The Count is one of the provencal nobility; a whimsical creature, with an imagination amazingly rapid, but extravagant.
"Anna St. Ives"
Thomas Holcroft
He came and inquired of the servants for the monsieur who had taken the famous leap; cursing all English names, as too barbarous to be understood by a delicate provencal ear, and wholly incapable of being remembered.
"Anna St. Ives"
Thomas Holcroft
There was among them a provencal who amused everybody with his boasting and with the recital of the military exploits by which he pretended to have distinguished himself in the service of several countries, and principally in Spain.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt