sapristi

I like you better in love with a petticoat, sapristi! with twenty petticoats, than with M. de

Les Miserables 2008

The Rights of Man, the sovereignty of the people, sapristi!

Les Miserables 2008

Your drawing is still ladylike, your color is still pretty, and, _sapristi!

A Daughter of To-Day Sara Jeannette Duncan

Ah, sapristi, but I would give two years of my life to have this boat go to-morrow instead of to-day.

The Big Four Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 1927

But, sapristi, you must understand that in order to escape I must create, in advance, a public belief in that escape, a belief amounting to an article of faith, an absolute conviction, a reality as glittering as the sun.

The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar Maurice Leblanc 1902

If anybody attempts to check him, -- sapristi! beware his gun!

Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895

"He used his left hand, all right," said Coquenil, "and, _sapristi_, he had sharp nails!"

Through the Wall Cleveland Moffett 1894

Scarcely had Lloyd finished a single chapter when one of the guards appeared with as much of surprise on his stolid countenance as an overworked under jailer can show; for an unprecedented thing had happened -- a prisoner _au secret_ was to receive a visitor, a young woman, at that, and, _sapristi_, a good-looking one, who came with a special order from the director of the prison.

Through the Wall Cleveland Moffett 1894

"There is a great smell of burnt flesh here, and, sapristi, yes," as he tossed over the logs with his foot "there is a body here, sir, pretty well burnt up."

The Young Buglers 1867

I like you better in love with a petticoat, sapristi! with twenty petticoats, than with M. de Robespierre.

Les Miserables, Volume IV, Saint Denis 1862