"Picot" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Bayards and Clarksons, Van Hornes and LeRoys, All famous, you well know, for making a noise. There were Livingstons, Lenoxes, Henrys and Hoffmans, And Crugers and Carys, Barnewalls and Bronsons, Delanceys and Dyckmans and little De Veaux, Gouverneurs and Goelets and Mr. Picot, And multitudes more that would tire me to reckon, But I must not forget the pretty Miss Whitten. No particular belle claimed the general attention, There were many, however, most worthy of mention. The lily of Leonards' might hold the first place For ...
— As I Remember - Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century • Marian Gouverneur
... profound silence occasioned by his apparition, "is there a traveller here named Jean Picot, who was in the diligence that was held up yesterday between ...
— The Companions of Jehu • Alexandre Dumas, pere
... out of net, and was ribbon-sashed, girdled, looped, shirred, tucked, tuck-shirred, shirr-tucked, fulled, grilled, padded, scrolled, rolled, appliqued, tasseled, rosetted, knotted, banded, edged, picot-edged, ruffled, plaited, bowed, buckled, buckle-bowed, yoked and choked with ribbon. It was a pretty gown, and a hat and muff built on the same style went with it. The hat was to be held in place by long streamer ribbons—I think eighteen inches wide—tied in a bow to be ...
— Cupid's Middleman • Edward B. Lent |
