| 单词 | voluptuary |
| 例句 | The eponymous regent, the Prince of Wales who ruled when his father, George III, went mad, was “a voluptuary of the highest order.” Books of The Times: Ruth Kassinger?s ?Paradise Under Glass? 2010-05-16T21:37:00Z Gumprecht Weiss — we learn his name later on — had once been a voluptuary but in middle age now prefers an ascetic, philosophical life. Book review: Metaphysical novella ‘The Creator’ by Mynona blurs the boundary between dream and reality 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z See More Videos » In paintings of odalisques, the often naked women lie across the image like unwrapped gifts, exquisitely available to the men who paint them and to the patrons who value such female voluptuaries. | 'The Skin I Live In': ?The Skin I Live In,? Directed by Pedro Almod?var ? Review 2011-10-13T17:05:56Z The movie’s Colette is never as wild as you might hope for a literary titan and voluptuary who first writes herself into history with her “Claudine” novels while bedding men and women alike. Review: ‘Colette’ and One Woman’s Lust for Life 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z In place of some Hollywood voluptuary, she gives us a Cleopatra who is a working queen and ruler: at one point we even see her in specs sitting at a desk signing state papers. Antony and Cleopatra - review 2010-10-15T00:54:00Z If Mr. Silvers is an ascetic in his work habits, he is also a voluptuary of sorts. Robert Silvers?s Long Reign at The New York Review of Books 2012-03-17T00:18:55Z Julián, a hacking, aging voluptuary, chastises a couple he knows for avoiding him in public because of their inability to face his illness. Review: ‘Truman’ Focuses on a Man Whose Days Are Numbered 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Since 1896, Oscar Wilde’s “Salome” has provided opportunities for lush decadence — and who could object? — with its despotic voluptuary King Herod and the petulant title character. | 'Salome': Best Way Not to Win a Pious Man?s Heart? Dance of the Seven Veils 2011-07-15T23:40:06Z But in a sense he remained a cognoscente’s darling until the end — an elegant, inscrutable voluptuary. John Wesley, an Artist Who Couldn’t Be Pinned Down, Dies at 93 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z The blasé voluptuary in his livery act was always just a personal amusement, a playful outward expression. Perspective | How did the NFL gift wrap Cam Newton to the Patriots? Pure stupidity. 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Colman won last year’s best-actress Oscar for her portrayal of another British monarch in “The Favourite,” the eccentric and voluptuary Queen Anne, but Elizabeth, aloof to the point of refrigeration, is a different proposition altogether. How the Man Behind ‘The Crown’ Made the Monarchy Relevant Again 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z It has substituted in its place a hedonism which promises a material ease and luxury, yet shies away from all the historic implications which a “voluptuary system” — and all its social permissiveness and libertinism — implies. Opinion | Democracy Can Plant the Seeds of Its Own Destruction 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Certainly there was personal enmity between Hamilton and the bankrupt “voluptuary” he called Burr. Hamilton helped elect his rival to keep an ‘unruly Tyrant’ from the presidency. If only . . . 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Before departing for Seville, Spain, to drive Lexus’s new voluptuary coupe, the LC 500, I was obliged by the event staff to acquire an International Driving Permit from an office of the American Automobile Association. 2018 Lexus LC 500 Prototype Review: Don’t Call It Boring 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z He was hospitable and strict, sweet and deep, humble and grand, probing and tender, a friend of melancholy but an enemy of gloom, a voluptuary with religion, a renegade enamored of tradition. My Friend Leonard Cohen: Darkness and Praise 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Behind his impassioned rages, his enormous ambition, his gigantic self-confidence, there lay not the indulgent ease of a voluptuary, but the trivial tastes, the conventional domesticity, of the petty-bourgeois. The 100 best nonfiction books: No 32 – The Last Days of Hitler by Hugh Trevor-Roper (1947) 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z They deplored him as a “low voluptuary,” called him a “degraded, unclean thing.” The genie grown monstrous: How Donald Trump, the all-American Frankenstein, devoured the GOP 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z In his acting, Mr. Duchovny has certainly played his fair share of liars, most notoriously as the voluptuary scribe Hank Moody on the Showtime series “Californication,” which ended its seven-season run last year. David Duchovny tours debut album ‘Hell or Highwater,’ discusses ‘X-Files’ revival 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z The day after his funeral, in July 1830, the Times was happy to label him an "inveterate voluptuary". Blackadder and history 2013-06-15T03:52:03Z He was a man of much mind and of large ideas, as well as a man with the tastes of a voluptuary, and the means, for a time, of a Count of Monte Cristo. The Rulers of the Mediterranean 2012-04-25T02:00:58.380Z Little patches of cultivation, labored to the perfection of a garden, varied the scene, and beautiful cattle lay lazily under the giant trees, solemn voluptuaries of the peaceful happiness of their lot. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z The caliphs of Granada led the lives of weak voluptuaries, artistic but decadent; no rose-colored romancing can veil their essential decline. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z At Capua, that ancient city of delights, which turned the strong Carthaginian invaders into feeble voluptuaries, cowardice was fitly followed up by treachery. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z His friend, John M. Manly, wrote in the preface to his "Poems and Plays": "He was an epicure of life, a voluptuary of the whole range of physical, mental, and spiritual perfections." The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z Here was a voluptuary seeking for torture and desiring pain after having wallowed in every sensual pleasure.... The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports 2012-02-19T03:00:17.513Z There was the debauched voluptuary, ruined alike in health, purse, and reputation, whose honour was perforce upon his sleeve, since there was no room in his body for aught but selfishness. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z He is a voluptuary, with the face of a monk--the most useful combination for public life in this country which you could possibly imagine. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z Sympathy is wasted on that Duke, who was one of the filthiest voluptuaries of his age, or of any other since that of Heliogabalus. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z I'm not altogether the brainless voluptuary, you know. The Honour of the Clintons 2012-01-24T03:00:25.947Z Certain minds are satisfied with the fantasmagoria of their intelligence, whereas the voluptuary finds happiness only in the pleasure of realisation. The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports 2012-02-19T03:00:17.513Z A voluptuary in love, he professes not that delicacy which refines all its joys. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z European critics, like his contemporaries, mostly consider him an infidel and a voluptuary �of like mind with Sardanapalus.� The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z He was student, voluptuary, soldier, prisoner, author, diplomatist, exile, pauper, courtier, democrat, orator, statesman, traitor. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z He was by no means the “voluptuary” described by Macaulay. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Here was a voluptuary seeking for torture and desiring pain after having wallowed in every sensual pleasure. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z So I am to regard you as a disappointed voluptuary, a hedonist philosopher whose premisses induced him to a false conclusion. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z He will become denationalized and recollecting "the voluptuary dress and arts of the European women, will pity and despise the chaste affections and simplicity of those of his own country." Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z A thousand women thronged these royal chambers, ministering to the tastes and passions of the elegant voluptuary. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z He was a voluptuary, a tyrant, and a shedder of blood; his audience-chamber told it of him. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Who, for instance, would recognize in his portrait of Gaston Phoebus de Foix the cruel voluptuary, stained with the blood of his own son, which we know him to have been? Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Idlers in search of amusement, voluptuaries who will be stimulated, vain people who wish to be seen, visionaries who flee hither to escape the actual life against which they dare not contend. The Fisher Girl 2011-10-13T02:00:46.980Z To demonstrate that the American woman, when she has all the opportunities which health, wealth, and leisure can bestow, is content to become a mere quick-witted, shallow voluptuary? Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z Here," says Irving, "is everything to delight a southern voluptuary: fruits, flowers, fragrance, green arbours and myrtle hedges, delicate air and gushing water. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z He had heard the stories—unsavoury ones, such as inevitably cling to men, whatever their business or social standing, who acquire the whispered reputation of the voluptuary. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z And when all laughed at this, Ulpian said, Whence do the voluptuaries who talk so loosely get all their elegance of expression? The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z It is the old threadbare philosophy of the voluptuary. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z Arrayed in magnificent robes typical of his godhead, and surrounded by an atmosphere of flowers and incense, he led the life of a voluptuary for the space of nearly a year. The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru 2011-06-13T02:00:26.863Z Mr. Buckle speaks of "the incredible baseness of that ignoble voluptuary who succeeded George III. on the throne." The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z There was no vanity in the man; he was studying his face out of sheer curiosity, from a new and quite impersonal point of view, as that of an enormous hypocrite and voluptuary. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z Thus, the voluptuary Baron, when he had played one of Corneille's heroes, himself was one for some days. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z Often since that morning after the surrender of Bristol had the princely voluptuary given thought to the “bit of saucy sweetness, with cheeks all roses,” he had seen passing out of its gates for Gloucester. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z The capricious reproached him with fickleness; the voluptuary said: "He thinks of nothing but his pleasure." Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Buckle speaks of "the incredible baseness of that ignoble voluptuary." The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z So far the system would seem to suit the inclinations of the most thorough-going voluptuary. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z The loftiest joys they paint are the thrillings of the sense, the raptures of a fine nervous organization; their pathos is the regret, and their wisdom the languor and the satiety of the jaded voluptuary. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z Enough of a true voluptuary, too, to shun turmoil. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z You probably don't picture a notorious voluptuary, a man who just last year was chowing on double burgers right before a conference on obesity. Congressman to Clinton: Stay out of Chicago politics 2010-12-28T22:34:00Z She rejoined: “Wilt thou send me again to this old voluptuary?” The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII And the departing voluptuary exhorts his friends to follow his example: “My friends, while we live, let us live”; “Eat, drink, disport thyself, and then join us.” Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The English voluptuary then found himself entirely outwitted by the wily Frenchman. The Boke of Noblesse But in the indolent voluptuary of forty-five little remained of the good-humored, careless man of twenty-seven. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. She would soon have been undeceived, for this prince is only a selfish voluptuary, one who steals sweets in love and in life; in a word, a dilettante. On the Heights A Novel It is certain, however, that her imprudent connection with a notorious voluptuary was nothing short of disastrous to a woman in her profession. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second That Petronius was deeply tainted is only too probable from his associations, although Tacitus implies that he was rather a fastidious voluptuary than a gross debauchee. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius He was a coward, a good-natured, contemptible voluptuary. English Costume It was not Charles, the miserable, ungrateful voluptuary whose character we have attempted to show, that was loved and saved by Jeanne d'Arc; it was France, represented to her in the person of the dauphin. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) To the second belong those individuals who amuse themselves with experiments in sensual pleasure, men jaded with ordinary sexual indulgence, and indifferent voluptuaries. A Problem in Modern Ethics being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion, addressed especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists Notwithstanding the virtues of his queens, Manuel, who was so valiant in war, showed himself in peace a licentious voluptuary. Women of Early Christianity After this single digression from the scheme of the voluptuary, he returned to his pleasures, and became an arbiter in all questions of sensual taste, from whose decision there was no appeal. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius But what does such an unconscionable voluptuary care for that? Waldfried A Novel If Mr. Tyss began now to amuse himself in society, his faithful companion also laid aside much of his gravity, and exhibited himself as a knavish little voluptuary, an amiable rou�. Specimens of German Romance; Vol. II. Master Flea Selected and Translated from Various Authors Young boys are less exposed to dangers from abnormal than young girls from normal voluptuaries. A Problem in Modern Ethics being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion, addressed especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists Manuel had a cousin, Andronicus, who was even more of a voluptuary than he--one whose career as a soldier of fortune and as a heartless roué marks him as the Byzantine Alcibiades. Women of Early Christianity Yet a voluptuary, with a calm outlook on his time, may have a wish to restrain vices with which he is himself tainted. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Some were wealthy voluptuaries, glad to propagate their own habits of extravagance among those they suspected of fortunes smaller than their own. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life He was thanked for his services on one occasion by a fat, pop-eyed voluptuary who has become famous in history for scientific and cold-blooded political murders. Captain Macedoine's Daughter How the old voluptuary feasted his eyes upon this beautiful apparition! Pretty Michal The voluptuary and adventurer responded to the call, and entered the city to be enthroned, alleging that it was his purpose to deliver the young emperor from evil counsellors. Women of Early Christianity As a selfish voluptuary, and the destroyer of his country’s liberty, Cosmo has been compared with Augustus; but in gratuitous and deliberate cruelty, he far surpasses his prototype. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 Unless you blend with it the true and good, your love of beauty will degenerate into the merely sensuous æsthetics, which, at the present day, renders its votaries fastidious, etiolated voluptuaries. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part His son, the novelist and voluptuary, had a long minority, and succeeded at last to a million ready money and £100,000 a year, only to end life a solitary, despised, exiled man. Old and New London Volume I He comes into close contact not only with the rough native populations of the Asian provinces but with the cultivated philosophers of Greece and the effeminate voluptuaries of the heathen temples. Bible Studies in the Life of Paul Historical and Constructive Hence there has probably sprung up the idle legend that in private life he is a gross romping voluptuary. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) At the time when the Spaniards arrived in the country, Montezuma II. was on the throne, one of the most extravagant of voluptuaries. Aztec Land Ferdinand says the great majority of crowned heads are sexual voluptuaries, deserving of the penitentiary or the straight-jacket. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess An epicure and a voluptuary, he had lived in extraordinary luxury. Old and New London Volume I But "the German Apelles" was no Greek voluptuary, ambitious in heathen vices, such as that other Apelles whose painting of Venus was said to be his masterpiece. Holbein The perfection of all enjoyment depends on the perfection of the faculties of the mind and body; therefore, the temperate man is the greatest epicure, and the only true voluptuary. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual She was convalescent in a week's time, but was ultimately murdered, while in the act of spending, by a voluptuary with whom she afterwards lived. The Power of Mesmerism A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies Bolder and bolder grew the excited old voluptuary, as he found that she did not resist his amorous advances; her fragrant breath fanned his cheek, and the glances of her lustrous eyes dazzled his senses. Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life Prices on the boats are always high, and the native voluptuary pays extravagantly and the foreigner ruinously whenever he devotes an evening to the floral fleet. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan He had sunk into a tyrant and a voluptuary. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 It may seem strange, but to me it appears that a true voluptuary should never abandon his thought to the coarseness of reality. My Recollections of Lord Byron Disdained by the savage, or scattered by the soldier, dishonored by the voluptuary, or forbidden by the fanatic, the arts have not, till now, been extinguished by analysis and paralyzed by protection. On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature The courage and stoical endurance of the soldier vanished, and were replaced by the soft indulgence of the voluptuary. Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality A thrill of admiration suffused with a deeper tint even the abhorred cheek of the voluptuary. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 Absorbed in unsleeping political toil, he wore the outward garb of a careless, trifling voluptuary. Horace As the months crept on, she resigned to this superstition with the abandon of an inveterate voluptuary. The Goose Man It was in later days that the habits of a voluptuary, of which his peculiar love of dress might have been slightly symptomatic, produced their effect, in enfeebling a mind made for eminence. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 The story of his doings was repeated at Rome, where the voluptuary lost credit as Octavius gained it. Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Could this be the sensual, passionate voluptuary he had known two days since?—the strange, unprincipled, impulsive being, who yielded like the reed, to every gust of passion—this deep, clear, vigorous thinker! The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 And even as he gazed a strange spell fell over these voluptuaries; a spell which they were unable to withstand. "Unto Caesar" They would rather die, they said, than meet this voluptuary face to face again; they would endure all manner of martyrdom before they would have him come in. The Goose Man A voluptuary and a miser, magnificently attired, is clasping to his heart a purse full of money and a bunch of flowers and corn. Diversions in Sicily I suppose all great generals have necessarily some qualities in common; even Vend�me, an indolent and beastly glutton and voluptuary, was capable of prodigious exertions and of activity not to be surpassed. The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) It was difficult for Englishmen to believe that any real danger to liberty could come from an idler and a voluptuary such as Charles the Second. History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 The cant of the voluptuary, the cynical egoist, the friend of humanity, and all the rest is just as distinct as that of the religious sectarian. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals For a moment he abandoned himself to the enchanting witchery with the dreamful enjoyment of the voluptuary inhaling the odors of a scented bath. The Flaw in the Sapphire A vulgar usurper is found at this era of his career to sink into the voluptuary, or else to vent his dissatisfied humour in acts of cruelty and oppression. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 He was cruel, he was cunning; he was, in his wild Highland way, a voluptuary and a debauchee; he was treacherous and hideously selfish. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II And died to save herself from that fate, I suppose—and afterwards was resurrected and blessed Morrel with her hand and heart, and the most exquisite person that even a jaded voluptuary could covet. Edmond Dantès He was a good-natured voluptuary, and utterly unable to manage the warlike troops raised by his father. Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign This was refused by the indolent voluptuary; so we parted with coolness, and I was once more adrift in the world. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver She appears in the strongest sense a voluptuary and sensualist, but without refinement. Mary Wollstonecraft Very slowly the procession approached, for the little voluptuary in front was loath as well as eager—avid to enjoy yet hesitating to devour. A Daughter of the Middle Border He spared none,—faded voluptuary, whining graybeard, nor restive youth; in an hour he had bullied and frightened them into working like galley-slaves, and all the house was under the iron discipline of his camp. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain We are apt to regard Ovid as, in erotic matters, the representative of a set of immoral Roman voluptuaries. The Task of Social Hygiene But as age and misfortunes stole over the sensual voluptuary, his mental and bodily vigor became impaired, not only by excessive drink, but by the narcotics to which he habitually resorted for excitement. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver She was therefore a voluptuary and sensualist, without that refinement for which she seemed to contend on other subjects. Mary Wollstonecraft The voluptuaries of the Empire bathed not only before the principal meal of the day, but also afterwards to promote digestion as they thought. Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine He was a great voluptuary and profligate, whom Nero appointed Arbiter Elegantiæ, and considered nothing comme il faut till it had received the sanction of this dictator-in-chief of the imperial pleasures. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 He was but twenty-five years of age, finely formed, a voluptuary, high jutting forehead, dark hazel eye, and a typical image of a bohemian poet. Shakspere, Personal Recollections In this delicious abode, more befitting an oriental voluptuary than a Gothic king, Don Roderick was accustomed to while away much of that 266time which should have been devoted to the toilsome cares of government. Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 The artist is the voluptuary of labor, and his fantastic tricks often seem to be only Nature's way of equalizing matters, and showing the world that he is very common clay, after all. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians He is that most tragic figure—an enforced pietist, a thwarted voluptuary. Europe After 8:15 Her head was thrown back, as if she were drinking in the breeze that heralded the dawn—drinking it in like a voluptuary. The Call of the Blood It was the bold, lustful look of the voluptuary who enjoys letting his eyes feast on the prey that he knows cannot now escape him. The Mask A Story of Love and Adventure The Greeks, who were artists in words, were the most refined voluptuaries of antiquity. The Child of Pleasure He should have left marriage to those who were capable of nothing else; this would not have meant that he turn ascetic, for the ascetic is a voluptuary in disguise. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians In Julius Caesar, a voluptuary and red with carnage, there were yet multitudinous virtues. A Hero and Some Other Folks And he justified it by attributing to Bunyan a virile acceptance of life as a high and harsh adventure, while in Shakespeare he saw nothing but profligate pessimism, the vanitas vanitatum of a disappointed voluptuary. George Bernard Shaw It was with gay voluptuaries, freethinkers, and revellers, that Eustace must converse; at a distance from those whose wisdom might govern his impetuosity, and whose steady principles would correct his backslidings. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel He mimics the tree-frog's cry, and migrates after October, like other voluptuaries, who must have the round year warm, and fruit and eggs always in market. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times The martyr's sacrifice and the voluptuary's indulgence are very different things to day, if they do both cease to morrow. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Like the ancients, they were at first heroes and artists, and then voluptuaries and dilettanti; in one as in the other case they, like the ancients, confined life to the present. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) I say "virtuous," because the wicked have only accomplices; voluptuaries have companions in debauch, self-seekers have partners, politicians get partisans; the generality of idle men have attachments; princes have courtiers; virtuous men alone have friends. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary The fickle voluptuary sought new pleasures, and the bride so lately exalted to a throne was no longer an object of envy. Notable Women of Olden Time It was not a state occasion, as Radisson said; but for a moment I think the glitter in which those jaded voluptuaries burned out their moth-lives blinded even the clear vision of Pierre Radisson. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade Connected at first with the great innovators of '89, she had passed from their arms into those of rich voluptuaries, who purchased her charms dearly. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution Zilda Chaplot was formed for pleasure, yet there is no tendency latent in her which could have made her a voluptuary. A Dozen Ways Of Love Titian's character is well known: his ardent cheerful temper, his sanguine enthusiastic mind, his love of pleasure, his love of women; and true it is, that through all his glowing pictures, we trace the voluptuary. The Diary of an Ennuyée For a long time she had not seen the king or received the least token of royal favour or remembrance, and a new favourite might have succeeded her in the court of the capricious voluptuary. Notable Women of Olden Time But Anne had a secret, cherishing eye on martyrdom, and it was intolerable to her to be reminded in this way that, after all, she was only a spiritual voluptuary. The Helpmate Yet changeless pleasure, without memory or reflection, without the wearisome intermixture of arbitrary images, is just what the mystic, the voluptuary, and perhaps the oyster find to be good. Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion Quite a contrast to the plain rigidity of Benedict, he was courteous and munificent, but withal a voluptuary; and his luxury and profusion gave rise to extortions, to rapine, and to boundless simony. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch Without any comment, Elise went into the adjoining room, used as a kitchen, while the voluptuary dabbed clouds of powder over her neck and shoulders. The Parts Men Play Evil circumstances and evil companions had made him "a good-humored lad but hard-hearted voluptuary." The Leading Facts of English History So sensitive a soul as his could not have been expected to stand out Spartan-bold against the voluptuary blandishments of such surroundings—and such a life. Destiny He seemed a gentle, indolent youth; very confiding in those he trusted; inclined to be a voluptuary, loving pleasure and study and everything better than affairs of state. A Short History of Russia I am not, however, disposed to deny some allowance to Petrarch for his dislike of Clement, who was a voluptuary in private life, and a corrupted ruler of the Church. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch He cursed, with curses that seared his soul as he uttered them, Harding, that cynical atheist, who had striven to undermine his faith, and he shrank from thought of Fletcher, that dirty voluptuary. Mike Fletcher A Novel If the voluptuary was condemned, it was for the commonplace reason which a hedonist, too, might invoke, that a life of pleasure soon palls and becomes unpleasant. Some Turns of Thought in Modern Philosophy Five Essays The splendor of the capital had attracted from all nations the idle rich, gamblers, speculators, voluptuaries, profligates, intriguers, criminals. Vergilius A Tale of the Coming of Christ From being a cruel voluptuary and assassin, he was changed to a merciful ruler who could not bear to inflict capital punishment. A Short History of Russia Lord Blackadder was immensely rich, but a man of indifferent moral character, a roué and a voluptuary, with a debilitated constitution and an unattractive person, possessing none of the gifts that take a maiden's fancy. The Passenger from Calais Some have become voluptuaries; some, mere family men, who think it quite life enough to win bread for half a dozen people, and treat them, decently; others are lost through indolence and vacillation. At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe You see, the pleasures you so much boast are the least of those which true tenderness has to give, and this in the opinion of a voluptuary. The History of Emily Montague But the fashionable language of the day had tendencies which would not now be tolerated; and Sir Charles, a fashionable voluptuary, is charged with having written what none should wish to revive. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 Such a word was a mockery in the mouth of such a voluptuary. Bought and Paid For From the Play of George Broadhurst "This imitation of the discipline of the ancient republic," says Merivale, "excited neither applause nor indignation among the languid voluptuaries of the Senate." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 Athumia poisoned all, and the demon possessed the voluptuary in the midst even of the debauch. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 But observe the male oriental voluptuary does not himself dance. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales The reckless voluptuary, the faithless and successful adulteress,—these were the noble beings whose deeds filled the pages which formed the delight of the wise and the fair. The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends The frugality of his manner of life did not lose him the good opinion even of the voluptuaries of the showiest of capitals, whose very iron railings are not free from gilt. Israel Potter This was lost upon an audience insufficiently familiar with the works of that great voluptuary. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 16, 1917 Are we to set against such plain testimony the pessimistic agnosticism of a voluptuary like Omar Khayyám? Painted Windows Studies in Religious Personality "Enter," said Satan, and the soul of the voluptuary passed in. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales From this time on he lived at his villa at Passy the life of a voluptuary and died there Nov. The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers Now Correggio is moralised in neither way—neither as a good nor as a bad man, neither as an acute thinker nor as a deliberate voluptuary. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series Still less mercy has he for the dogmatic voluptuary who complacently assumes the "all-stupendous tale" of Christianity to have been enacted "to give our joys a zest, And prove our sorrows for the best." Robert Browning Perhaps it is, to the heaven of the modern sybarite, the ethical voluptuary. Light On The Path and Through the Gates of Gold "I wish to enter," said the soul of the voluptuary. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales I should have known that behind that white and purring exterior was a cruel and hideous voluptuary. The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories The voluptuary gratifies every craving sense, rejoices in the midnight revel, renders himself vile, and yet tells you he is in the chase of happiness. Golden Steps to Respectability, Usefulness and Happiness In his riot of the senses there was more of the athlete than of the voluptuary. Robert Browning We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life; but we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. African and European Addresses But I wouldn't be a thorn in my grandmother's side if the old lady was assaulted by a brutal voluptuary, and I saw her down and fighting for her honour. The Tree of Heaven The successful monk, grown rich and feeling secure, turns voluptuary and becomes the very thing that he renounced in his monastic vows. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women A thick, striped mattress makes a soft platform on the elephant's broad back, and here the young voluptuary squats as naturally as on the floor of his room. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Then, since the good of man's body is of four kinds--health, beauty, strength, and pleasure--the knowledge of the body is also of four kinds--medicine, decoration or cosmetic, athletic, and the art voluptuary. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy The man who does nothing cuts the same sordid figure in the pages of history, whether he be cynic, or fop, or voluptuary. African and European Addresses These voluptuaries must have in their brains a special growth of the nature of sarcoma, which stifles the brain and directs their whole psychology. The Duel and Other Stories When at supper they talked of love and women, he pretended to be a subtle and perverse voluptuary. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories It was the face of a voluptuary in the presence of his desire. Jason Like many cold men to whom the pleasures of the world are, nevertheless, easy, Levine was a voluptuary and cruel. The Conqueror Antonyms: voluptuary, sensualist, sybarite, worldling, epicure, gormand. ascribable, a. attributable, assignable, chargeable, imputable, referrible. ascribe, v. attribute, assign, impute. ascription, n. attribution, imputation. ashamed, a. abashed, confused, mortified, disconcerted. Putnam's Word Book He has not suffered himself to become a mere intellectual voluptuary, nor the songster of fancy and passion, but has earnestly revolved the problems of life, and his conclusions are calmly noble. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II In the sharp crack of the voluptuary's pistol, putting an end to his earthly misery, I hear the confirmation that in a hollow, fastidious life there is no peace. The Abominations of Modern Society He is no debauchee, no voluptuary, no gambler. William of Germany Determined now, however, on the conquest of Holland, Louis had no difficulty in secretly detaching the voluptuary Charles II. from the Dutch alliance. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History Antonym: conscript. voluptuary, n. sensualist, epicure, sybarite, bon vivant. Putnam's Word Book Some have become voluptuaries; some mere family men, who think it is quite life enough to win bread for half a dozen people, and treat them decently; others are lost through indolence and vacillation. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II When Chevrial, finding himself alone with Tirandel and Laubaniere, exposed his amusingly cynical views of life and society, some attention was paid to a remarkable portrait of a polished, but coarse, gay, though aging, voluptuary. Analyzing Character He abandoned himself to the sensations of love and the sensations of an artist like a voluptuary. Old and New Masters Without all doubt, the torments which we may be made to suffer are much greater in their effect on the body and mind, than any pleasures which the most learned voluptuary could suggest. Studies in Literature Every man … can name among his acquaintances men of unusual culture who are coarse voluptuaries and others of the humblest education who have the delicacy of a refined woman. Primitive Love and Love-Stories Therefore we condemn their moral disquisitions and their criticisms as the flimsy playthings of intellectual voluptuaries. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts Rossini was a great voluptuary, and was prouder of his art in cooking macaroni than of anything else he could do. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 Gray was an enthusiastic scholar; Walpole was then a gay and giddy voluptuary, although predestined to sour down into the most cold-blooded and cynical of gossips. Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett With Memoirs, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes This is not true of men like Malbone, voluptuaries of the heart. Malbone: an Oldport Romance His features might have been called good, had there not lurked under the pent-house of his eye, that sly epicurean twinkle which indicates the cautious voluptuary. Ivanhoe What security had he, that in this change of place and condition, he should not degenerate into a tyrant and voluptuary? Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale This Sacchini, by the bye, was a reckless voluptuary, who seems never to have married. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 Just as the drunkard and the victim of the morphine habit may be recognized by their face and manner, so we may recognize a voluptuary. The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories "Bid the slave-merchant enter," says the Turkish voluptuary with a wave of his hand. Vanity Fair In possession of Manon and of twelve hundred and fifty francs, I was prouder and more contented than the richest voluptuary of Paris with untold treasures. Manon Lescaut Hence there has probably sprung up the idle legend that in private life he is a gross romping voluptuary. Prince Otto, a Romance The poor slave, on his hard, pine plank, but scantily covered with his thin blanket, sleeps more soundly than the feverish voluptuary who reclines upon his feather bed and downy pillow. My Bondage and My Freedom He has been generally described as a mere voluptuary, but Nubar Pasha spoke of him as a true Turkish gentleman of the old school. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 It is not enough to say that Louis XIV was an improvident and passionate ruler, that Louis XV was a dreary and revolting voluptuary. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 He spoke to her about M. G—— M——, an old voluptuary, who paid prodigally for his pleasures; he so glowingly described the advantages of such a connection, that she entered into all his plans. Manon Lescaut Again the fanatical voluptuary endeavoured to pull the poor girl towards him, while she, alarmed, but not scared out of her presence of mind, endeavoured, by fair entreaty, to prevail on him to release her. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier Finished voluptuary though he was, the sensation he experienced then was quite new to him. Fair Margaret I trust I am not a voluptuary or self-indulgent in any way, but I too would dislike to be excessively hungry. The Foolish Lovers The motives that determine the voluptuary, that actuate the debauchee to risk their health, are as powerful, their actions are as necessary, as those which decide the wise man to manage his. The System of Nature, Volume 1 The fatigue of a forced march did that for us which down cannot obtain for the voluptuary, and we all slept as profoundly as children. Satanstoe The chase is not more surely terminated by the death of the game, than the joys of the voluptuary by the means of completing his debauch. An Essay on the History of Civil Society, Eighth Edition Why should we be guided by the wit and sarcasm of indolent voluptuaries who daily desecrate their bodies through ruinous indulgences? Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency We find him there the elegant voluptuary, diffusing the seductive charm of sentiment over passions and propensities at which rigid morality must frown. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes The voluptuary argues,—You pretend that I should resist my desires; but was I the maker of my own temperament, which unceasingly invites me to pleasure? The System of Nature, Volume 1 Bressant was the cold, elegant hypocrite, Lafontaine the base, coarse, but powerful cleric, Leroux the full-blooded, red-faced, voluptuary with fat cheeks and shaking hands, whose expression was now angry, now sickly sweet. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth In a presentation of a purely physical attractiveness; Nils Lykke is simply a voluptuary, pursuing his good fortunes, with impudent ease, in the home of his ancestral enemies. Henrik Ibsen Lord March relished the young man's naivete, as the jaded voluptuary still to the end always can relish the juicy wholesome mutton-chop. The Virginians It is little wonder that the Merry Monarch, the fastidious voluptuary, with his nice discernment in women, should have checked in his long stride, and halted a moment in consternation. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series Far more than all the voluptuaries of all ages have dreamed of shall exist, heightened by a purity they could not conceive of. Brook Farm Historic and Personal Memoirs Remember that this cruel voluptuary is the sweet singer of Israel, who had taught men songs of purer piety and subtler emotion than the ruder harps of older singers had ever flung from their wires. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms And that general sense of well-being brings with it a satisfaction compared with which all the feverish bliss of the voluptuary is poor indeed. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes He was a low voluptuary, seeking pleasure without sentiment, and despising the sex from whom he desired to obtain it.... Quentin Durward The women fled in indignation to their friendly monarch; but the voluptuary of nature only shrugged his shoulders and smiled. The Voyage of Captain Popanilla Roman voluptuary at the court of Nero whose ambition was to shine as a court exquisite. An Essay on Criticism In this he imitates Hercules, but although furnished with that hero's lion- skin and club, in sentiments he is very unlike him, and as a dastardly voluptuary affords us much matter for laughter. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature He was a voluptuary, ruined morally by unchecked licence,—a monster, as he could hardly help being, of lust, self will, and caprice. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes And where am I to find one?—In that voluptuary Edward of England—in the inebriated Wenceslaus of Germany—in Scotland?—Ah, Quentin Durward He had, of course, been a spendthrift—and so much the better, being otherwise what he was; for a cautious and frugal voluptuary is about the lowest style of man. Malcolm She happened not to be a frenzied voluptuary, as are so many of the lost, who are victims of their own physiological or pathological estates before they make fellow-victims of the men they encounter. We Can't Have Everything He would paint to us the cruel voluptuary, whom education has only in appearance tamed, breaking loose from the restraints of discipline and virtue. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature Sand was masculine, energetic, restless, and by nature—for which she was surely not thoroughly to blame—a voluptuary. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 Frequently the village Brahmin is simply a sensual voluptuary. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter Sensualist -- N. Sybarite, voluptuary, Sardanaphalus, man of pleasure, carpet knight; epicure, epicurean, gourmet, gourmand; pig, hog; votary of Epicurus, swine of Epicurus; sensualist; Heliogabalus; free liver, hard liver; libertine &c. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases A voluptuary and intrigante herself, she believed that her own ideas of happiness and her own impulses were shared by everybody, and that people who frowned on vice were either hypocrites or cowards. We Can't Have Everything Chapelle, the most celebrated voluptuary in Paris, did everything in his power to overcome Ninon's repugnance, but without success. Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century But the circle he moved in, and his volatile, mischievous, beauty-idolising nature played havoc with his good intentions, though not to the extent implied by some critics who have pictured him as a reckless voluptuary. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 Aristippus, the founder of the Cyreniac school, was a sort of philosophic voluptuary, teaching that pleasure is the end of life. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations It is admitted that he is the most heroic of voluptuaries, the most philosophical of the licentious. The Life of Lord Byron There was nothing of the opiate poppy, the ominous orchid, or even that velvet voluptuary, the rose. We Can't Have Everything Such a jealousy of austerity would appear to me extraordinary in a voluptuary philosopher, from whatever point of view that word may be considered. Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century He had been a gay man, a voluptuary, and a gambler. The Evil Guest Oswald Two days gone I saw, Though at a distance and he was disguised, Hovering round Herbert's door, a man whose figure Resembled much that cold voluptuary, The villain, Clifford. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 The Assyrian is as much Lord Byron as Childe Harold was, and bears his lineaments in as clear a likeness, as a voluptuary unsated could do those of the emaciated victim of satiety. The Life of Lord Byron His palace might be set in comparison with that of Aladdin; it was the fulfilment of an Oriental voluptuary's dream. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 The sage, according to the Stoics, is a man of insensible virtue; that of the Epicureans, an immovable voluptuary. Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century He sunk into an indolent voluptuary, pleased by childish amusements. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) I fear I am a voluptuary, my son, fond of comfort, and old things, and pretty things. The Lord of the Sea Is it not natural that an intelligent People should resent the fact that their visibly governing head is a gambler, or a voluptuary? Temporal Power Having been addicted from his earliest youth to debauchery, when he had lost the powers, he retained all the relish, for the brutish pleasures of a voluptuary. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 Mr. Long, of Oxford, in a fine notice of Theodosius, thinks that the praises of Gibbon are extravagant, and that the emperor was probably a voluptuary and a persecutor. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. Within these limits were crowded more than 100,000,000 people, embracing every conceivable condition and variety in race and culture, from the rough barbarians of Gaul to the refined voluptuary of the East. General History for Colleges and High Schools But not on this account was the pain the Roman suffered less than it would have been in the case of the most effeminate voluptuary. Philosophical Letters of Frederich Schiller Formerly, if the emperor knew himself to be surrounded with assassins, he might at least make his throne, so long as he enjoyed it, the couch of a voluptuary. The Caesars The royal lover was ignominiously defeated in the only sort of rivalry which seriously touched him, and the pride of the jaded voluptuary was more easily wounded than the honour of the King. Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 Sir Philip was a voluptuary, that is, a completely selfish egotist, whose disposition and character resembled the rapier he wore, polished, keen, and brilliant, but inflexible and unpitying. Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Perhaps the satiety of the voluptuary had something to do with the recklessness with which at the last he neglected to guard his life. Lectures and Essays These were Jay Gould, demure and ingratiating, and James Fisk, Jr., a portly, tawdry, pompous voluptuary. Great Fortunes from Railroads He was then banqueting in all the luxuries of the English court; and such a voluptuary I never beheld! The Scottish Chiefs When she joined the household of Queen Catherine in England, her loveliness captivated all hearts, and stirred the fire of passion even in such a jaded voluptuary as the King. Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 The hackneyed voluptuary is like the jaded epicure, the mere listlessness of whose appetite becomes at length a sufficient penalty for having made it the principal object of his enjoyment and cultivation. Peveril of the Peak Lucullus, autocrat and voluptuary as he was, governed his province well. Lectures and Essays As to the respectable voluptuary, who joins Omar Khayyam clubs and vibrates to Swinburne's invocation of Dolores to "come down and redeem us from virtue," he is to be found in every suburb. Getting Married Niepce, the obstinate and hopeful voluptuary, was nothing but a few bones in a coffin now! The Old Wives' Tale His new-found ardour for political intrigue had changed for the moment his habits of life as a voluptuary. Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 What did I find him?—a poor wavering voluptuary—his nearest attempt to passion like the fire on a wretched stubble-field, that may singe, indeed, or smoke, but can neither warm nor devour. Peveril of the Peak HIS? … the life of a drunken voluptuary? … a sensual egotist? … a poet who sees no genius save his own, and who condemns all vice, save that which he himself indulges in! Ardath The Italian is diagnosed as a cruel voluptuary: the dog-starver is passed over as such a hopeless fool that it is impossible to take any interest in him. The Doctor's Dilemma: Preface on Doctors Now am I relapsed into all the dissatisfied repinement of a true English grumbling voluptuary. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 This former voluptuary preserved only the good side of gallantry. The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X Chiffinch hath vouched for opportunity; and the voluptuary's fortune depends upon his gratifying the taste of his master for variety. Peveril of the Peak As to our final meeting I use all the arts of an experienced voluptuary in order to get the most out of it. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 Then note the symptoms of a vivisector performing a cruel experiment; and compare them with the voluptuary symptoms and the mathematical symptoms? The Doctor's Dilemma: Preface on Doctors And most worthy a true voluptuary, Jove! what a coil these musk-worms take to purchase another's delight? for themselves, who bear the odours, have ever the least sense of them. Cynthia's Revels Finally, she was a rank voluptuary, dreaming dreams of passionate union with first one and then another type of artist, poet, musician—the whole gamut of the artistic and emotional world. The Titan For some minutes the worthy Carrio stood uncertain whether to awaken his master or not, deciding finally, however, on obeying the commands he had received, and disturbing the slumbers of the wearied voluptuary before him. Antonina Unfortunately, Mr Daly had already suffered the usual fate of those who direct public attention to the profits of the sweater or the pleasures of the voluptuary. How He Lied to Her Husband Moderation in every pursuit would then be supreme wisdom; and the prudent voluptuary might enjoy a degree of content, though he neither cultivated his understanding nor kept his heart pure. Vindication of the Rights of Woman Bigot, a voluptuary in every sense, craved a change of pleasure. The Golden Dog Giovanni Borgia, Duke of Gandia, had been ever an amiable profligate, a heedless voluptuary obeying no spur but that of his own pleasure, which should drive him now to his destruction. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series Every trace of the former characteristics of the gay, elegant voluptuary and the lively, prattling girl seemed to have completely vanished. Antonina Though a coxcomb and a voluptuary, he seems to have had some fine qualities. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 Nature must ever be the standard of taste, the guage of appetite—yet how grossly is nature insulted by the voluptuary. Vindication of the Rights of Woman He was at once a valetudinarian and a voluptuary; and, in both characters, he loved his ease. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 A heartless voluptuary of mediocre intelligence, he contrived to wrap himself in what Saint-Simon has called a "terrible majesty." The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series Both in countenance and manner the elegant voluptuary of our former acquaintance at the Court of Ravenna was entirely and fatally changed. Antonina But, as soon as prosperity returned, the hero sank again into a voluptuary; and the lapse was deep and hopeless. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Dangerous, because they not only afford a plausible excuse to the voluptuary, who disguises sheer sensuality under a sentimental veil; but as they spread affectation, and take from the dignity of virtue. Vindication of the Rights of Woman Have you ever looked at Gilray's print of the Prince of Wales, a languid voluptuary, retiring after his meal, and noted the toothpick which he uses? Roundabout Papers The thin-lipped mouths were from the same mould, but George's lips were firm and muscular, while Al's were soft and loose—the lips of an ascetic turned voluptuary. When God Laughs: and other stories When the worn-out slanderer and voluptuary, Dr. Wolcot, lay on his deathbed, one of his friends asked if he could do anything to gratify him. Character In poverty and exile he rose from a voluptuary into a hero. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Quin is a real voluptuary in the articles of eating and drinking; and so confirmed an epicure, in the common acceptation of the term, that he cannot put up with ordinary fare. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker The Chinese, as before stated, consider biche de mer a very great luxury, believing that it wonderfully strengthens and nourishes the system, and renews the exhausted system of the immoderate voluptuary. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 The universal tradition of antiquity represents Anacreon as a consummate voluptuary; and his poems prove the truth of the tradition. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest The ascetics of the Thebaid were amazed to see in their cells phantasms of delights unknown even to the voluptuaries of the age. Thais But Christian asceticism aims not to destroy nature, as voluptuaries pretend, but to regulate, direct, and restrain its abnormal developments for its own good. The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny I thought of the voluptuaries I had known—they seemed so sad, so ascetic almost, like poor pilgrims, raising their eyes never or ever gazing at the moon of tarnished endeavour. The Works of Max Beerbohm Sir Philip was a voluptuary—that is, a completely selfish egotist—whose disposition and character resembled the rapier he wore, polished, keen, and brilliant, but inflexible and unpitying. My Aunt Margaret's Mirror Even his brief visits to London were turned to the best account; and, though he would have the world believe him a mere voluptuary, his eye was bent sternly upon business. A Book of Scoundrels The magnificent voluptuaries of the Roman baths are happy: they see nothing but gorgeousness and splendor; they visit not the squalid parts of the city; they know not that there is poverty in the world. Last Days of Pompeii The irresolute voluptuary before whom these plans were laid could decide manfully upon neither. Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan The thought of a voluptuary in pain is very terrible. The Works of Max Beerbohm To chaffer with them, to flirt with them, to praise their straw hats and tight heels, was a refreshing pastime to voluptuaries sick of the airs of actresses and maids of honour. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 Nina but rightly judged him, when she distinguished the aspiring Spaniard from the barbarous and unrelenting voluptuaries of Italy. Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes Long is the way that leads the voluptuary to the severities of life; but it is only one step from pleasant sin to sheltering hypocrisy. Last Days of Pompeii Najaf Khan seems to have been equally deceived at the time; but after-events showed the difference between the undeceiving of a worn-out voluptuary, and that of a nature unsuspicious from its own goodness. Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan The Royal voluptuary generally remains young to the last. The Works of Max Beerbohm He sees the artist as a professional voluptuary and scoundrel, and would no more trust him in his household than he would trust a coloured clergyman in his hen-yard. In Defense of Women "Sir," said that gently piercing critic, "that picture is equally unsatisfactory to the artist, to the moralist, and to the voluptuary." Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things The aristocrat has no right to be a voluptuary or a mere artist or a respectable nonentity, or any such purely personal things. The Research Magnificent As to the voluptuaries, I can assure them that the playwright, whether he be myself or another, will always disappoint them. Mrs. Warren's Profession And it is right that we should think of him always as the great voluptuary. The Works of Max Beerbohm With the face of an ascetic, he was, in all the failing blood of him, a frank voluptuary. Martin Eden But he had already realised the tragedy of the voluptuary, which is, after a little time, not that he must go on living, but that he cannot live in two places at once. The Works of Max Beerbohm Only let us note that his nature never became, as do the natures of most voluptuaries, corroded by a cruel indifference to the happiness of others. The Works of Max Beerbohm The golden year was dying as it had lived, a beautiful and unrepentant voluptuary, and reminiscent rapture and content freighted heavily the air. Martin Eden |
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