Of all the BELLES of the Month, the belle of the month November is perhaps the most lovable.
"John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1"
William Powell Frith
True, we have BELLES of the Park, and BELLES of the Ball, and one or two BELLES of the Month, so charmingly done by Leech as to make it a matter of surprise that such great attractions were not more frequently admitted to the paper.
"John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1"
William Powell Frith
Literature of ecstasy is always poetry, literature of power is not, being rather the equivalent of BELLES lettres, reaching the heights of poetry only at times.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell