"Corday" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... not resist the curiosity to see the author of my recent misfortunes; but I regret the sight. I am haunted by the painful recurrence of that blanched, hopeless, beautiful face, which reminds me of a pathetic picture I saw abroad—Charlotte Corday peering through the bars ...
— At the Mercy of Tiberius • August Evans Wilson
... should be written up, 'Infanterie, cavallerie, artillerie.' That's the last 'mot,' I believe. The salons are very noisy. A lady was ordered to her country seat the other day for exclaiming, 'Et il n'y a pas de Charlotte Corday.' ...
— The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II • Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
