mousquetaire

• “But "mousquetaire" is a might poor way to spell muskeeter.”

  INTERNET WIRETAP: The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce (1993 Edition)

• “Chesterton, mystique, mousquetaire de la plume, miroir redresseur de nos travers déformants, humoriste paradoxal et décapant, reste à redécouvrir.”

  Pour le réenchantement du monde - Une introduction à Chesterton

• “His excellency, having heard the circumstances of the dispute, sent one of his gentlemen to invite the youth to dinner; and after having assured him that he might depend upon his countenance and regard, represented the rashness and impetuosity of his conduct so much to his conviction, that he promised to act more circumspectly for the future, and drop all thoughts of the mousquetaire from that moment.”

  The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle

• “To this remonstrance, which was delivered with a very significant countenance, the mousquetaire made no other reply, but that of echoing his assertion with a loud laugh, in which he was joined by his confederates.”

  The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle

• “Meanwhile Peregrine, having burst open the chamber door, found the lady in the utmost dread and consternation, and the spoils of her favourite scattered about the room; but his resentment was doubly gratified, when he learned, upon inquiry, that the person who had been so disagreeably interrupted was no other than that individual mousquetaire with whom he had quarrelled at the comedy.”

  The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle

• “While this inquiry was carried on, our hero and his companion concealed themselves among some weeds, that grew on the edge of the parapet, a few yards from the spot where he had agreed to meet the mousquetaire; and scarce had the morning rendered objects distinguishable when they perceived their men advancing boldly to the place.”

  The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle

• “The big shoulders, black brows and black mousquetaire swagger of Flambeau were a great contrast.”

  The Complete Father Brown

• “She was clad in pink, with a wide-brimmed straw hat ornamented with a mousquetaire plume, and was laughing mischievously.”

  Yvette

• “My son," said Anne of Austria, showing him the mousquetaire, who stood with his plumed hat in his hand, calm, grave, and collected,”

  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.

• “Then the lady would fall in love, and the husband conceived a friendship for the courtier, mousquetaire, or abbe, whom the lady patronized.”

  The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851

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