She is fond of coquetting with me; but do not be jealous: I am like oilcloth, along which everything of this sort elides without penetrating.
"Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, v10"
Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
At the death of Pepin of Heristal, the Neustrians had drawn into alliance with them, for their war against the Austrasians, this Duke elides, to whom they gave, as it appears, the title of king.
"A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times Volume I. of VI."
Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot