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Examples
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He had literary tastes, too, and carried a copy of Quentin Durward in his pocket.
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"There's Quentin Durward," said Fleda, – "and Rob Roy, and Guy Mannering in two little bits of volumes; and the Knickerbocker, and the Christian's Magazine, and an odd volume of Redgauntlet, and the Beauties of Scotland."
Queechy 1854
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The teacher at his school had given him six – "Children of the New Forest," "Quentin Durward," "Hereward the
Harding's Luck Edith 1909
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"Quentin Durward," she adds, "was lying on the drawing-room table, and Mrs. Skene took it up and said, 'This is really too barefaced.'
Maria Edgeworth 1905
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HERE, LET ME START: Commenter "Durward" embarrasses carbon-based life forms thusly:
The ugly Blogging Tory. CC 2009
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Rep. Durward Hall (R-MO), 4/8/65: … we cannot stand idly by now, as the Nation is urged to embark on an ill-conceived adventure in government medicine, the end of which no one can see, and from which the patient is certain to be the ultimate sufferer.
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Rep. Durward Hall (R-MO), 4/8/65: … we cannot stand idly by now, as the Nation is urged to embark on an ill-conceived adventure in government medicine, the end of which no one can see, and from which the patient is certain to be the ultimate sufferer.
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Just kidding; I threw Durward Kirby in there just to make sure you hadn't nodded off.
Quitting Smack Con Chapman 2011
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- The engrossing Ivanhoe came first for me when reading Sir Walter Scott, but I ended up preferring Scott novels such as Quentin Durward and The Heart of Midlothian.
Dave Astor: The Cupid-Like Pleasure of Canon Love Dave Astor 2012
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- The engrossing Ivanhoe came first for me when reading Sir Walter Scott, but I ended up preferring Scott novels such as Quentin Durward and The Heart of Midlothian.
Dave Astor: The Cupid-Like Pleasure of Canon Love Dave Astor 2012
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