romancers

The inquiry belongs more immediately to the history of Provence than of France, for the romancers are the pupils of the Provençal school; not independent practitioners of the same craft, but directly indebted to

Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature W. P. Ker

Eustathius Macrembolita, but something being noticeable in earlier folk, especially Achilles Tatius, and the trick having evidently come from those rhetoricians [335] of whose class the romancers were a kind of offshoot.

A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889

This is no love-story; and can have no ending such as romancers love to set to their tales.

Under the Red Robe Stanley John Weyman 1891

Not long afterward an incident such as romancers love to feign actually took place; an Indian brave who, as a child years before, had seen his uncle robbed and slain, and had vowed revenge, now having become of age, or otherwise qualified himself for the enterprise, went upon the warpath, and returned with the long-coveted scalp at his girdle.

The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 Julian Hawthorne 1890

"It's great they call," he said of his would-be male romancers, "but I'm attracted to women—even if the men are rich."

His Intentions Are Apparent Jo Piazza 2011

Our history must now, as the old romancers wont to say, ‘leave to tell’ of the quest of Alan Fairford, and instruct our readers of the adventures which befell Darsie Latimer, left as he was in the precarious custody of his self-named tutor, the Laird of the Lochs of Solway, to whose arbitrary pleasure he found it necessary for the present to conform himself.

Redgauntlet 2008

We recommend another method of communication for office romancers, whatever their rank or marital status.

Stephanie Losee and Helaine Olen: Your Professional Emails, IMs, and Texts Are Not Private -- Get Over It 2008

A surprising number of great romancers out there never get around to having sex.

Archive 2008-02-01 UndercoverPunk 2008

Portuguese, but translated into French and much enlarged by subsequent romancers.

Quentin Durward 2008

Since that time, two powerful romancers, one of whom is a profound observer of the human heart, the other an intrepid friend of the people,

Les Miserables 2008