"Affaire" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... rather strangely in the celebrated Betsy Canning case, as Balzac did in the 'Affaire Peytel'; but the story is too long for repetition in this place. The trials of Miss Canning and her supposed kidnappers are amongst the most amusing in the great collection of State Trials. See vol. xix. of the ...
— Hours in a Library - New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) • Leslie Stephen
... being one night at the opera, was told by a messenger that his mansion was on fire. "Eh bien," he said to the messenger, "adressez-vous ['a] Mme. la marquise qui est en face dans cette loge; car c'est affaire de m['e]nage."—Chapus, Dieppe ...
— Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama - A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 • E. Cobham Brewer
... relaxing the stern wrinkles of his brow, "c'est bien dit; you will make de apology to de dog. Sans doute, he is de principal, I am only de second. C'est une affaire arrangee. Moustache, viens ici Moustache" (the dog came up to his master). Monsieur est tres fache ...
— The King's Own • Captain Frederick Marryat
... 'Scenes' describing Political and Military Life. In the first group are five novels and stories: 'L'Envers de l'histoire contemporaine' (The Under Side of Contemporary History, a fine story, but rather social than political), 'Une Tenebreuse affaire' (A Shady Affair), 'Un Episode sous la Terreur,' 'Z. Marcas,' and 'Le Depute d'Arcis' (The Deputy of Arcis). Of these the 'Episode' is probably the most admirable, although 'Z. Marcas' has not a little strength. The 'Depute,' like 'Les Petits bourgeois,' was continued by M. Charles Rabou ...
— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 3 • Various
... belligerent, and if I am wounded I cannot attend to the spiritual affaire of the dying," said Father Mendez, ...
— Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships - A Story of the Last Naval War • W.H.G. Kingston
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