Mourzoufle

"Ay, the man is as cruel as my old opponent, Mourzoufle," Sire Raimbaut answered, with a patient shrug.

The Certain Hour James Branch Cabell 1918

"Ay, the man is as cruel as my old opponent, Mourzoufle," Sire Raimbaut answered, with a patient shrug.

The Certain Hour 1909

Hysminias is rather a silly, and more than rather a chicken-hearted, fellow; his conduct on board ship when his beloved incurs the fate of Jonah is eminently despicable: but then he was countryman _ex hypothesi_ of Mourzoufle, not of Villehardouin.

The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) George Saintsbury 1889

After the flight of Mourzoufle, when the Latins were already in the city, he offered himself as their emperor to the soldiers and people; and his ambition, which might be virtuous, was undoubtedly brave.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6 Edward Gibbon 1765

The death of the emperors, and the usurpation of Mourzoufle, had changed the nature of the quarrel.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6 Edward Gibbon 1765

Mourzoufle, [76] which in the vulgar idiom expressed the close junction of his black and shaggy eyebrows.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6 Edward Gibbon 1765

His judges debated the mode of his execution, the axe, the wheel, or the stake; and it was resolved that Mourzoufle [17] should ascend the Theodosian column, a pillar of white marble of one hundred and forty-seven feet in height.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6 Edward Gibbon 1765

At once a patriot and a courtier, the perfidious Mourzoufle, who was not destitute of cunning and courage, opposed the Latins both in speech and action, inflamed the passions and prejudices of the Greeks, and insinuated himself into the favor and confidence of Alexius, who trusted him with the office of great chamberlain, and tinged his buskins with the colors of royalty.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6 Edward Gibbon 1765

Two fugitives, who had reigned at Constantinople, still asserted the title of emperor; and the subjects of their fallen throne might be moved to pity by the misfortunes of the elder Alexius, or excited to revenge by the spirit of Mourzoufle.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6 Edward Gibbon 1765

Yet the prudent doge was still inclined to negotiate: he asked as a debt, a subsidy, or a fine, fifty thousand pounds of gold, about two millions sterling; nor would the conference have been abruptly broken, if the zeal, or policy, of Mourzoufle had not refused to sacrifice the Greek church to the safety of the state.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6 Edward Gibbon 1765