pasquil

Example Sentences

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The maids of honor laughed uproariously and Clorinde continued: "But let us return to our pasquils."

From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Sue, Eug?ne

Among Garay's troops there was a certain Ocampo who came to Mexico: this man possessed much wit and was always writing pasquils, or libelling some one or other.

From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Díaz del Castillo, Bernal

Tom, for a goose you keep but base quills, They're fit for nothing else but pasquils.

From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 by Browning, William Ernst

The letter, which I could not read until a few minutes ago, contained a treasure—an inestimable treasure—the newest pasquils, the most daring and most biting that have yet appeared!

From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Sue, Eug?ne

Anna Bell went out with the governess, leaving her lightheaded and lighthearted companions in the room laughing and exchanging witticisms upon the pasquils.

From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Sue, Eug?ne