First came the "haute aristocratie" of the coupe, then the middle class of the interieure, and lastly, the tiers etat of the rotonde, with its melange of Jew money-lenders, under-officers and their wives, a Norman nurse with a high cap and a red jupe; while, to close the procession, a German student descended from the roof, with a beard, a blouse, and a meerschaum.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
Besides, the stage fills our heads with a half sort of wisdom, and gives us that strange melange of shrewd experience and romantic notions which is, in fact, the real representation of nine human hearts out of ten.
"Godolphin, Volume 2."
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The duchesse possessed to perfection that singular melange of ostentation and ignorance which was so peculiar to the ante-revolutionists.
"Pelham, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton Last Updated: March 16, 2009