homme du monde
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"As an homme de race," said the American lady eagerly, with the true Republican appreciation of blood and title, "as an homme du monde, as a..."
From The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode by Vorst, Marie Van
It is my nature to speak frankly; perhaps you may call it brutally, but I am not homme du monde.
From The Way of Ambition by Soper, J. H. Gardner
And during that time he slumbered peacefully, "en homme du monde," said Nestor Roqueplan, "without snoring."
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
II est vrai, messieurs, que je suis le premier homme du monde pour faire des fagots ...
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
She never speaks of the King otherwise than as l’homme du monde le plus aimable, as the meilleur ami, and le plus honn�te homme du monde.
From Political Women, Vol. 2 by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883
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