"Couteau" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... by the contraband traders as a man equally fearless and dexterous in the use of his weapons, of which he had given many signal proofs. The Sheriff inquired, whether Kennedy was not in the practice of carrying any other arms? Most of Mr. Bertram's servants recollected that he generally had a couteau de chasse, or short hanger, but none such was found upon the dead body; nor could those who had seen him on the morning of the fatal day, take it upon them to assert whether he then ...
— Guy Mannering • Sir Walter Scott
... excrement. And then what pleasure they take to see a buck or the like unlaced? Let ordinary fellows cut up an ox or a wether, 'twere a crime to have this done by anything less than a gentleman! who with his hat off, on his bare knees, and a couteau for that purpose (for every sword or knife is not allowable), with a curious superstition and certain postures, lays open the several parts in their respective order; while they that hem him in admire it with silence, as some new religious ...
— The Praise of Folly • Desiderius Erasmus
... n'a plus que sa veste d'Utrecht. Pendant que, grave et froid, il deboucle sa chape, Ladislas, furtif, prend un couteau sur la nappe, Se dechausse, et, rapide et bras leve, pieds nus, Il se glisse en rampant derriere Eviradnus; Mais Eviradnus sent qu'on l'attaque en arriere, Se tourne, empoigne et tord la lame meurtriere, Et sa main colossale etreint comme un etau Le cou de Ladislas, qui lache le couteau; Dans ...
— La Legende des Siecles • Victor Hugo |
