"Souple" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... ye canna see. Naebody would tell you that Lady Jean and Pollock, the Covenantin' minister, are as gude as man and wife. They may no be married yet, but they will be as sune as it's safe, and that's how he comes here so often. She has a good reason to speak ye fair, laird, and she has a souple tongue and a beguilin' way, juist a Delilah. Laird, as sure as I'm a livin' man this is a hoose o' deceit, and we are encompassed wi' fausehood as wi' a garment." And although Claverhouse's rebuke was hot, Grimond felt that he had not ...
— Graham of Claverhouse • Ian Maclaren
... la peau, quoique tres forte, devient souple et moelleuse comme le meilleur chamois. Les sauvages en font des boucliers, qui sont tres legers, et que les bals de fusil ne percent pas aisement."—Tom. ...
— The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) • George Warburton |
