All 50 Uses of
Monsieur
in
Madame Bovary
- Then, turning to the class-master, he said to him in a low voice— "Monsieur Roger, here is a pupil whom I recommend to your care; he'll be in the second.†
Chpt 1.1
- His father, Monsieur Charles Denis Bartolome Bovary, retired assistant-surgeon-major, compromised about 1812 in certain conscription scandals, and forced at this time to leave the service, had taken advantage of his fine figure to get hold of a dowry of sixty thousand francs that offered in the person of a hosier's daughter who had fallen in love with his good looks.†
Chpt 1.1
- But to all this Monsieur Bovary, caring little for letters, said, "It was not worth while.†
Chpt 1.1
- On other occasions, when Monsieur le Cure, on his way back after administering the viaticum to some sick person in the neighbourhood, caught sight of Charles playing about the fields, he called him, lectured him for a quarter of an hour and took advantage of the occasion to make him conjugate his verb at the foot of a tree.†
Chpt 1.1
- Ashamed, or rather tired out, Monsieur Bovary gave in without a struggle, and they waited one year longer, so that the lad should take his first communion.†
Chpt 1.1
- It was only five years later that Monsieur Bovary knew the truth; it was old then, and he accepted it.†
Chpt 1.1
- This letter, sealed with a small seal in blue wax, begged Monsieur Bovary to come immediately to the farm of the Bertaux to set a broken leg.†
Chpt 1.2
- The general practitioner, riding along, gathered from his guide's talk that Monsieur Rouault must be one of the well-to-do farmers.†
Chpt 1.2
- A young woman in a blue merino dress with three flounces came to the threshold of the door to receive Monsieur Bovary, whom she led to the kitchen, where a large fire was blazing.†
Chpt 1.2
- The bandaging over, the doctor was invited by Monsieur Rouault himself to "pick a bit" before he left.†
Chpt 1.2
- Everything, moreover, went well; the patient progressed favourably; and when, at the end of forty-six days, old Rouault was seen trying to walk alone in his "den," Monsieur Bovary began to be looked upon as a man of great capacity.†
Chpt 1.2
- During the first period of Charles's visits to the Bertaux, Madame Bovary junior never failed to inquire after the invalid, and she had even chosen in the book that she kept on a system of double entry a clean blank page for Monsieur Rouault.†
Chpt 1.2
- "Why did he go back to the Bertaux now that Monsieur Rouault was cured and that these folks hadn't paid yet?†
Chpt 1.2
- In his exasperation, Monsieur Bovary the elder, smashing a chair on the flags, accused his wife of having caused misfortune to the son by harnessing him to such a harridan, whose harness wasn't worth her hide.†
Chpt 1.2
- You must pull yourself together, Monsieur Bovary.†
Chpt 1.3
- Charles gave himself as far as to the corner of the hedge, and at last, when past it— "Monsieur Rouault," he murmured, "I should like to say something to you."†
Chpt 1.3
- "Monsieur Rouault—Monsieur Rouault," stammered Charles.†
Chpt 1.3
- "Monsieur Rouault—Monsieur Rouault," stammered Charles.†
Chpt 1.3
- As to Monsieur Bovary senior, who, heartily despising all these folk, had come simply in a frock-coat of military cut with one row of buttons—he was passing compliments of the bar to a fair young peasant.†
Chpt 1.4
- Monsieur and Madame Charles arrived at Tostes about six o'clock.†
Chpt 1.4
- She played very little during recreation hours, knew her catechism well, and it was she who always answered Monsieur le Vicaire's difficult questions.†
Chpt 1.6
- On Wednesday at three o'clock, Monsieur and Madame Bovary, seated in their dog-cart, set out for Vaubyessard, with a great trunk strapped on behind and a bonnet-box in front of the apron.†
Chpt 1.7
- He was the Marquis's father-in-law, the old Duke de Laverdiere, once on a time favourite of the Count d'Artois, in the days of the Vaudreuil hunting-parties at the Marquis de Conflans', and had been, it was said, the lover of Queen Marie Antoinette, between Monsieur de Coigny and Monsieur de Lauzun.†
Chpt 1.8
- He was the Marquis's father-in-law, the old Duke de Laverdiere, once on a time favourite of the Count d'Artois, in the days of the Vaudreuil hunting-parties at the Marquis de Conflans', and had been, it was said, the lover of Queen Marie Antoinette, between Monsieur de Coigny and Monsieur de Lauzun.†
Chpt 1.8
- But that which most attracts the eye is opposite the Lion d'Or inn, the chemist's shop of Monsieur Homais.†
Chpt 2.1
- Only think, Monsieur Homais, that since morning they have had about fifteen games, and drunk eight jars of cider!†
Chpt 2.1
- "That wouldn't be much of a loss," replied Monsieur Homais.†
Chpt 2.1
- "Come, come, Monsieur Homais; as long as the 'Lion d'Or' exists people will come to it.†
Chpt 2.1
- And what about Monsieur Binet?†
Chpt 2.1
- Not like Monsieur Leon; he sometimes comes at seven, or even half-past, and he doesn't so much as look at what he eats.†
Chpt 2.1
- "Parts!" replied Monsieur Homais; "he, parts!†
Chpt 2.1
- "What can I do for you, Monsieur le Curie?" asked the landlady, as she reached down from the chimney one of the copper candlesticks placed with their candles in a row.†
Chpt 2.1
- Be quiet, Monsieur Homais.†
Chpt 2.1
- Monsieur Lheureux, a draper, who happened to be in the coach with her, had tried to console her by a number of examples of lost dogs recognizing their masters at the end of long years.†
Chpt 2.1
- Chapter Two Emma got out first, then Felicite, Monsieur Lheureux, and a nurse, and they had to wake up Charles in his corner, where he had slept soundly since night set in.†
Chpt 2.2
- Homais introduced himself; he offered his homages to madame and his respects to monsieur; said he was charmed to have been able to render them some slight service, and added with a cordial air that he had ventured to invite himself, his wife being away.†
Chpt 2.2
- As he was a good deal bored at Yonville, where he was a clerk at the notary's, Monsieur Guillaumin, Monsieur Leon Dupuis (it was he who was the second habitue of the "Lion d'Or") frequently put back his dinner-hour in hope that some traveler might come to the inn, with whom he could chat in the evening.†
Chpt 2.2
- As he was a good deal bored at Yonville, where he was a clerk at the notary's, Monsieur Guillaumin, Monsieur Leon Dupuis (it was he who was the second habitue of the "Lion d'Or") frequently put back his dinner-hour in hope that some traveler might come to the inn, with whom he could chat in the evening.†
Chpt 2.2
- Ah! you will find many prejudices to combat, Monsieur Bovary, much obstinacy of routine, with which all the efforts of your science will daily come into collision; for people still have recourse to novenas, to relics, to the priest, rather than come straight to the doctor or the chemist.†
Chpt 2.2
- "Oh, I adore the sea!" said Monsieur Leon.†
Chpt 2.2
- Madame Lefrancois was asleep near the cinders, while the stable-boy, lantern in hand, was waiting to show Monsieur and Madame Bovary the way home.†
Chpt 2.2
- Leon waited all day for six o'clock in the evening to come, but on going to the inn, he found no one but Monsieur Binet, already at table.†
Chpt 2.3
- Monsieur Homais respected him for his education; Madame Homais liked him for his good-nature, for he often took the little Homais into the garden—little brats who were always dirty, very much spoilt, and somewhat lymphatic, like their mother.†
Chpt 2.3
- Besides the servant to look after them, they had Justin, the chemist's apprentice, a second cousin of Monsieur Homais, who had been taken into the house from charity, and who was useful at the same time as a servant.†
Chpt 2.3
- But the mayor resented it, his colleagues were jealous, everything was to be feared; gaining over Monsieur Bovary by his attentions was to earn his gratitude, and prevent his speaking out later on, should he notice anything.†
Chpt 2.3
- "Monsieur Leon," said the chemist, "with whom I was talking about it the other day, wonders you do not chose Madeleine.†
Chpt 2.3
- As to Monsieur Homais, he had a preference for all those that recalled some great man, an illustrious fact, or a generous idea, and it was on this system that he had baptized his four children.†
Chpt 2.3
- At last Emma remembered that at the chateau of Vaubyessard she had heard the Marchioness call a young lady Berthe; from that moment this name was chosen; and as old Rouault could not come, Monsieur Homais was requested to stand godfather.†
Chpt 2.3
- Monsieur Homais towards liqueur-time began singing "Le Dieu des bonnes gens."†
Chpt 2.3
- Monsieur Leon sang a barcarolle, and Madame Bovary, senior, who was godmother, a romance of the time of the Empire; finally, M. Bovary, senior, insisted on having the child brought down, and began baptizing it with a glass of champagne that he poured over its head.†
Chpt 2.3
Definition:
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(Monsieur) French equivalent to the English Mr.
or:
French equivalent to saying sir in English (a polite way to address a male)