"Flaneur" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... no other sense," he asked, "you think me serious? You think me a flaneur who lets fall occasional truths. You do not think that in a deeper, a more ...
— The Man Who Was Thursday - A Nightmare • G. K. Chesterton
... than the year 1835; when first it appeared in a book, though it may have lived some while before on the lips of the people. All this did not hinder his finding room for it in the pages of his Dictionary. He did the same for 'flaneur,' and for 'rococo,' and for many more, bearing similar marks of a popular origin. [Footnote: A work by Darmesteter, De la Creation actuelle de Mots nouveaux dans la Langue Francaise, Paris, 1877, is well worth consulting here.] And with good right; for though ...
— On the Study of Words • Richard C Trench |
