Petite

Examples

• May I presume to inquire after the _petite santé_ of Miss Eliza Higgins? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Should you object to beginning with three petite bourgeoises, the Demoiselles Miret? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Je crois voir en je ne sais quoi de rayonnante, petite ambitieuse! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• A crabbed dialogue terminated in my being called une petite moqueuse et sans-coeur, and in Monsieur's temporary departure. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Petite chatte, doucerette, coquette! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The world called the owner of these blue eyes _bonne petite femme_ (she was not an Englishwoman). Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Oh la singulière petite bossue! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Part of it only; but, from what I saw, I think it must be a very lively _petite comédie,_ answered Lamb. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Petite soeur, said he; how long could you remember me if we were separated? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• La petite va m'aider--n'est-ce pas? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It is three o'clock, said I, at last, and I dare not risk my _petite santé_, another instant. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He asked all travellers whether they knew a certain Colonel Lor Crawley--avec sa femme une petite dame, tres spirituelle. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Monsieur a parle de vous: il m'a demande le nom de ma gouvernante, et si elle n'etait pas une petite personne, assez mince et un peu pale. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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