Corsican

I never saw such a figure as the fellow cut in what he called a Corsican habit, at one of Mrs. Cornely's balls, at Carlisle House, Soho.

Barry Lyndon William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

He was called the Corsican Monster, the Poisoner, and a hundred other epithets in the newspapers of the time.

Emancipation Michael Goldfarb 2009

I never saw such a figure as the fellow cut in what he called a Corsican habit, at one of Mrs. Cornely’s balls, at Carlisle House,

The Memoires of Barry Lyndon 2006

"Say this to him: 'Sire, you are deceived as to the feeling in France, as to the opinions of the towns, and the prejudices of the army; he whom in Paris you call the Corsican ogre, who at Nevers is styled the usurper, is already saluted as Bonaparte at Lyons, and emperor at

The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836

Neither does an indigenous language, like Corsican, which is spoken by natives of Corsica and closely related to the Tuscan dialect of Italian.

World's Sexiest Islands 2006

Alphonso d'Ornano, often called the Corsican Captain.

In Kings' Byways Stanley John Weyman 1891

In a word, this was a Corsican, which is to say that he was different from any other European race, and would, as sure as there is corn in Egypt, be overbearing, masterful, impossible.

The Isle of Unrest Henry Seton Merriman 1882

At her stand you'll also find fiadone, a Corsican take on cheesecake made with brocciu a kind of Corsican ricotta, eggs, sugar and lemon zest.

Parisian cupcakes 2007

At her stand you'll also find fiadone, a Corsican take on cheesecake made with brocciu a kind of Corsican ricotta, eggs, sugar and lemon zest.

Archive 2007-12-01 2007

A strange family feud, quite "Corsican" in its character, came to light some time ago, while we were at Cunningham's Ford.

Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive Alf Burnett