The stage grisette is perpetually exploring the pockets of her apron. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873] Reference
The grisette, who had known what poverty was, gave a bitter little laugh. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
‘And fancy, what she has to be conceited about, avec sa mine de grisette!’. From Wordnik.com. [First Love] Reference
I had not enough mind left, at thirty years of age, to write a vaudeville or to be loved by a grisette!. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Diane chose her gown and got through her dressing with the alacrity of a grisette who is her own waiting-woman. From Wordnik.com. [Scenes from a Courtesan's Life] Reference
Opposed to her was the sartorella, or little tailoress, which may be said to be synonymous with the French grisette. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton] Reference
The anticipations of the shopkeeper were realized, and his rooms soon became notorious through the charms of the sprightly grisette. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of Marie Roget] Reference
"What! do you call these rooms fit for a grisette?". From Wordnik.com. [The Queen's Necklace] Reference
He comprehended at last that I wanted to see a grisette. From Wordnik.com. [The Innocents Abroad] Reference
The Parisian grisette has a trim figure and a doughy face. From Wordnik.com. [Nights in London] Reference
Have you ever noticed a grisette tripping along the street?. From Wordnik.com. [The Duchesse De Langeais] Reference
These were the grisette of fiction and the American girl of fact. From Wordnik.com. [Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance] Reference
"Oh, monsieur!" cried the grisette, wrapping her virtue round her. From Wordnik.com. [The Jealousies of a Country Town] Reference
"Ha! so you're married, you two," said the grisette showing some surprise. From Wordnik.com. [The Thirteen] Reference
A woman of her rank and age could not kill herself like any little grisette!. From Wordnik.com. [The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877] Reference
The uneducated yet infinitely charming and loyal grisette was the good angel of. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three)] Reference
A grisette may love according to her fancy, that is intelligible enough, but you have. From Wordnik.com. [The Duchesse De Langeais] Reference
Marquis, which might be naturally occupied by a needy student or a virtuous 'grisette.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Parisians — Complete] Reference
As to the grisette, she threw off the little black veil which hid her face, and they recognized Madame de Maine. From Wordnik.com. [The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental] Reference
The inquest over, and the certificates signed, by six o'clock the same evening authority was given to bury the grisette. From Wordnik.com. [The Thirteen] Reference
Fanchon stood with her two hands in the pockets of her apron, as ready to talk as the pretty grisette who directed Lawrence. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Dog] Reference
The grisette eventually keeps her carriage, and retires with sufficient to support her in her old age, if she does not marry. From Wordnik.com. [Diary in America, Series Two] Reference
"Madame, you know beauty is only comparative; a charming queen in Egypt, in Paris she would only have been a pretty grisette.". From Wordnik.com. [The Queen's Necklace] Reference
The ambitious grisette asked with a timid air for a moment's interview with Madame Granson, who took her at once into her bedchamber. From Wordnik.com. [The Jealousies of a Country Town] Reference
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