"Rente" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... thing most needed is daring, and that you possess it? Consequently, this is not the first time that you will be hurrying to Paris with money in your pocket. Quant ... moi, je veux cinquante mille francs de rente, et alors." ...
— The Gambler • Fyodor Dostoyevsky
... mighty champion, Withoute weapon, save his handes tway, He slew and all to-rente* the lion, *tore to pieces Toward his wedding walking by the way. His false wife could him so please, and pray, Till she his counsel knew; and she, untrue, Unto his foes his counsel gan bewray, And him forsook, ...
— The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems • Geoffrey Chaucer |
