All 50 Uses of
Monsieur
in
The Pioneers by Cooper
- Monsieur Le Quoi has come out with only one cap; Old Fritz would not stay to finish the bottle; and Mr. Grant has got to put the 'lastly' to his sermon, yet.†
Chpt 4 *
- Monsieur Le Quoi, I am your servant.†
Chpt 4
- By this time the gentleman in the front seat, who had been addressed as Monsieur Le Quoi, had arisen with some difficulty, owing to the impediment of his overcoats, and steadying himself by placing one hand on the stool of the charioteer, with the other he removed his cap, and bowing politely to the Judge and profoundly to Elizabeth, he paid his compliments.†
Chpt 4
- The Frenchman, who by his position had a full view of their threatened flight, instinctively threw his body as far forward as possible, and cried "Oh! mon cher Monsieur Deeck! mon Dieu! que faites vous!"†
Chpt 4
- …sir—be careful," "Get up, obstinate devils!" cried Richard, catching a bird's-eye view of his situation, and in his eagerness to move forward kicking the stool on which he sat—" get up, I say—Cousin 'Duke, I shall have to sell the grays too; they are the worst broken horses—Mr. Le Quoi" Richard was too much agitated to regard his pronunciation, of which he was commonly a little vain: "Monsieur La Quoi, pray get off my leg; you hold my leg so tight that it's no wonder the horses back."†
Chpt 4
- "Thou jerk! thou recover thyself, Dickon!" he said; 'but for that brave lad yonder, thou and thy horses, or rather mine, would have been dashed to pieces—but where is Monsieur Le Quoi?"†
Chpt 4
- "What, monsieur," said Richard, who was busily assisting the black in taking off the leaders; "are you there?†
Chpt 4
- The animal seemed to know her, as she ascended the steps, supported by Monsieur Le Quoi and her father, in order to protect her from falling on the ice with which they were covered.†
Chpt 5
- Marmaduke appeared in a suit of plain, neat black; Monsieur Le Quoi in a coat of snuffcolor, covering a vest of embroidery, with breeches, and silk stockings, and buckles—that were commonly thought to be of paste.†
Chpt 5
- "Very well, Benjamin," interrupted Elizabeth, glancing her eyes from the hunter to Monsieur Le Quoi, who was most politely attending to what fell from each individual in succession, "you shall tell me of that, and all your entertaining adventures together; just now, a room must be prepared, in which the arm of this gentleman can be dressed."†
Chpt 5
- "Two ver good tings to depend on," observed Monsieur Le Quoi, bowing politely, with a sweep of his head to the Judge and to the practitioner.†
Chpt 6
- "I thank you, monsieur," returned the Judge; "but we keep the young man in pain.†
Chpt 6
- …manifesting any displeasure at this invasion of his rights, but made way for the new leech with an air that expressed a willingness to gratify the humors of his patient, now that the all-important part of the business was so successfully performed, and nothing remained to be done but what any child might effect, indeed, he whispered as much to Monsieur Le Quoi, when he said: "It was fortunate that the ball was extracted before this Indian came in; but any old woman can dress the wound.†
Chpt 7
- The young man, I hear, lives with John and Natty Bumppo, and it's always best to humor a patient, when it can be done discreetly—I say, discreetly, monsieur."†
Chpt 7
- How is this managed in France, Monsieur Le Quoi?†
Chpt 7
- Monsieur Le Quoi, Miss Temple has a hand at your service.†
Chpt 7
- Among the crowds who fled from France and her islands, to the United States of America, was the gentleman whom we have already mentioned as Monsieur Le Quoi.†
Chpt 8
- From certain hints that had escaped him, Monsieur Le Quoi was suspected of having been a WestIndia planter, great numbers of whom had fled from St. Domingo and the other islands, and were now living in the Union, in a state of comparative poverty, and some in absolute want The latter was not, however, the lot of Monsieur Le Quoi.†
Chpt 8
- India planter, great numbers of whom had fled from St. Domingo and the other islands, and were now living in the Union, in a state of comparative poverty, and some in absolute want The latter was not, however, the lot of Monsieur Le Quoi.†
Chpt 8
- Under his direction, Monsieur Le Quoi made some purchases, consisting of a few cloths; some groceries, with a good deal of gunpowder and tobacco; a quantity of iron-ware, among which was a large proportion of Barlow's jack-knives, potash-kettles, and spiders; a very formidable collection of crockery of the coarsest quality and most uncouth forms; together with every other common article that the art of man has devised for his wants, not forgetting the luxuries of looking-glasses and…†
Chpt 8
- With this collection of valuables, Monsieur Le Quoi had stepped behind a counter, and, with a wonderful pliability of temperament, had dropped into his assumed character as gracefully as he had ever moved in any other.†
Chpt 8
- His calicoes were the finest, or, in other words, the most showy, of any that were brought into the country, and it was impossible to look at the prices asked for his goods by" so pretty a spoken man," Through these conjoint means, the affairs of Monsieur Le Quoi were again in a prosperous condition, and he was looked up to by the settlers as the second best man on the "Patent.†
Chpt 8
- The apartment to which Monsieur Le Quoi handed Elizabeth communicated with the hall, through the door that led under the urn which was supposed to contain the ashes of Dido.†
Chpt 9
- The host seemed to think some apology necessary for the warmth he had betrayed on the subject of the firewood, and when the party were comfortably seated, and engaged with their knives and forks, he observed: "The wastefulness of the settlers with the noble trees of this country is shocking, Monsieur Le Quoi, as doubt less you have noticed.†
Chpt 9
- Monsieur Le Quoi?†
Chpt 9
- "Certainement, Monsieur Temple," returned the French man, "he deed convairse in de excellent Anglaise."†
Chpt 9
- "So much for hesitating to appear before the heiress in his shirtsleeves," cried Richard, winking at Monsieur Le Quoi, who returned the wink with one eye, while he rolled the other, with an expression of sympathy, toward the young lady.†
Chpt 9
- —Scotts Burgher While Richard and Monsieur Le Quoi, attended by Benjamin, proceeded to the academy by a foot-path through the snow, the judge, his daughter, the divine, and the Major took a more circuitous route to the same place by the streets of the village.†
Chpt 10
- Richard approached him, followed by Monsieur Le Quoi and the major-domo.†
Chpt 10
- "Ah! oui; ees, sair," returned Monsieur Le Quoi, with a slight shrug of his shoulder, and a trifling grimace, "dere is more.†
Chpt 10
- St. Paul, Londre, is ver fine; ver belle; ver grand—vat you call beeg; but, Monsieur Ben, pardonnez-moi, it is no vort so much as Notre Dame.†
Chpt 10
- As Benjamin had assumed a very threatening kind of attitude, flourishing an arm with a bunch at the end of it that was half as big as Monsieur Le Quoi's head, Richard thought it time to interpose his authority.†
Chpt 10
- "Hush, Benjamin, hush," he said; "you both misunderstand Monsieur Le Quoi and forget yourself.†
Chpt 10
- "Oh! mon pauvre roil" muttered Monsieur Le Quoi.†
Chpt 14
- "Les monstres!" again murmured Monsieur Le Quoi, turning himself suddenly in his chair, with a convulsive start.†
Chpt 14
- La Vendée is a district in the southwest of France, that continues yet much attached to the family of the Bourbons; doubtless Monsieur Le Quoi is acquainted with it, and can describe it more faithfully.†
Chpt 14
- "Ah—ha!" exclaimed Monsieur Le Quoi, springing on his feet and flourishing both arms with great animation; "ces Anglais!"†
Chpt 14
- Long before the family retired to rest, the cold had become cuttingly severe; and when Monsieur Le Quoi sallied c forth under a bright moon, to seek his own abode, he was compelled to beg a blanket, in which he might envelop c his form, in addition to the numerous garments that his sagacity had provided for the occasion.†
Chpt 19
- They paused for a moment before the door of Monsieur Le Quoi, until he could bestride his steed, and then, issuing from the little cluster of houses, they took one of the principal of those highways that centred in the village.†
Chpt 20
- Well, monsieur, how is it that you make sugar in the West Indies; anything in Judge Temples fashion?†
Chpt 20
- These are the learned names, monsieur, and are such as, doubtless, you well understand.†
Chpt 20
- Not absolutely; but the deep learning of Mr. Jones is more familiar to me, or even the polite masquerade of Monsieur Le Quoi.†
Chpt 20
- "You be von Jack All-trade, Mister Beel," said Monsieur Le Quoi.†
Chpt 20
- Jevausraner cie, monsieur: ah! mon Anglois! je l'oublie toujours."†
Chpt 20
- Monsieur Le Quoi, there, fell away like a pumpkin in drying; nor do I think you have got fairly over it yet, monsieur.†
Chpt 21
- Monsieur Le Quoi, there, fell away like a pumpkin in drying; nor do I think you have got fairly over it yet, monsieur.†
Chpt 21
- "A very just and apposite figure, Judge Temple," observed the sheriff; "and the garrison under the command of Jack Frost make formidable sorties—you understand what I mean by sorties, monsieur; sallies, in English— and sometimes drive General Spring and his troops back again into the low countries."†
Chpt 21
- It was yet early on the following morning, when Elizabeth and Louisa met by appointment, and proceeded to the store of Monsieur Le Quoi, in order to redeem the pledge the former had given to the LeatherStocking.†
Chpt 36
- Monsieur Le Quoi was perusing a packet of letters with manifest delight, while the wood-chopper, with one hand thrust in his bosom, and the other in the folds of his jacket, holding an axe under his right arm, stood sympathizing in the Frenchman's pleasure with goodnatured interest.†
Chpt 36
- Monsieur Beel, dis lettair mak me de most happi of mans.†
Chpt 36
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)