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M'Iver's encounter with Mac-Lachlan, whom, it appeared, he had found laying a gallant's siege to the upper window of Askaig's house, whose almost unharmed condition had made it a convenient temporary shelter for such as had returned to the town.

John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro

With unmarried women there is no risk, as they are entirely free from control; not so with the married, who are under strict surveillance; but the husband's consent asked and obtained -- which not seldom happens -- saves the gallant's head, and the lady's reputation.

Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. (of 2) John M'lean

For lo! scrubbing the tavern floor there knelt before him a beautiful child-girl of sixteen, with black curling hair, dark eyes, and a voice which proved to be of bird-like sweetness when the maiden, glancing up, gave her good-day to the gallant's greeting.

The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees Mary Caroline Crawford

At the sight of the young gallant's spirit a number of the mob instantly ranged themselves on his side.

Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' Charles Edward Pearce

The gallant's head and shoulders are bowed, but not in meekness, for there is a certain tension in the controlled muscles that suggests that he can "straighten up" at will, whereas the really humble man appears to have no power to lift his bowed head or equally drooping spirit.

Etiquette Agnes H. Morton

Our gallant's case is worst of all -- he lies so just betwixt them:

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

Good-fellow, seeing of this, turned himself into the shape of a hare, and so ran between the lustful gallant's legs.

The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' Compiled by Frank Sidgwick

The episode of the nursery was equivalent to having slapped the gallant's face, and the re - encounter was proportionately uncomfortable.

Once Aboard the Lugger 1925

Mile Douxmourie, once affianced to De L'Amye but jilted by him, accidentally discovers the pair and immediately communicates with the gallant's wife, who with the Valiers soon appears to reclaim the recreants.

The Life and Romances of Mrs Eliza Haywood Whicher, George Frisbie 1915

At an inn she hears a woman in the next room complaining of her gallant's desertion, and going in to console her, hears the moving story of Signiora Vicino and Monsieur Beaumont, told as a warning to the credulous and unwary sex.

The Life and Romances of Mrs Eliza Haywood Whicher, George Frisbie 1915