Fouquier-Tinville
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The thought that such a confusion might exist, that Fouquier-Tinville might be deluded into doubting the real personality of Paul Mole, brought an icy sweat all down Chauvelin's spine.
From The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
It works well," exclaimed Fouquier-Tinville, triumphantly; "to-day we have fifty sentenced.
From Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
"Why did you not tell me of this before?" queried Fouquier-Tinville, with a sudden gleam of suspicion in his deep-set eyes.
From The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
He vainly strove to discover some means by which he could draw down upon his own head the wrath of the accusateur, Fouquier-Tinville, and be sent at once to the scaffold.
From Which? or, Between Two Women by Kendell, Laura E.
But Sénécal, assuming the attitude of a Fouquier-Tinville, began to ask questions as to his Christian name and surname, his antecedents, life, and morals.
From Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man by Flaubert, Gustave
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