"Maa" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... perpetually gloving and ungloving, as if to attract attention to her hand, which was esteemed a wonder of beauty. She spoke French with purity and elegance, but with a drawling, somewhat affected accent, saying "Paar maa foi; paar le Dieeu vivaant," and so forth, in a style which was ridiculed by Parisians, as she sometimes, ...
— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley |
