leclercq

Updated: June 7, 2025

I was never out of the bill except during the run of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," when, through an unfortunate accident, I broke my toe. I was playing Puck, my second part on any stage, and had come up through a trap at the end of the last act to give the final speech. My sister Kate was playing Titania that night as understudy to Carlotta Leclercq.

Ellen Terry - The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections

The brother of Monsieur Leclercq had obtained the situation of collector at Ville-aux-Fayes, and Leclercq himself, Gaubertin's son-in-law, had lately bought a fine estate beyond the valley of the Avonne, which brought him in a rental of thirty thousand francs, with park and chateau and a controlling influence in its own canton.

Honoré de Balzac - Sons of the Soil

"Will you take a third at forty thousand francs?" "It's a bargain, if you will take Emile Blondet here on the staff, and Claude Vignon, Scribe, Theodore Leclercq, Felicien Vernou, Jay, Jouy, Lousteau, and " "And why not Lucien de Rubempre?" the provincial poet put in boldly. " and Nathan," concluded Finot.

Honoré de Balzac - A Distinguished Provincial at Paris

When the banking-house of Leclercq was first started he advised Rigou to put fifty thousand francs into it, guaranteeing their security himself. Rigou was all the more desirable as an investor, or sleeping partner, because he drew no interest but allowed his capital to accumulate.

Honoré de Balzac - Sons of the Soil

"Will you take a third at forty thousand francs?" "It's a bargain, if you will take Emile Blondet here on the staff, and Claude Vignon, Scribe, Theodore Leclercq, Felicien Vernou, Jay, Jouy, Lousteau, and " "And why not Lucien de Rubempre?" the provincial poet put in boldly. " and Nathan," concluded Finot.

Honoré de Balzac - Lost Illusions

I will pray God to make me strong enough to forgive you!" "Farewell, Clement!" If my readers have seen Manfred at Drury Lane, let them remember the tone in which Miss Rose Leclercq breathed her last farewell to Mr. Phelps, and they will know how Margaret Wilmot pronounced this mournful word love's funeral bell, "Farewell, Clement!" "One word, Miss Wilmot," cried Mr. Austin.

M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon - Henry Dunbar : A Novel