"Salique" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... ordinance in our Salique laws, which says, 'The crown of France shall never degrade the lance to the distaff'," said Montcalm, dryly, and with a little hauteur; but instantly adding, with his former frank and easy air: "as all the nobler qualities are hereditary, I ...
— The Last of the Mohicans • James Fenimore Cooper |
