Laborde's

You hear news, or a rumour, or an enigmatic remark like Laborde's, and your imagination takes wing with wild optimism - and then nothing happens, and your spirits plunge, only to revive for a spell, and then down again, and up and down, while time slips away almost unnoticed.

Flashman's Lady Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1977

Laborde's face said nothing; Fankanonikaka was nodding at me, as though willing me to agree.

Flashman's Lady Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1977

Fortunately I remembered Laborde's warning in time, and asked cautiously how he k new my name.

Flashman's Lady Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1977

When Laborde's division arrived, the French force was not less than twenty thousand men, and the Duke of Dalmatia made no idle evolutions of display.

MacMillan's Reading Books Book V Anonymous

There is no reasonable doubt that Laborde's statement was substantially true, for as long as there was glory in being the author of the suggestion

The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) William Milligan Sloane 1889

But after all, a still more signal case is that of Laborde's _Chansons mises en Musique_, published in the same year, which, even in thoroughly preserved contemporary calf, brings under the hammer in proof state nearly

The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time William Carew Hazlitt 1873

_Baisers_ of Dorat, 1770, printed on _grand papier de Hollande_, with the title in red and black, and, above all, Laborde's _Choix de

The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time William Carew Hazlitt 1873

While the British were marching to Lourinha, he had, with Loison's division, crossed the line of Laborde's retreat, and on the same evening reached Torres Vedras, where the next day he was joined by Laborde, and on the 20th by his reserve.

With Moore at Corunna 1867

Laborde's column debouching from among the trees, and moving towards the hill.

With Moore at Corunna 1867

Laborde's force had taken up a strong position in front of the village of

With Moore at Corunna 1867