Frenchman

Examples

• The next Pope elected, Clement V, was a Frenchman, the choice of King Philip of France. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Poririer, a Frenchman, invented a machine for making match boxes of pasteboard. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• She knew me better of course than to take the Frenchman's view of the transaction. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The little Frenchman? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• About a month before this period, some ingenious Frenchman had completed the discovery in the manner originally proposed by Dr. Franklin. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I thought you said he was a Frenchman. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• In the meantime, in 1801, Le Bon, a Frenchman at Paris, had succeeded in making illuminating gas from wood, lit his house therewith, and proposed to light the whole city of Paris. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• There is your opportunity, Monsieur Tarzan, bantered the Frenchman. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• A Frenchman named Denys Papin had built the first steam-engine with a piston. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• But not once did the Frenchman cry out in pain. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• We've had a Frenchman here in his time, and it's my opinion he knowed more French than the Frenchman did. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• You speak like a Frenchman. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• A Frenchman brought it hither, who said, he had ridden night and day to put it into the hands of your highness. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Squatting beside D'Arnot he wrote for a minute on the smooth inner surface of the bark; then he handed it to the Frenchman. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The Frenchman had been watching him, and knew that Tarzan was puzzled over the envelope. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• As for his shoulders and arms they continued as before; Frenchmen cannot work miracles like German princes! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Milor had better not wear that military coat, said he; the Frenchmen have sworn not to give quarter to a single British soldier. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Other prominent Frenchmen made encouraging experiments on small steamboats--followed in 1784-86 by James Rumsey and John Fitch in America in the same line. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Centuries hence, we Frenchmen and Englishmen might be boasting and killing each other still, carrying out bravely the Devil's code of honour. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Clayton did not reply, but within him rose a new respect for Frenchmen which remained undimmed ever after. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• I say come, Amelia, the civilian went on; never mind what she says; why are we to stop here and be butchered by the Frenchmen? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• They called us Mounseers, German moustache rascals, and Frenchmen. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• But those were Frenchmen and you can work out military problems clearly when you are fighting in somebody else's country. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• They did not realize that Chinamen and Indians could carry on the work of research as ably as Frenchmen or Englishmen. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I had always thought that Frenchmen were ready to laugh at any thing. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• She is a godless woman of the world, would Mr. Crawley say; she lives with atheists and Frenchmen. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It was the camp fire of the Frenchmen. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• This name originated with the French, and several Frenchmen patented velocipedes from 1800 to 1821. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• I have observed that Frenchmen abroad seldom wholly give up the idea of going back to France some time or other. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He has with him Frenchmen and Poles, Italians and children of the Rhine, six hundred thousand strong. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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