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“I shall approach. Before taking off his hat, I shall take off my own. I shall say, "The Marquis de Saint Eustache, I believe."…

— G.K. Chesterton

“The viscountess had raised the forefinger of her right hand and made a pretty gesture toward a stool at her feet. There was such…

— Honoré de Balzac

“Ah, but I’m not a gentleman,” said the Marquis. “I have it on the best of authority that I am only a nobleman.” “Good…

— Georgette Heyer

“What’s your rank of choice?” Juliet started, nearly spilling her cup of lemonade. “Pardon?” Drake gestured to all the other men in the room.…

— Rose Gordon

“In earnest, I shall echo your earlier proclamation, my friend, and state that in my mind the acquaintance of not only Cyprian Wythe, but…

— Amber Lynn Perry

“For the love of God, woman, there's only one rule in that bloody book worth following.' 'And that is?' Elizabeth asked disdainfully. 'That you…

— Julia Quinn

“Be wiser, do not trade insults with the foolish!”

— Tricia Marsh

“There was a happy irony in the first cousin of the autocratic Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II (with whom George bore a…

— Paul Ham

“How is this?" she demanded "I had thought a Marquis must always be acceptable!" "That, Miss Merriville, Depends on the Marquis!”

— Georgette Heyer

“There, at the top of the table, alone amongst all these women, stooped over his ample plateful, with his napkin tied around his neck…

— Gustav Flaubert

“He was perfectly astonished with the historical account gave him of our affairs during the last century; protesting “it was only a heap of…

— Jonathan Swift

“Don Marquis: ‘Mayhem, death and arson have followed many a thoughtless kiss not sanctioned by a person.’ There”

— Khushwant Singh