"Pistole" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... is now my turn." And he gave one pistole to the woman and two to the man; and the benedictions which were showered down upon them would have rejoiced the heart of Harpagon himself, and have rendered, even ...
— The Vicomte de Bragelonne - Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three - Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" • Alexandre Dumas
... answered the other heartily, "having a mind to drink the King's health with our heads in the clouds! We need another axeman to clear away the fallen trees and break the nets of grapevine. Wilt go along amongst our rangers yonder, and earn a pistole ...
— Audrey • Mary Johnston
... sky, And smouldering lie, Blood-red till they die In the blistering ground—the eyes he saw Of a bull without blemish, or speck, or flaw, And a hide as white as a dead saint's soul— With many a clinking of red pistole; And draughts of sour wine from the herdsman's bowl, He paid the full Price in bright gold of the ...
— Old Spookses' Pass • Isabella Valancy Crawford
... reaffirming, in a most dramatic form, constitutional positions the burgesses themselves well understood. The burgesses had developed their constitutional positions during the 1750's in response to a series of minor, isolated events—royal disallowance, the Pistole Fee ...
— The Road to Independence: Virginia 1763-1783 • Virginia State Dept. of Education
... more skill than that. And now, let us admit that I do possess a little readiness of invention; it is not at all certain, though, for, after having for forty years absorbed so large a quantity, I shall be lucky if there were to be a pistole's-worth left." D'Artagnan buried his head in his hands, tore at his mustache in sheer vexation, and added, "What can be the reason of M. Fouquet's disgrace? There seem to be three good ones: the first, because M. Colbert doesn't like him; the second, because he wished to fall in love with Mademoiselle ...
— The Man in the Iron Mask • Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
