The marchioness was a woman of the world, while her husband's interests were confined to his books. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova] Reference
Of course, to become a marchioness was a substantial lure as well, especially when Raoul talked of the family estates in the Loire. From Wordnik.com. [The Dressmaker] Reference
"Let us first state that the ancestors of the marchioness were the. From Wordnik.com. [The slave trade, domestic and foreign Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished] Reference
The marchioness was a woman of the world, while her husband’s interests were confined to his books. From Wordnik.com. [The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt] Reference
"No," the duchess admitted, "but it so happens that your grandmother the marchioness was my particular friend. From Wordnik.com. [Ungrateful Governess]
"So I understood; does the marchioness live there too?". From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
The marquis was stiff, and the marchioness stately, but. From Wordnik.com. [Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
"What are you relating to me now?" interrupted the marchioness. From Wordnik.com. [Moon Lore] Reference
Cæsar replied to the marchioness from Aquapendente as follows. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference
My wife has a great desire to be a marchioness before she dies. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 3, 1914] Reference
The marchioness presided daily at the construction of this hermitage. From Wordnik.com. [International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850] Reference
The bedrooms of the marquis and marchioness are hung with old tapestry. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Is there the title of marchioness in any other country besides England?. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 3, 1914] Reference
Soon after the conclusion of the festivities the marchioness returned to. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference
All present laughed heartily at this conceit; except, however, the marchioness. From Wordnik.com. [International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850] Reference
I shall go to my room for a rest, as the marchioness is always urging me to do. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond the Sunrise]
No, Richard; no, Susie; I will be neither princess, nor marchioness, nor countess. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Both his father and the marchioness were outside bidding farewell to the count and Jeanne. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond the Sunrise]
I see the marchioness is here: well! how she can find spirits to enter scenes of gayety. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3] Reference
We went there two days ago, but the marchioness would not let me explore them lest I hurt myself. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond the Sunrise]
The other gentlemen bowed to her too, and the marchioness and Lady Newton took her into their care. From Wordnik.com. [Snow Angels]
I had, as in duty bound, devoted most of my attention to the marchioness, and the marquis had engrossed. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
Père de Sacy could not resist the temptation of such an attractive position; he went to the marchioness. From Wordnik.com. [International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850] Reference
Versailles, said, with a smile, half sad, half ironical, "The marchioness will have bad weather for her journey!". From Wordnik.com. [International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850] Reference
But I would have you know, there are none in this house, none but the marchioness Alberti, the countess of Roland. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810] Reference
The cardinal had been hostile to Austria, and favorable to Prussia; the marchioness made war with Frederick to humor. From Wordnik.com. [International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850] Reference
The marchioness, in her will, had forgotten none of her friends, nor any of her servants; the king himself was named. From Wordnik.com. [International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850] Reference
He was sitting one morning with the marchioness when a servant threw open the door, announcing "Miss Owenson," who had just arrived. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878.] Reference
"Recollect," said the prince to him, "from the confessional of the marchioness to the confessional of the king there is but a step.". From Wordnik.com. [International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850] Reference
At Sixth and French streets lived a marchioness in a cot, which she adorned with the manners of Versailles, the temper of the Faubourg. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference
"Such a rumor," I broke in, rather annoyed by this turn in the conversation, "may well buy her the right to be a marchioness if she will.". From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880.] Reference
With suspicion of haughtiness she was drawn for the traditional marchioness; but she lifted her eyes and you saw that she appealed instead. From Wordnik.com. [Hilda A Story of Calcutta] Reference
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