"Esquire" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... individual died, after forty years of eccentricity, to the infinite relief and satisfaction of all parties and especially of his lawful successor Charles James Juxon now, at last, "of Billingsfield Hall, in the county of Essex, Esquire." ...
— A Tale of a Lonely Parish • F. Marion Crawford
... the question is, how can we best employ you? You are too old for a lady's bower, but not old enough, yet, for an esquire." ...
— Both Sides the Border - A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower • G. A. Henty
... I can hardly read this, it is so fine. Oh, listen to this, Hugh! 'For my worthy Friend and Host, Roger Montfort Esquire, and his estimable Lady, in grateful Recollection of my agreeable Stay beneath their hospitable Roof. From their obliged Friend ...
— Fernley House • Laura E. Richards
... at her with such an eager, searching look, she felt in a peculiar relation. So she repeated, with greater ease and lightness, "Let's settle, here and now, that this is to be the future residence of Godfrey Radmore, Esquire! Timmy's a little bit like a cat, you know. He'll simply adore this house. He'll love all the pretty things in it. Perhaps you'd run him up in the motor presently, while I stay with the little ...
— What Timmy Did • Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes
... And within two years of the death of his first wife, Colonel Fielding must have married again, for in 1720 we find him and his then wife, Anne, selling some 153 acres with messuages, barns and gardens, in East and West Stour, to one Awnsham Churchill, Esquire. What relation, if any, this land had to the property of the colonel's late wife and her ...
— Henry Fielding: A Memoir • G. M. Godden
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