nymphe

He was dressed in a dark-green dress coat, knee breeches of the color of cuisse de nymphe effrayee, as he called it, shoes, and silk stockings.

War and Peace 2003

It is possible that _Ascre_ is correct, although its use would be strange so close to _Ascra_ in 34: Ovid certainly used both _nympha_ and _nymphe_ (_Her_ IX 103; _Met_ III 357).

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

He asked her if her dress were nymphe émue or feuille morte.

Balloons Elizabeth Bibesco 1921

Liberté descendue du ciel, ce n'est point une nymphe de l'Opéra, ce n'est point un bonnet rouge, une chemise sale, ou des haillons.

The French Revolution A Short History 1893

Max Ernst's career, is the mural Pétales et jardin de la nymphe Ancolie

artforum.com 2009

Since no ny mphs can you boaft like the nymphe of the Thames.

The Vocal Magazine: Or, Compleat British Songster 1781

Perfonne n'eft plus difpof6 que moi a croirc, avec les anciens, que tout arbre eft Tazyle, ou la prifon, d'une nymphe.

Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 1771

_nymphe du beach_ in Apia (there are no pavements in Samoa), dashed in amongst its with the announcement that "Luisa was dead."

The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 Louis Becke 1884

a dark-green dress coat, knee breeches of the color of cuisse de nymphe effrayee, as he called it, shoes, and silk stockings.

War and Peace Leo Tolstoy 1869

Foi de Chevalier! elle est charmante; mais l’autre, qui est cette nymphe, cet astre qui brille, cette

The History of Henry Esmond 1852