"Criminal conversation" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... indeed, the bench of Doctors' Commons was occupied by a proces-verbal in criminal conversation. Puff was deaf; his nephews took advantage of his weakness. Questioned by them, Puff said that at night I had flattered him by calling him, Mon petit homme! This was one of the most terrible things against me, because I could not explain where I had learned ...
— Lords of the Housetops - Thirteen Cat Tales • Various
... husband has this security from legal sanctions, that if his wife be detected in a criminal conversation with a man of fortune, (the most likely by bribes to seduce her,) he may recover very great damages, and procure a divorce besides: which, to say nothing of the ignominy, is a consideration that must ...
— Clarissa, Volume 4 (of 9) - History Of A Young Lady • Samuel Richardson |
