modèle

Updated: May 2, 2025

I found myself greatly relieved, and sat down and wrote a letter to the Mayor and Corporation, which I may cite as a modele de vrai persiflage. I went and dined with Lord Ferrars and Lady Townshend; she has received all her arrears, so we have now the pleasure of continuing our hostilities les pieds chauds.

George Augustus Selwyn - George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life

I do not want a sloven, but I want a girl who is a real person and not a mere poupée modèle to show off dresses. Petty gossip is the prevailing danger of any small community such as a girls' school.

Lucy H. M. Soulsby - Stray Thoughts for Girls

There was "Grandeur d'ame de Lycurgue," and "Lycurgue consulte l'oracle," and then there was "Calciope a la Cour." Under this was written in French and Spanish: "Modele de grace et de beaute, la jeune Calciope non moins sage que belle avait merite l'estime et l'attachement du vertueux Lycurgue.

Samuel Butler - The Way of All Flesh