| 单词 | billet doux |
| 例句 | A hairdresser rewrites an unsigned billet doux to cheer up her dumped mum. This week's new films 2011-08-12T23:07:30Z This being an opera by the mature Wagner, that uniting involves something other than people hiding in closets, or wicker baskets, or disguises and mistaken identity, or misleading billets doux. Wagner and Verdi: A harmony of opposites 2013-06-20T09:15:00Z The bus ticket or taxi receipt or even billet doux employed as a bookmark - not just the marginalia of an intellectual life but the detritus of the heart. A Point of View: Is there still any point collecting books? - BBC News 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Should the billet doux contain a note of contrition, following an argument? The scribe of Bamako 2014-02-13T00:31:02Z My lady was in bed, her fair hair unpowdered and streaming all about her shoulders, her chocolate on a small table at her side and countless billets doux from admirers scattered on the sheet. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z The sorting of the letters was accompanied by such facetious subtleties as “Do we behold a billet doux?” or the murmured misquotation: “He sent a letter to his love.” Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z A young lady receiving a billet doux—Robert did not call it thus, being no sympathiser with foreign languages—would naturally reward the messenger. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z The same day that General Anderson wrote Aguinaldo his billet doux about the dictatorship, viz., The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z Pretty soon it comes to me—billet doux! J. Poindexter, Colored 2011-06-11T02:00:11.257Z Besides, I had wit enough to write a billet doux, and hoped, if ever she permitted my absent self to entertain her, she would read with pleasure those breathings of my heart. Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes 2011-04-28T02:00:15.367Z Must be a dainty billet doux from Rosie Sinclair; but here, take it and go off by yourself. Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence 2011-04-01T02:00:41.017Z I could not avoid permitting him to slide his billet doux into my hand as he put on my shawl. Leonora 2011-03-22T02:00:21.627Z They are frequently used by boarding-school misses to serve as billets doux, for which, from their fragrance and unsullied purity, they are admirably fitted. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z It has the cut and fashion of the billet doux of St Germains; and," she added, laughing, "the precise flavour, too, I declare. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 I had been married about three months, and had been previously in love in the most approved romantic way, with all the proprieties of moonlight walks, serenades, sentimental billets doux, and everlasting attachment. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings I had been married about three months, and had been, previously in love in the most approved romantic way, with all the proprieties of moonlight walks, serenades, sentimental billets doux, and everlasting attachment. Household Papers and Stories And be sure he won't use them for curl papers as did the Duke of Richelieu with the remnants of his ladyloves' billets doux that escaped confiscation. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess I do correspond with effusiveness and punctuality through the obliging medium of a young intimate Indian acquaintance of mine, who does actually reside at Highbury, and has kindly undertaken to forward my billets doux. Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. We agreed we must put a billet doux there, if another day passed without the sign, though it was dangerously near Pirate Hall. Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island Bayle tells us that billets doux and amorous verses are two powerful machines to employ in the assaults of love, particularly when the passionate songs the poetical lover composes are sung by himself. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 As usual, writing billets doux to the ladies! Roger Ingleton, Minor She took the old guard of the Vienna Court Theater by storm, and the very next morning a perfect shower of billets doux, jewels and bouquets fell into the poor ballet girl's attic. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3 Let me die but he's a fine man; he sings and dances en François, and writes the billets doux to a miracle. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 Belinda dear, once on a time I doted on your every feature, I wrote you billets doux in rhyme In which I called you "charming creature." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 15, 1891 Here's Reachum's last billet doux on rifles, quoting them at about 5 per cent, above cost, and yet you expect me to give you an order. A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road" That little billet doux seems to have quite upset the Senorita, though. Gold of the Gods How do you know that I am not writing a billet doux to a lady? Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 It will be remembered that Mr Slope, when leaving his billet doux with Mrs Bold, had been informed that it would be sent out to her at Plumstead that afternoon. Barchester Towers In conclusion: I am done forever with billets doux and am never to be met without SPECTACLES. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 |
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