maigre

• "Il est fort maigre," adds the same writer, "assez grand; son teint est brun, son humeur et sa personne ne sont pas désagréables." —  Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I.
• To-day, when Baldi was describing the excesses which usually take place during the last few hours of the Carnival, he said, "the man who has but half a shirt will pawn it to-night to buy a good supper and an opera-ticket: to-morrow for fish and soup-maigre--fasting and repentance Saturday, 23._--I have just seen a most magnificent sight; one which I have often dreamed of, often longed to behold, and having beheld, never shall forget. —  The Diary of an Ennuyée
• The soup served was by courtesy called soupe maigre, but it was in fact soupe maigre diluted by many homoeopathic myriads, and the Brother showed much curiosity as to my opinion of its taste--a curiosity which I could not satisfy without hurting his professional pride. —  Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland
• The operas, indeed, are much frequented three times a week; but to me they would be a greater penance than eating maigre: their music resembles a gooseberry tart as much as it does harmony. —  Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume I
• Au reste, leur coutume est de tenir leurs chevaux sur le maigre (de ne point les laisser engraisser Chez eux, les gens de bien (gens riches, qui ont du bien) portent tons, quand ils sont ŕ cheval, un tabolcan (petit tambour), dont ils se servent dans les batailles et les escarmouches pour se rassembler et se rallier; ils l'attachent ŕ arçon de leur selle, et le frappent avec une baguette de cuir plat. —  The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III

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