"Howlet" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the King—"but you have never seen my daughter Joan.—A howlet, man!—an absolute owl, whom I am ashamed of! But let him be only a wise man, and marry her, I will give him leave to be mad par amours for the fairest lady in France.—And now, Philip, have you given me the full map of ...
— Quentin Durward • Sir Walter Scott |
