fighting-dress

Updated: May 22, 2025

So soon as her husband has gone, Caroline, who had not omitted, the previous evening, to write to Ferdinand to come to breakfast with her, equips herself in a costume which, in that charming eighteenth century so calumniated by republicans, humanitarians and idiots, women of quality called their fighting-dress. Caroline has taken care of everything.

Honoré de Balzac - Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete

So soon as her husband has gone, Caroline, who had not omitted, the previous evening, to write to Ferdinand to come to breakfast with her, equips herself in a costume which, in that charming eighteenth century so calumniated by republicans, humanitarians and idiots, women of quality called their fighting-dress. Caroline has taken care of everything.

Honoré de Balzac - Petty Troubles of Married Life, Second Part

So soon as her husband has gone, Caroline, who had not omitted, the previous evening, to write to Ferdinand to come to breakfast with her, equips herself in a costume which, in that charming eighteenth century so calumniated by republicans, humanitarians and idiots, women of quality called their fighting-dress. Caroline has taken care of everything.

Honoré de Balzac - Analytical Studies