country-cousinish

Updated: July 23, 2025

I at least had never been in the Maison de Moliere before, and in such matters as acting I possessed, at twenty-three, only a very raw and country-cousinish judgment. There had been a certain amount of talk in Oxford of a new and remarkable French actress, but neither of us had really any idea of what was before us. Then the play began.

Mrs. Humphry Ward - A Writer's Recollections — Volume 1