"Lydian" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... fairly bustled up for a time, a Histoire is, of course, imminent, and we have it, of about usual length, concerning the Lydian Princess Palmis and a certain Cleandre; while, even when this is done, we fall back, not on the main story, but once more on that of Aglatidas and Amestris, which is in a sad plight, for Amestris (who has been married against her will and is maumariee too) thinks she is a widow, and ...
— A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 - From the Beginning to 1800 • George Saintsbury |
