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We have in it, indeed, got entirely out of the pure romance; but we have also got out of the _fatrasie_ -- the mingle-mangle of story, jargon, nonsense, and what not, -- out of the mere tale of adventure, out of the mere tale of _grivoiserie_.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889
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There is one on the fatal and irremediable effects of disappointing ladies in their expectations, wherein there is something more than the mere _grivoiserie_, which in other hands it might easily have remained.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889
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The touch of _grivoiserie_ by which the Princesses
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889
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In fact, M.upassant was not good at the pure _grivoiserie_; his contemporary M. Armand Silvestre (_v.inf. _) did it much better.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889
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_grivoiserie_ in him, but absolutely no _polissonnerie_, still less any
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889
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