grande duchesse

Example Sentences

• "When the procession reached the cathedral, it found the Corps Diplomatique, headed by the Ambassador of Spain, standing on the right of the dais, near the south gate, and at the side of the places reserved for the Imperial family. Behind were the Councillors of the Empire, the Ministers, the Senators; then the ladies of honour, the mistresses of the Courts of the Grandes Duchesses, the maids of honour, &c."
• "Imagine me a heroine or / Even a princess, / A stately Cleopatra now, / And then a grande duchesse. / Perhaps I’ll lead a ballet, or / Surrounded by my lords, / I’ll trip it, trip it, trip it, as / An empress on the boards."
• "“You want to kiss, kiss, kiss, all the while. You mustn’t do it, with a stitch in your side. Do you think that I have gone wild? You never tried getting rich in a single night. My hundred thousand dollars have flown to my head. I am effervescing with plans. I can understand the Bacchantes. I should like to swing a bunch of grapes, and caper with the Dancing Faun. What do you think of this for a Grande Duchesse?”"
• "He bowed low and he offered his flowers at the feet, not of the Grande Duchesse Olga, whose national peasant dress corresponded so harmoniously with his own, but of the little friend who sat so quietly beside her."
• "A dash of smaller dimensions is the visit of the Grand Duc Serge and his grande duchesse to Balmoral."
• "The season was at its height, and all the hotels were crowded, especially the Splendide. A grande duchesse with her suite occupied the guest-rooms on the first floor, where Mrs. Hallam ought to be; the King of Greece had all the second floor south of the main entrance; while English, Jews, Spaniards, Greeks, and Russians had the rooms at the other end of the hall. […] You know you are beautiful, with a grande-duchesse air which makes everybody turn to look at you, even the king."