"Frappe" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... sort of person." At the annual dinner of the club, which took place in a private dining room at the "Clarry" (the Clarendon Hotel) in February, Forbes was called upon to respond to the toast "The Real Kathleen." His voice, tremulous with emotion and absinthe frappe, nearly failed him; but he managed to stammer a few phrases which, thought at the time to be extemporaneous, called forth loud applause; but it was found later that he had jotted them down on the tablecloth during the soup and fish courses. "Fellow Scorpers," he said, "I mean you chaps, look ...
— Kathleen • Christopher Morley
... Comte de Chavannes," he said, slowly, "car je vous connais, et vous me connaitrez aussi, je vous le jure; vous m'avez frappe, vous me rendrez ...
— Valerie • Frederick Marryat
... regarde attentivement, il se frappe le ventre et les genoux a plusieurs reprises et ne trouve jamais autre chose a leur dire que Eh bien! mes demoiselles.—Eh bien! vous voila donc.... Eh bien! vous voila ... vous voila ici? Cette phrase dura un quart d'heure sans qu'il put en sortir. Une d'elles ...
— Hume - (English Men of Letters Series) • T.H. Huxley |
