mantes

The lady who had known the Guer-mantes since 1914 considered another who had been introduced to them in 1916 a parvenue, gave her the nod of a dowager duchess while inspecting her through her lorgnon, and avowed with a significant gesture that no one in society knew whether the lady was even married.

Time Regained 2003

I had seen the vices and the bravery of the Guer-mantes return in

Time Regained 2003

Disencumbered of its books, the feudal turret had become warlike again and that Guer-mantes was more himself in death — he was more of his breed, a Guermantes and nothing more and this was symbolised at his funeral in the church of Saint-Hilaire-de-Combray hung with black draperies where the “G” under the closed coronet divested of initials and titles betokened the race of Guermantes which he personified in death.

Time Regained 2003

These differences were as important for them as, when I made my first appearance in society, were those between two families like the Guer-mantes and the

Time Regained 2003

Guer-mantes declared that she had always detested Empire style; that meant, she detested it now, which was true, because she followed the fashions though not closely.

Time Regained 2003

Not only the grasshoppers but other family members of the Orthoptera are here described, including mantes, walking-sticks, katydids, and crickets.

A Mother's List of Books for Children Gertrude Weld Arnold

Praying-mantes were common, and one evening at supper one had a comical encounter with a young dog, a jovial near-puppy, of Colonel Rondon’s, named Cartucho.

VI. Through the Highland Wilderness of Western Brazil 1914

Although our mantes are brown or green, there are a great many species living in hot countries that are much more brightly attired; and when you find yourself on a visit to the tropics, you must look for the flower mantis.

The Insect Folk Margaret Warner Morley 1890

The mantes are terrible fighters, too, and if there is a meeting between two of them, there is very apt to be a battle in which one is vanquished and devoured by the other.

The Insect Folk Margaret Warner Morley 1890

The young mantes are similar to their parents, only they have no wings.

The Insect Folk Margaret Warner Morley 1890