Of this, the fate of Anthony d'Arcey, seigneur de la Bastie, affords a melancholy example.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
The one at our left is Jean de Dinteville, seigneur of Polisy, Bailly of Troyes and Knight of the French Order of St. Michael, of which he wears the badge without the splendid collar-as was permitted, by a special statute, to persons in the field, on a journey, or in a privacy that would not require the full dress of a state occasion.
"Holbein"
Beatrice Fortescue
However, being descended from an illustrious family, and having all the manners of a grand seigneur, the count, albeit he had not overmuch intelligence, had, at all events, the merit of being always amiable and cheerful; and, as we see, he had never chosen to meddle with any but the attractive features of life.
"Monsieur Cherami"
Charles Paul de Kock