Lexicographical Neighbors of Mamselles
Literary usage of Mamselles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington by Richard Robert Madden (1855)
"... rivers all are males— (For instance, Father Thames)— Whoever in Columbia sails,
Finds there mamselles or dames. Yes, there the softer sex presides, ..."
2. Letters from the Shores of the Baltic by Elizabeth Rigby Eastlake (1844)
"... emphatically styled a Mamselle, on whom all these base cares descend; but
housekeepers and mamselles will be human as well as their mistresses, ..."
3. The History of Prostitution: Its Extent, Causes, and Effects Throughout the by William W. Sanger (1876)
"... frequented by females, who were designated " mamselles:" these did not live
in the houses, but used them merely as a convenient rendezvous. ..."
4. The History of Prostitution: Its Extent, Causes, and Effects Throughout the by William W. Sanger (1859)
"... frequented by females, who were designated " mamselles:" these did not live
in the houses, but used them merely as a convenient rendezvous. ..."
5. St. James's Magazine by S. C. Hall (1867)
"... the "mamselles" and "Johann" the chasseur, had coalesced, and a determined
resistance was planned to nurse's aggressive demonstration. ..."
6. The Might and Mirth of Literature: A Treatise on Figurative Language. In by John Walker Vilant Macbeth (1876)
"... as by James Smith: " In England rivers all are males, For instance, Father
Thames; Whoever in Columbia sails Finds them mamselles or dames. ..."
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