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This inelegant jeu de theatre is severely ridiculed in the "Rehearsal."
THE WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN, VOLUME 4 (OF 18)JOHN DRYDENNo one can tell whence the rhymed jeux d'esprit come; they seem to spring spontaneously from the heart and lips of the people.
SPANISH LIFE IN TOWN AND COUNTRYL. HIGGIN AND EUGNE E. STREETOne of our poets, in a very clever jeu d'esprit, spoke of Mr. Browning as 'thinking in Greek.'
BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW, AMERICAN EDITION, VOLUME LIVVARIOUSMadame de Sablire said to him: "Mon bon ami, que vous seriez bte, si vous n'aviez pas tant d'esprit!"
THE STONES OF PARIS IN HISTORY AND LETTERS, VOLUME I (OF 2)BENJAMIN ELLIS MARTINEt que ceulx qui estoient la fenestre estoient bien aises de veoir jouer le jeu mes despens.
HISTORY OF THE RISE OF THE HUGUENOTSHENRY BAIRDThe noble jeu de paume, the game of kings, the most aristocratic of all sports, should have a worthy home at Lupton.
THE SECRET GLORYARTHUR MACHENWhile looking at the house said to have been inhabited by this "femme d'esprit par la grace de Dieu!"
THE INTERNATIONAL MONTHLY, VOLUME 3, NO. 1, APRIL, 1851VARIOUSFor a jeu d'esprit of that kind it is too long; it would have suited better as an essay or article than as a volume.
SARTOR RESARTUSTHOMAS CARLYLEHe even said, "It is no bad thing that Messieurs les gens d'esprit should see from time to time that they have need of the King."
MEMOIRS OF THE DUCHESSE DE DINO V.1/3, 1831-1835DOROTHY DUCHESSE DE DINOShe wore a picture frock of point d'esprit and tiny pink rosebuds, and little pink socks and sandals.
PTOMAINE STREETCAROLYN WELLSWORDS RELATED TO JEU D'ESPRIT
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