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Quillet  n.  Subtilty; nicety; quibble. "Nice, sharp quillets of the law."






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"Quillet" Quotes from Famous Books



... to take that of Poitiers, and to go to Loudun to see your old tutor, our good Abbe Quillet; he will give you useful advice about the court. He is on very good terms with the Duc de Bouillon; and besides, though he may not be very necessary to you, it is a mark of ...
— Cinq Mars, Complete • Alfred de Vigny

... small hotel in the rue du Mail, under the name of the office watchman, to whom Marie had promised five hundred francs if he kept silence as to the events of the preceding night and morning. Thus bribed, the man, whose name was Francois Quillet, went back to the office and left word with the portress that Monsieur Nathan had been taken ill in consequence of overwork, and was resting. Du Tillet was therefore not surprised at Raoul's absence. It was natural for the journalist to hide under any such pretence ...
— A Daughter of Eve • Honore de Balzac



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