Very high mistral, blowing intensely cold; air milder than yesterday, 43 ¼ 18. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes.
Just as a rough sea is still the sea, so a sense of solitude and immensity emerges, heightened by the relentless mistral, which, with its powerful breath, seems to flatten yet enlarge the landscape. Letters from my Windmill
We had been standing all the time at the corner of the square, while the mistral whistled down the narrow street. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol
The Villa Mes Rochers stood in a walled garden, which sloped gently to a terrace on the edge of the sea—a place for tea in the afternoons when the mistral was not blowing. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson
An east wind is the subject of public lamentation; the vast mountain range to the north is admired less for its wild grandeur than for the shelter it affords against the terrible mistral. Stray Studies from England and Italy
The mistral blew us away from Marseilles, which we left on the afternoon of the 25th by the two o'clock train for Cannes. Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta
The howling mistral or tramontana makes the doors bang, the reeds scream, and a range of noises that make the great, natural clamour all around. Letters from my Windmill
As the mistral, however, had sprung up and was shuddering across the high walls, I declined, and, having paid him his fee, descended to the comparative shelter of the earth. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol
We have nothing like it, even when the worst mistral is blowing, in our winters here in Provence. For The Honor Of France 1891
The mistral blows, and the roads of Oliolles are said to be so dangerous that my driver refuses to take me back to-night. The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I
Cannes stretches along the sea-shore from north to south, and is protected from the mistral and other cold winds by the fine Esterel mountain range. Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta
The mistral was raging and kept me awake till morning. Letters from my Windmill
A touch of mistral was out, and the wind blew seaward. The Wind Bloweth
When the mistral, bane of the Midi, is not blowing, however, you wonder whether the native-born have not picked out for a seashore resort a more delightful bit of the Riviera coast than foreigners. Riviera Towns
"I am very sorry, madame, but the storm, the mistral will come very soon, and while the mistral lasts we cannot ride." The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I
But unfortunately, on the Sunday morning following our arrival, there was a disagreeable dry parching wind blowing from the north-west called mistral; the Italians call it maestro, meaning "the masterful." Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta
The other night the mistral took us off course to the Corsican coast, so to speak. Letters from my Windmill
Nice, likewise, is scourged by the mistral, which there, however, divides its empire with winds from the north and north-east. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 444 Volume 18, New Series, July 3, 1852
The site was probably chosen because of the wall of rocks on the north which shelter it from the mistral, a wind that the Romans found as little to their liking as later interlopers. Riviera Towns
What you fancy to be merely a local head-wind blowing through the Straits, is a mistral tormenting the whole Gulf of Lions. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 445 Volume 18, New Series, July 10, 1852
Hitherto I have not had much opportunity of seeing anything, as the mistral has been blowing, and it has been rather colder than England in March. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 24, 1892
On every side, above the pine trees, sails, turning in the mistral, filled the landscape, and an assortment of small, sack-laden donkeys trudged up and down the paths. Letters from my Windmill
Add to this, that Provence is proverbially the land of dust, and, what is worse, the land of the mistral—a wind from the north-west, which carries stones, men, and carriages before it. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 444 Volume 18, New Series, July 3, 1852
The mistral was blowing so that the windows of the car had to be kept closed. The Beach of Dreams
Fancy a mistral cutting keen Across the sunlit wintry fields, Fancy brown vines, and olives green, And blustered, swaying, cypress shields. The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals
The mistral had begun to blow, and Jacques had found little to do, for people were keeping indoors. The Guests Of Hercules
"Don't have anything to do with them," he said, "Those thieves use steam, the devil's own wind, while I work with the very breath of God, the tramontana and the mistral." Letters from my Windmill
A breakfast on the Isle de Barthelasse, when the mistral is not blowing, is one of the holiday treats of the inhabitants of the town. The Gourmet's Guide to Europe
His first day in that leisured, peaceful, fragrant town, nestling amongst the hills against the keen mistral, had decided him to settle there for some weeks. Swirling Waters
Indeed, the mistral took a very telling part in the performance. The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals
The mistral shrieked, tore the budding leaves of the plane-trees, and scattered them over the ground. Social Life in the Insect World
Toqued and veiled, the mistral could crack its cheeks if it liked; it couldn't hurt mine, or do unseemly things to my hair. The Motor Maid
And after the old man's death "the reapers, silent, sickle in hand, go on with the work in haste, for the hot mistral was shaking the ears." Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence
Here the mistral was master and the olive trees his slaves. Swirling Waters
The mistral, just then blowing strongly and steadily, drew down upon the stage and swept back the singer's Grecian draperies in entrancing folds. The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals
Careful observation is impossible while the branches are shaken by the mistral. Social Life in the Insect World
The morning had drunk up all the sunshine of the day, leaving none for afternoon, which was troubled with a hint of coming mistral. The Motor Maid
It is the spirit that inspired the sweet Troubadours, and set the voice of Mirabeau thundering like the mistral. Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence
We could already perceive the white buildings which crown the neighbouring hills of Marseilles, when a gust of the "mistral," of great violence, sent us from the north towards the south. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men
The mistral, or cold breeze from the hills, is indeed the only climatic enemy, if we except an occasional earthquake. Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888
A searching mistral blew through the streets for four days, parching the blood, and on the night of the fourth rose to something like a hurricane. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756
I am so glad to believe that the monsoons, and typhoons, and mistrals, and siroccos of the land and sea are not unchained maniacs let loose upon the earth, but are under divine supervision! New Tabernacle Sermons
You dream of me rapt by a casement Mimosa caresses and rose; This window was surely the place meant For mistral to buffet my nose. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 14, 1891
It was a gorgeous sunset, but a wind like a mistral cutting one in two, and such clouds of dust, that even driving to the hotel our hair all looked drab coloured. Elizabeth Visits America
When the northerly wind blows, which, in Provence, is termed the mistral, the waves roll against the coast of Provence, and the recoil produces that ugly chopping sea for which this gulf is renowned. A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America
A bitter wind, forerunner of the implacable mistral, had come up. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
The recorder never failed to indicate the mistral when it blew, and sometimes even to predict it by many hours. Heroes of the Telegraph
To- day we have been out inventorying; and though a mistral blew, it was delightful in an open cab, and our house with the windows open was heavenly, soft, dry, sunny, southern. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1
The bells of Avignon rose into song as he was gazing; and the high notes and the deep tossed and drowned, boomed suddenly near or were suddenly swallowed up, in the current of the mistral Lay Morals
The mistral made the land unbearable, but herds of white horses ran galloping over the bay beneath a sky of childhood's blue. The Centaur
Neither aneroid nor weather-wisdom may, as a matter of fact, tell when a mistral will arise, how it will blow, how veer, how drop and rise, and drop again. The Isle of Unrest
During the last century the Faculty sent its incurables to Lisbon and Montpellier despite the mistral and the fatal vent de bise. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I
It is blowing to-day a HOT mistral, which is the devil or a near connection of his. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1
The even bluster of the mistral, with which he had been combating some hours, had not suspended, though it had embittered, that predominant passion.  Lay Morals
Rain had followed the mistral and the sea was rough. The Centaur
A rusty bell-chain was slowly swinging in the wind, which was freshening again at sunset, as the mistral nearly always does when it is dying. The Isle of Unrest
Then the wind changed, the sun shone out hot, but the mistral tore over the country cold and sharp as a double-edged sword. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc
I am to-day, thanks to a pure heaven and a beneficent, loud- talking, antiseptic mistral, on the high places as to health and spirits. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1
It always blows a mistral, or some other horrid thing, when I cross the Mediterranean. The Wheel O' Fortune
"This mistral is tiresome," observed the doctor, as the tide of talk flowed up to his end and made a remark necessary. The Centaur
This cursed mistral beats them to pieces, but I have no other place to grow them. The Isle of Unrest
I walked to it in driving rain and mistral. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc
Now she knew it was true what Bakkus had once said--she had been very angry, but he was right--that through the sunny nature of every child of the Midi swept the mistral. The Mountebank
In it was something of that golden sun and its wild northwest wind, its mistral. Jean-Christophe, Volume I
This was, unfortunately, exposed to the north-west winds, burning winds like the mistral of Italy and Provence, the khamsin of Egypt, etc. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
Denise would not sit, but stood shaking and swaying like a reed in a mistral. The Isle of Unrest
Arles—when not in a mistral—is charming, but the charm is in the past. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc
The mistral was raging there—a fierce squall which bent the secular cypresses like straws. Doctor Pascal
Dussard is doubtless historically inaccurate in making the origin of the mistral so late as the time of Augustus. The Earth as Modified by Human Action
The arctic blast discolors and disparages his long face, so hollow and sunburned; it draws tears from his eyes, and scatters them on the cheeks once scorched by the mistral; his nose, too, weeps increasingly. Under Fire: the story of a squad
The great reed of the south, Arundo donax, is often used, in the country, for making rough garden-shelters against the mistral or just for fences. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects
That horrible mistral froze her, and she has done little else than cough night and day since. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc
For the past three days the mistral had been blowing. Doctor Pascal
At the end of a few miles of dusty road, swept by the powerful breath of the mistral, we suddenly reach a little village. Fabre, Poet of Science
The great reed of the south, the Arundo donax, is often used, in the country, for rough garden-shelters against the mistral or just for fences. Bramble-Bees and Others
An old form of mistral, the very dry wind from the N.N.W., described by Smollett as the coldest he ever experienced. Travels through France and Italy
It is easy to explain the origin of these furious gales, bise and mistral. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc
When the mistral blew it caught La Souleiade slantingly, above the roofs of the houses of Plassans, on the little plateau on which the house was built. Doctor Pascal
In this state of mind I arrived at Avignon, which under a bright, hard winter sun was tingling - fairly spinning - with the mistral. A Little Tour in France
By dint of careful nursing, poor Allen was enabled to travel; he reached Mentone, and there the mistral ended him.  Angling Sketches
Suddenly he felt the fresh and sharp night air, and Dantes knew that the mistral was blowing. The Count of Monte Cristo
When he opened the front door the cold blast of the mistral rushing down the street of the Consuls made me shiver to the very marrow of my bones. The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes
Why could not the mistral take them all up together and carry them off to some unknown land, where they might be happy? Doctor Pascal
It was very cold, the other day, at Avignon; for though there was no mistral, it was raining as it rains in Provence, and the dampness had a terrible chill in it. A Little Tour in France
The mistral howled in the sunshine, shaking the bare bushes quite furiously.  The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes
Somebody must have been attending it lately, for the fire roared and the warmth of the place was very grateful after the bone-searching cold blasts of mistral outside. The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes
At the end of the Rue de Rome the violent chilly breath of the mistral enveloped the victoria in a great widening of brilliant sunshine without heat.  The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes
No, indeed, I assure you, I would even have slept well but for the mistral. Doctor Pascal
As we passed various street corners where the mistral blast struck at us fiercely I could feel him shivering by my side.  The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes
Companies of masks with linked arms and whooping like red Indians swept the streets in crazy rushes while gusts of cold mistral swayed the gas lights as far as the eye could reach.  The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes
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