10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BILLET-DOUX»
Discover the use of
billet-doux in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
billet-doux and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
The other, The Smeraldina's Billet-Doux, is longer and more ambitious. The story
evidently exploits the imperfect English of Beckett's cousin Peggy Sinclair, who
lived (and died) in Kassel, Germany. "A mixture of fact and fiction," Beckett told ...
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A Ballad for Allison Porter
Towards the end of the hour of combat, Allison, as she had done many times
before, stepped to the microphone. “Allison, your word is billet doux [bil ay DOO],
b-I-l-l-e-t (dash) d-ou-x. For the first time in the entire year of contests, Allison
froze.
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The Mysteries of Paris: A Novel
Ma foi,' it is true, it has the air of a ' billet doux ;' say now, monsieur, a billet doux !
ah ! well ! for instance — a billet doux ! who is then the blackguard who dares ?" "
And if Alfred was here, Madame Pipelet?" "Don't speak of it, or I shall faint in ...
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The Works of the Celebrated Mrs. Centlivre ...: With a New ...
Sir William, I beg the Favour you'd meet me Ay, as I said, Gendemen Pr'ythee
Toper read out. [While he reads, Sir William capers ahout. Top. A Billet-doux do
you call it ? 'Tis the most masculine one I ever saw, and invites to rougher
Entertain^ ...
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Plotting the Coquette: Gender and Genre in the ...
Thus, the billet-doux strewn about Belinda's table will reappear in the next Canto
where “with tender Billet-doux [the Baron] lights the Pyre” (ROL 2.41). Not only
does this link the Baron and Belinda (presumably the billet-doux might be written
...
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The Works of the Celebrated Mrs. Centlivre: The life of the ...
A Billet-doux, do you call it r Why 'tis a Challenge. Sir Will. Ha ? {Taking the Letter
, and looking upon it.'] 'Tis so, impair my Vigour ; now blister me, if I did U8t think it
as plain a Billet doux as ever I read in all my Life. Where did the Porter fay he ...
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THE Gentleman's Magazine, AND Hiftorical Chronicle. Volume ...
Say, wilt thou read, and ah ' interpret too, Should heav'n and love convey thia
billet-doux ? Late tho* the day, and tho' I'd miles to ride, *Twu gain I thought to
amble by thy fide ; Nay, thought it gain to wander from my road, Tho' late the day
and ...
SYLVANUS URBAN, Gent., 1743
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle
Say, wilt thou read, and ah ' interpret too, Should heav'n and love convey this
billet-doux ? Late tho' the day, and tho' I'd miles to ride, ' Twaa gain I thought to
amble by thy side j Nay, thought it gain to wander from my road, Tho' late the day
...
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Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review
Say, wilt thou read, aTM) ah! interpret too, Should heav'n and love convey this
billet-doux ? Late tho" the dajr, and tho' I'd miles to ride, 'Twu gain I thought to
amble by thy fide j Nay, thought it gain to wander from my toad, . t Tho' late the
day ...
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Hidden Account of the Romanovs
“Precisely, Sir like a hotel billet-doux and . . .” “Billet-doux? There's not been
much time for love letters on this wretched retreat.” 'Oh, no, Sir. Please excuse my
appalling French pronunciation. I did not mean billet-doux, but billet-deux.” “What
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BILLET-DOUX»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
billet-doux is used in the context of the following news items.
The Times Daily Quiz
What type of missive is a billet-doux? 2. Known for its winged hourglass logo, which Swiss watchmaker was founded by Auguste Agassiz in ... «The Times, Jun 15»
Food Sleuth: Jim's Smokehouse, Goosegate
Even so, it soothed my sense of frustration... and the fear that I would return to my car to find on the windscreen a billet-doux, sealed with a ... «Nottingham Post, Jun 15»
MUSIC: Meet Polly and the Billets Doux before they play the Chapel …
A Billet-Doux is a love letter; I understand that in 17th Century France it was particularly regarded as an encoded secret love letter. We've got a ... «Bath Chronicle, Jun 15»
Choice Summer Festivals
... and the digital dark ages gets its own table, including movie posters, Beaux Arts billet-doux, lascivious pin-ups, and forgotten civic esoterica. «SF Weekly, Jun 15»
General Election 2015: With so much disillusionment, who can …
Their clever manifesto is a billet-doux to disenchanted Labour voters in the North and Tories in the South. They would feed Tiddles all right, but ... «The Independent, May 15»
Poldark, series 1, episode 7, review: 'infidelity and chest hair'
But it wasn't hunky Ross Poldark (Aidan Turner) who was riding out to hide a billet-doux in a wall for Demelza (Eleanor Tomlinson) to fetch. «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
Sheer terror in Sandra Bullock's frantic 911 call; she hides in closet …
Who could resist this guy's charm? Doug. The art of seduction is always advanced by a clever billet-doux. R T Deco. Too bad that it can't trump ... «BizPac Review, Apr 15»
Election 2015: Ashcroft poll says Clegg on course to lose his seat …
... Osborne just happened to find himself dropping in on two of the companies whose head honchos had been signatories of the billet-doux. «The Guardian, Apr 15»
We can't live, if living is without George Osborne
... Osborne just happened to find himself dropping in on two of the companies whose head honchos had been signatories of the billet-doux. «The Guardian, Apr 15»
Business letter row and lottery winners
... Osborne just happened to find himself dropping in on two of the companies whose head honchos had been signatories of the billet-doux. «BBC News, Apr 15»
