siècle

He carried with him the insecurities, foibles, and morose visions of fin de siècle Europe.

He was no longer the man to say, "Sied-il à un homme né dans ce siècle de s'infatuer de fables indiennes?"

But the fact is fresh testimony to the fin de siècle character of the work.

And even if such literature failed as largely composes our present fin-de-siècle garbage-heap, we would not regret its absence.

To the readers of Anglais et Français du dix-septième Siècle an explanation is owing.

It amuses me vastly to sit in my corner and watch one of these fin-de-siècle diplomatists work out her little problem.