"Secretaire" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... or rather skulked, to the secretaire, unlocked it, opened a secret drawer, placed within it the contents of his pockets and his frightful mask; the father approached softly, looked over his shoulder, and saw in the drawer the pocketbook embroidered ...
— The Caxtons, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
... desirous of inquiring here into a fact stated by Voltaire, in his Questions Encylopediques, article Coquilles, relative to the growth of shells unconnected with animal bodies at the Chateau of Monsieur de la Sauvagiere, near Tours, I called on Monsieur Gentil, premier secretaire de l'ntendance, to whom the Intendant had written on my behalf, at the request of the Marquis ...
— Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson - Volume I • Thomas Jefferson |
