convent-school

And Reynard, if I remembered my convent-school French, meant fox.

Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

And Reynard, if I remembered my convent-school French, meant fox.

Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

And Reynard, if I remembered my convent-school French, meant fox.

Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

I performed it zealously for years, in spite of the dubious look in my mother's eye — and the more insidious doubt in my own heart, the result of a convent-school education that scoffed at such "naive" superstitions.

Uncertain Objects of Desire 2000

I performed it zealously for years, in spite of the dubious look in my mother's eye — and the more insidious doubt in my own heart, the result of a convent-school education that scoffed at such "naive" superstitions.

Uncertain Objects of Desire 2000

I performed it zealously for years, in spite of the dubious look in my mother's eye — and the more insidious doubt in my own heart, the result of a convent-school education that scoffed at such "naive" superstitions.

Uncertain Objects of Desire 2000

The Bruce girls pleated and sliced the hell out of convent-school rust-and-gray wool jerseys with couture-y craftsiness, producing some gorgeous, updated Prime of Miss Jean Brodie frocks.

Strictly Sauvage 2001

She was also marked by the midwestern strain of Old World Catholicism and became celebrated for her lifelong habit of wearing devout convent-school black.

Portrait of An Artist Laurie Lisle 1986

There is certainly nothing more delightful in her memoirs than the vivid picture there drawn of the convent-school interior, drawn without flattery or malice, and with sympathy and animation.

Famous Women: George Sand Bertha Thomas

At the convent-school she had arranged Molière from memory for representation by herself and her school-fellows, careful so to modify the piece as to avoid all possibility of shocking the nuns.

Famous Women: George Sand Bertha Thomas