Eximium decus hoc faciunt te scandere rerum Copia, non virtus, fraus tua non tua laus.
"The Arte of English Poesie"
George Puttenham
There the tight-laced Herr Hauptmanns and Herr Lieutenants sat at their sausage and beer and cigars in the intervals of the waltzes, and strengthened themselves for a foray among the gracious fraus and Frauleins on the benches lining three sides of the dancing-space.
"Their Silver Wedding Journey"
William Dean Howells
There is more honesty and stimulation in the life-story of any grande amoureuse than a dozen of your stodgy fraus."
"A Pagan of the Hills"
Charles Neville Buck