| 单词 | adventuress |
| 例句 | Great ladies, bourgeoises, adventuresses - they are all the same. The Great Gatsby and the American dream 2012-05-25T07:00:01Z For Nick’s mother, it’s a fortress built to repel alien invaders like Rachel, who, in Eleanor’s eyes, is a Chinese-American adventuress and insufficiently Chinese. ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Review: Conspicuously Consuming Fun 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Authorities wanted to cleanse the great writer’s reputation by blaming a sinful “adventuress” for the politically embarrassing “Doctor Zhivago.” Pasternak’s Muse: The Real-Life Inspiration for ‘Doctor Zhivago’ 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z That wardrobe, along with her artfully marcelled hair and exotic jewelry, sets her apart as a fashion adventuress, her newfound daring riveting to viewers, especially members of the fashion flock. For Lady Edith on ‘Downton Abbey,’ Laura Carmichael, a Shift to Roaring ’20s Fashion 2014-01-31T21:28:32Z Here she is a tawny adventuress with a butterscotch mane leading a brace of donkeys along a Sicilian dirt path in Steven Meisel’s images for some long forgotten Dolce & Gabbana campaign. Gisele Inc. 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Babitz says, “I think I’m going to be an adventuress. Is that all right?” Eve Babitz, a Glamour Girl Who Refused to Be Dull 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Even me: I am the adventuress, or possibly the loon, who is biking the entire 444-mile Natchez Trace by herself. In biking the Natchez Trace, she was traveling through Southern history 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Browning is indeed a remarkable beauty, with perfect, brilliant-white skin and delicate doll features, and delivers a powerful performance as this self-destructive adventuress. Cannes: A creepy, erotic retelling of "Sleeping Beauty" 2011-05-13T01:01:00Z In the story of Isabelle Eberhardt, a 19th-century Swiss adventuress who blazed a headstrong trail before perishing prematurely in Algeria at 27, there surely is a saga worthy of operatic treatment. Music Review: ?Song From the Uproar? at the Kitchen 2012-02-26T22:15:35Z The picture is drawn of a fast-living adventuress obsessed by money and fame. Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy: The long and the short of it 2010-09-18T23:06:00Z But, paradoxically, the seasoned adventuress feared becoming lost in the metropolis and got her bearings by imagining skyscrapers as summits along a trail. A Pioneering Photographer, Bare in the Back Country 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Which living person do you most admire, and why?My wife, Donna – she is an explorer, adventuress and true contributor to the lives of everyone she meets. Q&A: Dan Aykroyd 2013-06-08T06:59:01Z "From the outset, Camilla was suspicious about the adventuress from Los Angeles," he claimed to the outlet. Meghan Markle was called 'that minx' by Prince Charles' wife Camilla, author claims 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Eve Babitz was in her teens when she declared to her mother, “I think I’m going to be an adventuress.” Eve Babitz, who chronicled and reveled in Hollywood hedonism, dies at 78 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z Although Maria’s two older sisters and younger brother have seats on the board, Maria, a writer and self-described adventuress and explorer, has the final word. Prevention Magazine Takes Radical Step: No Print Ads 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z In 1871 an English adventuress named Lucy Walker became the first woman to summit the mountain. How the Matterhorn Created Modern Mountaineering 150 Years Ago 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Of course you endorsed our adventure, because you are an adventuress yourself! The long goodbye: Telling someone who’s dying that you love her 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Sadly, many cads and adventuresses find sport creating fictional online versions of themselves. A fine romance: Online daters hire private eyes 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z His predecessor, a New Jersey politician named William Dayton, had dropped dead of a stroke in the apartment of an American woman described as an “adventuress.” In times of terror, it’s worth remembering the message of Lady Liberty 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z She was a wife and mother; a nurse, feminist, adventuress, playwright, comedy writer, war correspondent, advocate for Native American rights who was initiated into the Blackfoot Tribe. The Woman Who Crossed the Cascades and Inspired Batman 2013-05-02T21:15:05.230Z The Tomb Raider reboot charts Lara Croft's transformation from mousy scholar to confident adventuress. Tomb Raider hands-on preview 2013-01-04T13:08:42Z Ninon quickly proved she had neither lot nor parcel with these titled adventuresses. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z He would never call at the house of an adventuress. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z There was no cigarette between her well shaped lips, for she was not the accepted type of adventuress. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z We have it on the authority of that immortal adventuress, Becky Sharp, that it is easy to be virtuous on five thousand a year. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z Of course, the woman was a greedy adventuress in search of flesh-pots, and had gauged aright the feeble and vacillating character of the young Marquis de Gange. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Some one has called her "the last of the great adventuresses." Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Was it that his mother dreaded his being caught by some low and penniless adventuress--he who was so self-willed and given to low company? My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z In fact, she was not an adventuress; she was really the Countess Perigoff. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z We have it on the authority of that immortal adventuress, Becky Sharp, that it is easy to be virtuous on five thousand a year. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z She could not complain before the domineering adventuress. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z She is not the typical adventuress; she is not a genius. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z You picture to yourself a vulgar, scheming adventuress. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z There was not the least touch of the adventuress in her makeup. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z In the East, women adventuresses ply their nefarious arts and work upon the sympathies of the juries so that, when called to the bar, they are almost always acquitted. Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z "We all love her for her loving heart—but at the same time, I can't risk letting Baba fall into the hands of a stray adventuress, because Cicely's heart has been touched." Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z She was never an adventuress, never a grafter, never a climber. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Baron von Pechmann, the Chief of the Munich Police, was less patient than Abel, and ventured to protest against the consideration shown to “a mere adventuress.” Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z Poor Duchess de Delille, accustomed to spending millions each year, the proprietress of precious mines, and having to live by gambling like an adventuress!... The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z At this age, and often after, Clementina's manners betrayed a strong infusion of Bohemianism—of the free and easy airs and sarcastic coolness of the adventuresses of Madrid. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Is it likely that even our dear and impulsive Cicely, would hand Baba over to the care of your adventuress type of woman? Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z It was the black hour that comes least once into the life of every adventuress. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z The dauntless adventuress was a factor that had to be reckoned with. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z For all that, the adventuress roused her curiosity, and she watched her as she moved about the room. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z "I won't remain to hear you insult a woman whom I respect," he said; "you called her an adventuress, which is untrue; you now say something even worse." An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z The adventuress appealed to me, but nice quiet girls—no, thank you, Rupert! Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z Now the two letters are so different that in one she appears to be a low-lived adventuress, and in the other a noble woman, deceived through what is noblest in her. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z It was not, of course, to be expected that the public would take this view of Louis’s relations with the famous adventuress. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z The adventuress passed on; but when Harding's companion left him she came up at once and gave him an inviting smile. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z "You called upon this adventuress," he said; "you were willing to do that." An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z She was poor, but she was not an adventuress. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z “And we also suspect caves and bandits,” Louise knew exactly the effect this would have on Grace, the adventuress. The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong Peg of Tamarack Hills 2011-11-17T03:00:34.720Z She was new, too, to her rôle of adventuress. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z She was an adventuress, big hearted, keen of brain—but an adventuress. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z "You could have given that adventuress a position far more stable than she holds now, as the wife of a lucky stock-gambler!" An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z That pretty French adventuress, Miss Georges, who had come to live at Riff and whom Janey had made such friends with, was just the kind of person who might entangle him into marrying her. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z His dear, wild, brave, demure Diana had never drawn one breath of life—and the adventuress who wore her masque had all along laughed at him in her sleeve! "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z Nor did any state, from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, present even such slight evidences of stability as a high-flying adventuress might found her plans upon. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z When Mrs. O'Neil had gone Lassie had said almost hesitatingly: "They were adventuresses, weren't they, and Miss Lathbun's romance wasn't true, was it?" In a Mysterious Way 2011-09-25T02:00:17.377Z "You call her an adventuress," he said, "and yet you visit her—you put her on a social equality with yourself." An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Daughter of a king and of an adventuress; daughter herself of no one knows who. The Princess of Bagdad a play in three acts 2011-09-15T02:00:11.723Z When I had the cheat a young woman, she was very strenuous—I couldn't keep her from being the most lurid of common adventuresses. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z We who know in what spirit the adventuress ended her career, and to what strange impulses she was subject, may hesitate to dismiss her momentary attraction to the cloister as a mere advertising manœuvre. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z "It was good of you," he said; "but they are mere adventuresses—not worth your troubling." In a Mysterious Way 2011-09-25T02:00:17.377Z "What right have you to call her an adventuress?" he asked. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Now, nothing amused her so much as watching her mother-in-law, whom she regarded as an intriguing adventuress, who, having been humbled, was always prepared for revenge. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z I am a more successful actress than you realize, you backward Easterners, and I am treated like a goddess, a bad child, a sibyl, an adventuress, a crazy woman. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z He wanted love and innocence; adventuresses he could have by the score, and he was sick to death of them. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z That article insinuates that I am a sort of high-bred yet low-toned adventuress. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z Was there an element of the adventuress in her? she asked herself tremulously. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z Shall I add to this consuming anguish the disgrace that I am pursuing an adventuress, who is rambling about with a Jesuit? A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z She comes before us instinct with all which goes to make up an unscrupulous adventuress. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z Do you think she is an adventuress, an intrigante, 'or worse' still, then? Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z The Prince is talking with Lais, an adventuress, in a room near Leicester Square. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z It took but a moment to slip on great coats over kimonos and then, heavily veiled, the three adventuresses started forth, with admonitions from Molly not to be gone more than half an hour. Molly Brown's College Friends 2011-07-16T02:00:15.700Z He had fallen a prey—a contemptibly easy prey—to a couple of designing adventuresses. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z No wonder Wagram’s demeanour had been what it had when the girl to whom he had shown kindness had revealed herself as a mere blackmailing adventuress—a gainer of money under false pretences. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z Naturally you took the countess to be an honest woman, you had no idea that she was a mere adventuress. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z The daughter of a pair of street mendicants, social outlaws; an adventuress with no name, no lineage, no heritage save that of shame. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z I'm quite capable of being a cold-blooded little adventuress! The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z Philip is just the sort who is sent into the world to constitute an easy prey for rogues and adventuresses. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z I make all haste—I penetrate to your presence and find, not as St. Udo had believed, a cunning adventuress, but empress of love, generosity, soul. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Of course, it would be more satisfactory to have the adventuress and her accomplice in the dock or to produce their written confession. Dorothy's Double Volume III (of 3) 2011-06-10T02:00:18.697Z To match myself against this adventuress, to fight for a man's honor, to triumph for the right. A Diplomatic Woman 2011-06-10T02:00:18.297Z But, as she could not tell him this, she assumed an indignant manner and said: "I believe you really think I shall turn into an adventuress!" The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z But that his name should once more be dragged through the mud, and that at the instance of a harpy, an adventuress, this was where the sting of it all lay. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z It was not like him to crouch at her feet, the hero whom she had forgiven long ago for his roughness, exalting that roughness to the pedestal of just contempt for a successful adventuress. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z You know what I have been—a child brought up in the slums, a little thief, a passer of base coins; since then an adventuress and a thief on a larger scale; last a barmaid. Dorothy's Double Volume III (of 3) 2011-06-10T02:00:18.697Z Yet, what a clever little adventuress she was. A Diplomatic Woman 2011-06-10T02:00:18.297Z I may be a desperate adventuress, or I may be a pretty child; but I tell you frankly, now—once only—you had better take your hat and go! The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z But suppose," he said, with a bitterness that seemed to grow out of that very contemplation, "suppose this woman, this adventuress, this impostor, were a creature that made any such theory impossible. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z But my ex-pupil is not to be confounded, for one moment, with the average adventuress of the newspapers. The Problem of 'Edwin Drood' A Study in the Methods of Dickens 2011-06-05T02:00:15.443Z What comfort or happiness could he derive by knowing this story—by learning that his child grew up a gutter girl, a little thief, an adventuress, a swindler? Dorothy's Double Volume III (of 3) 2011-06-10T02:00:18.697Z I caught him by the arm and drew him towards me, for I could see by the look on her face that she was no scheming adventuress. A Diplomatic Woman 2011-06-10T02:00:18.297Z "I am a desperate adventuress who has taken this way to meet Your Highness!" The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z And then—ah me! this clever creature—this sharp adventuress, this Anonyma Victrix began to cry, and to beg him not to tell her husband! Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z And when Laura Polk addressed me as Rollicking Rhoda from Rustlers’ Roost, the wild Western adventuress that you had heard so much about, I wished that the floor would open wide and swallow me. Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays 2011-05-22T02:00:14.900Z With the most graceful composure she placed herself in the boat, the cords were loosed, and the courageous adventuress, borne rapidly upwards in her perilous vehicle, soon appeared like a dark spot in the sky. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z Scarcely the man, I thought, to be the easy dupe of a vulgar adventuress; but the world is so strange. A Diplomatic Woman 2011-06-10T02:00:18.297Z My inner adventuress, however, says this is lame. A Week at Surf Camp 2011-05-11T13:50:10.390Z Maria the dancer was romantic, but Maria the adventuress was a whole leap beyond that into the realm of fantasy. The Boy Grew Older 2011-05-10T02:01:01.027Z Or was it all a lie—was she merely an adventuress seeking a fresh victim? The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z His womenfolk may be roughly divided into three classes; sentimental heroines, who sighed, and blushed and fainted on the slightest provocation; buxom Amazons, like Baby Blake; and campaigners or adventuresses. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z “Of course you are not in the least like adventuresses; but then I had another very good reason, because, you see, I had heard all about you.” The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z Why then do you masquerade as an adventuress? By Wit of Woman 2011-04-13T02:00:13.247Z The foregoing particulars have been thus minutely given in order that the great improbability of the story told by the adventuress who subsequently assumed her name and rank might be rendered the more manifest. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z "You have simply stamped this young girl as an adventuress on the look-out for a husband." Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z Was the girl a fool, or only an adventuress? Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z And what a hold upon the entire family if he could catch the mercenary young adventuress, and keep her caged, and mould her to his will! The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z Such a thing would suit his plans far better than the complication with Madame d'Artelle, a mere adventuress, with whom no marriage was legally possible. By Wit of Woman 2011-04-13T02:00:13.247Z She is too young for an adventuress of good society, too unembarrassed; she does not even wear a veil. Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z Every one was ready to laugh at the "little adventuress" who had come to Rome to bid for a prince's coronet and who had been obliged to submit to such condign humiliation. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z After my experience of the evening, I refused to go home without a police escort, and all the way my strange adventuress followed us, still abusive, until at last, on nearing my studio, she disappeared. Forty Years of 'Spy' 2011-03-04T03:00:57.237Z I'm not the adventuress you consider me—indeed I'm not. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z Of course, she was very much distressed, as General Grant wrote to her, called her an adventuress, and stated that he had disinherited his son on her account. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z If he had been the victim of an adventuress, it should be my business to expose her! That Affair at Elizabeth 2011-02-14T03:00:36.587Z It's difficult to keep up appearances when one is thrown into contact with adventuresses of that woman's class. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z Who have you got on the string now!" he broke out—"you little adventuress! The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z I could see how easy it was for him to think of me as an adventuress. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z It seemed as though you would lose your senses, at the bare idea of being despised by that man, of appearing before him in the light of an adventuress. 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day 2011-02-09T03:00:49.283Z She was no adventuress—she was a gentle, cultured Christian woman, who had suffered, as all mortals must, but had still preserved her sweetness and serenity, as few mortals do. That Affair at Elizabeth 2011-02-14T03:00:36.587Z She had already made up her mind that Miriam was an adventuress, and watched her, constantly hoping that in some way she would commit herself. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z A clever adventuress would have little difficulty in hoodwinking her. Who? 2011-02-09T03:00:47.380Z Was she indeed nothing but an adventuress, deprived of her prey?... The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z Instead, she lied on, shamelessly, desperately, like an ordinary adventuress on the verge of discovery. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z And McTaggart's next careless remark sealed his fate as far as it lay in the hands of the shrewd adventuress, turning the scales against the man. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z She looked back and saw herself from earliest childhood, a burden to unknown relations, parentless and homeless: an adventuress through circumstance on the look-out for lucky chances. The Undying Past You shall be turned out of this house, into which you have gained entrance by false pretences, so as to act the part of a scheming adventuress!” By Birth a Lady You have taken service early, prince, under the banner of this adventuress, this——" "Se�or Dasso," Armand was speaking quietly, "the Queen has ordered that there shall be no bloodshed here to-night. The Princess Galva A Romance He told himself that there was no reason why he should look upon her as anything but an adventuress—and a very clever one—a very dangerous one. The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode Having married unwisely, in order to better herself rather than because she loved, her shiftless husband had disgraced himself with an adventuress governess, leaving her with three children and something below £150 a year. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath Then he pondered on what he had heard about Felicitas, and hoped that she was not playing the adventuress in Berlin. The Undying Past But no matter what good or evil qualities you have attributed to me: I am neither an aristocratic lady, nor an adventuress, but the very prosaic child of 'poor but honest parents.' The Children of the World She must be an adventuress, and a clever one. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir She was neither a crook nor a mad woman—she might be an adventuress; if so, she was an unusual one. The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode Mine was the wicked, even murderous adventuress; hers the gentle, sweet, and triumphant wife. Life on the Stage I always think," he said slowly, "that if Frances Hope had been the child of a milkman instead of a marquis, she would have made a singularly successful adventuress. The Gambler A Novel I was convinced, however, that she was an adventuress. The Social Gangster Does he still think me the scheming adventuress that he called me in the first heat of his anger, and imagine I am plotting to get hold of his money? Bosom Friends A Seaside Story With some, the pretty bride is an adventuress, and, indeed,—in the very softest of soft whispers, and with a gentle rustling of indignant skirts,—not altogether as correct as she might be. Faith and Unfaith Yet I know an actress, still in harness, who in her lovely prime made so great a hit, in the part of an adventuress, that she has had nothing else to act since. Life on the Stage There's no denying that the word 'adventuress' has a daunting sound. The Gambler A Novel There was nothing of the spy or adventuress about her. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England In the modern melodrama, the ingénue is blonde and the adventuress or villainess is dark, especially in England and America, where every member of the caste has to be well labelled from the beginning. Her Royal Highness Woman Whilst the lady adventuress sits upon the turfed seat listening, a new burst, as if of angelical voices, is heard. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 See here," he said, "you, the adventuress, are worsted in this scene. Life on the Stage She might be sister to the adventuress—cousin, perhaps? Man and Maid Roger is supposed to be of Tellurian parentage, and the story is that his father was a moon-pirate, his mother a Greek adventuress. Triplanetary This adventuress soon gained the greatest ascendancy over the cardinal, with whom she had intimate relations. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" And soon a succession of light snores told that he was asleep, probably dreaming blissfully of the crafty and scheming adventuress who had fastened on to his young life to strangle it at the outset. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland But if she was proposed for a loyal wife, a gentle sweetheart, a modern heroine, the quick response invariably was: "Oh, she can't play anything but the adventuress." Life on the Stage The adventuress?—the tobacconist’s assistant?—he could deal with her later. Man and Maid It was Frederick IV. of Denmark, only the woman was not an adventuress like herself, but the Countess Reventlow, whom he had abducted.—Editor. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections This was the beginning of a pretended correspondence between Rohan and the queen, the adventuress duly returning replies to Rohan’s notes, which she affirmed to come from the queen. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" “She is an adventuress,” was the girl’s mental verdict. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland Galatea had faithfully shared all the humiliations and triumphs, the vices and cunning of the adventuress's life until the latter had attained to the imperial throne. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 He had meant to ensnare her heart just to free his brother from an adventuress. Man and Maid The answer was so characteristic of the daring adventuress, who, notwithstanding her impecuniosity, flew at the highest game to be had, that I transcribe it in full. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections The adventuress, having taken refuge abroad, published M�moires in which she accused the queen. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" Rose spoke again with her insistent haste,— "I am an adventuress." Rose MacLeod Being an adventuress is not so very different from being an adventurer. Command Must your niece turn adventuress, and go off to Heaven knows where, with God knows whom? A Rent In A Cloud Yet here was I, the least adventurous of mortals, travelling several hundred miles to meet an adventuress! Captain Macedoine's Daughter Then with a resolute toss of her head the adventuress plumped into her bed, where, for aught we know, she carried on her vile conquests and miserable villainies in her dreams the whole night long. The Spiritualists and the Detectives I can't stultify myself to prove this poor girl an adventuress. Rose MacLeod Always she was the heroine, and her protagonist, the adventuress, was dark and wicked. Command When a stranger stepped in and occupied the ground at once, it gave nobody a fair chance, and Mrs. French was recognized as a presuming adventuress by all disappointed aspirants for the captain's hand. Strangers and Wayfarers It sprang from the erratic brain of the Czar Alexander under the influence of Madame Crudner, who was both an adventuress and a religious enthusiast. The United States and Latin America He waited there until he saw the trunk wheeled into the little baggage-house, when he leisurely walked back to the depot and stepped into the ladies' waiting-room, to keep the company of the adventuress. The Spiritualists and the Detectives But in the moment of conceiving it she had remembered that Mr. Stark was a man of the world; he would know an adventuress when he saw one. Rose MacLeod The girl was too outspoken to be an adventuress. The Silent Barrier It was soon the talk of the town that the lawyer Jonathan Engelbrecht had got entangled in the dangerous toils of the young unknown adventuress. Weird Tales, Vol. II. A woman base, without a spark of kindliness–an adventuress! Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time "We?—we?" repeated the adventuress, with a peculiar accent upon the word "we." The Spiritualists and the Detectives Madeline was a product of Port Said and, when we first meet her, an adventuress of international reputation, or lack of it. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, June 2, 1920 Those two girls are surely adventuresses of the worst type. Kidnapped at the Altar or, The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The closer he followed me up, the more did I perceive that Lady Georgina threw out acrid hints with increasing spleen about the ways of adventuresses. Miss Cayley's Adventures Weeks passed, but none came, and I gradually became more and more convinced that I had been the victim of an adventuress. The Count's Chauffeur It is little wonder, then, that Mrs. Winslow found Rochester a profitable field for operating in her peculiar double capacity of a dashing adventuress and a trance medium. The Spiritualists and the Detectives With a proved adventuress he had acted strictly on his right; with one whom, in spite of all, he could not quite deny to be a lady, he found himself disarmed. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) She was an adventuress, he knew, and her friends were not among the best of humanity. Sir Tom We are still ourselves: you, rich; I, a penniless adventuress. Miss Cayley's Adventures And yet as I stood with my back to the fire gazing at her as she sat, I recognised a something about her that told me she was no mere adventuress. The Count's Chauffeur Harcout is still the pompous henchman of the harassed millionaire, Mr. Lyon, and quite covered himself with glory from having claimed the entire work of securing the evidence that caused the overthrow of the adventuress. The Spiritualists and the Detectives She is memorable to the author, moreover, in that she brought home to him for the first time the startling fact that every such woman is, in a sense, an adventuress. An Ocean Tramp The Contessa was an adventuress, and she had brought up this girl after her own traditions; but it was clear as they looked at each other that they loved each other. Sir Tom An adventuress, it seems; an adventuress; quite a shocking creature. Miss Cayley's Adventures There was nothing of the police spy or adventuress about her. The Count's Chauffeur There was nothing about her which suggested the adventuress. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War But she, although she forgives, will not receive him again on the old footing, and he drives off with his handsome adventuress wife, and Jane loves and is married to Mr. Follett. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 When he set out at length to call on Mamise he was grievously troubled lest he had lost his heart to a clever adventuress. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards What I'm always afraid of is that some fascinating adventuress will try to marry him out of hand. Miss Cayley's Adventures “Perhaps I’m one of those men, mademoiselle,” I said, looking straight into her beautiful eyes; for I own she had in a measure fascinated me, even though I knew her to be an adventuress. The Count's Chauffeur She had evolved vague ideas of some sort of adventuress, such as she had read of in a few cheap novels that had found their way to Carcajou. The Peace of Roaring River And yet not to do his will was to remain a pensioner and to be under indictment as an adventuress. Money Magic A Novel Then there was the lady who acted the r�le of the wicked adventuress, and all the others. Tales from Dickens Besides, the study of art should be most useful to an adventuress; for she must need all the arts that human skill has developed. Miss Cayley's Adventures She is not a typical adventuress, she is not a genius. Buffalo Bill's Spy Trailer Or, The Stranger in Camp American business men do not always toil until 113 they are middle-aged for the reward of being made a fool by a chorus girl or an adventuress. The Gorgeous Girl “It is on such slight grounds as these that a man of the world can label two ladies ‘adventuresses’!” The Princess Virginia Deep thought held the amateur adventuress spellbound for some minutes. Nobody I am an adventuress,' I said it boldly, 'and I am in quest of adventures. Miss Cayley's Adventures That she was an adventuress I did not for a moment doubt. Against Odds A Detective Story But by this time her unhesitating payments had begun to produce their effect, and it had got about that she was no mere penniless adventuress, but a wealthy stage-struck dame. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real He had done his best to disillusion a young man tricked into love for an adventuress. The Princess Virginia Sally was left to improve her mind with a copy of Vanity Fair, from contemplation of whose text and pictures she emerged an amateur adventuress sadly wanting in the indispensable quality of assurance. Nobody An adventuress I would be; for I loved adventure. Miss Cayley's Adventures And yet it was towards the Wooded Island that the brunette and her companion led me, wondering much, and keeping at a distance to avoid the glances often sent back by the little adventuress. Against Odds A Detective Story It was not in good taste, but although Mrs. Chudleigh's position was assured, there was something of the audacity of the adventuress about her. Blake's Burden “The creature must be a fool, or an adventuress,” pronounced the Chancellor. The Princess Virginia For if the affair went on this way--his way--she were a sorry adventuress indeed. Nobody It could never be made to see that there are adventuresses and adventuresses. Miss Cayley's Adventures So daring an adventuress was this young woman that she absolutely made up her mind to lay siege to no less a person than Mrs. Aylmer the great. The Time of Roses And if folks have called her an adventuress, set that down to the rogues of trustees, who played ducks and drakes with her fortune, and left her in Europe to shift as best she might. The Man Who Drove the Car Apparently the women were not adventuresses, at least in the ordinary acceptation of the term. The Princess Virginia All that really mattered was that the commonplace was banished from her ways, that she was alive, foot-loose and fancy-free, finally and definitely committed to the career of an adventuress. Nobody I know that, but I'm tired of playing the wanton adventuress for such people. The Light of the Star A Novel “The chief interest ... lies in the fascinating young adventuress, who finds a temporary nest in the old professor’s family, and wins all hearts in St. Rule’s by her beauty and her sweetness.” By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson There was, far down and out of sight, a little streak of the adventuress in her, and she never stopped halfway. The Beloved Woman We are to run away, like detected adventuresses, unless—unless you are now ready to tell the Emperor all.” The Princess Virginia Surely it were strangely inconsistent with her role of adventuress to permit this man to escape, now that destiny had delivered him into her unscrupulous hands! Nobody I went to London with Farnum—with only a little part—but McLennan saw me and liked my work, and asked me to take the American adventuress in his new play. The Light of the Star A Novel The society was founded by a Russian adventuress, Madame Blavatsky, and by an American soldier, Colonel Olcott, who was the easy tool, if not the accomplice, of his clever and unscrupulous associate. India, Its Life and Thought I don't know, of course, what this girl's like; but half of them are adventuresses bent on marrying gentlemen. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius To your Majesty, to society in Kronburg, two adventuresses have lied.” The Princess Virginia The ease of her descent spoke for youth; it was in three minds that old fools are always more susceptible to the wiles of young adventuresses. Otherwise Phyllis Those who have seen Miss Merival only as the melodrama queen or the adventuress in jet-black evening dress have a surprise in store for them. The Light of the Star A Novel But ought he, at his age, so handsome, so brilliant, so much a man, to renounce all other women for the sake of a little adventuress? Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange The adventuress gave him a strange and mysterious look. A Royal Prisoner There was, however, nothing of the adventuress about her. The Golden Face A Great 'Crook' Romance As organizations they were not nearly so effective, and their ranks, like Mrs. Eddy's, were often darkened by the adventuress and the battered soldier of fortune. McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 We have seen her the heroine—or, perhaps the adventuress—of the civil war, rushing into dangers and mixing herself up in intrigues of every kind, in order to serve the interests of another. Political Women, Vol. 2 “Why did he like that little adventuress, that white china Rahab?” she asked herself again and again. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange The adventuress started panting, in her eyes a look of fear. A Royal Prisoner She married the Marchese, but I am convinced that she is an adventuress—and more. The Golden Face A Great 'Crook' Romance But what if she were an actress, an adventuress? Desert Dust Quite carelessly she opened the lid of the jewel cases so that she might see for herself that she was not the victim of this magnificent adventuress. The Slave of Silence In Normandy she had exhibited herself as an intrepid adventuress, and a skilful politician in the Low Countries. Political Women, Vol. 1 He had no doubt at all now that the mother was an adventuress of the common, melodrama type. The Wooden Horse Here was a woman—one of the most popular in all Italy—denounced by the humble monk of San Domenico as a dangerous adventuress. The Golden Face A Great 'Crook' Romance She must push as vigorously as any trumpery adventuress in May Fair. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) And yet Stephen Richford had been in the same room with this brilliant adventuress! The Slave of Silence The devil himself might have furnished that which now popped into the cunning, wicked mind of this adventuress. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages He thought she looked rather pathetic as she faced him; here was no adventuress, no schemer. The Wooden Horse My poor, poor child! you have cast yourself upon the protection of a professional gambler; a man whose name has been associated for years with that of a notorious and handsome adventuress. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter And, being a girl, she might be more than an adventuress. Panther Eye I thought she was some adventuress at first. The Slave of Silence "The chief interest ... lies in the fascinating young adventuress, who finds a temporary nest in the old professor's family, and wins all hearts in St. Rule's by her beauty and her sweetness." Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia It ought not to be difficult; the girl was probably one of those common adventuresses of whom one heard so often. The Wooden Horse But this time Strong is not to be caught napping, and the vanquished adventuress resigns herself to her fate. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter She was the daughter of a man who kept a private gaming house; it was not surprising that she was an adventuress and had deceived him by her clever acting. Brandon of the Engineers Why do you take it for granted that I have come to you to do the tearful mother, imploring the wicked adventuress to give up her son? The Silver Butterfly Her worldly wisdom, which he had found so baffling, was that of the skilled and experienced adventuress! Little Lost Sister The Imperial decree was uncompromising: 'She leaves your court, this adventuress, or ill betide her. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg Cora was an adventuress to the tips of her fingers. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter It was hard to believe that the girl who sat watching him with a puzzled look was an adventuress. Brandon of the Engineers Not the woman I had imagined," was his unspoken thought; "not the wily adventuress! The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel I now saw, what I had not before suspected, that she was really attached to Van Haubitz; hitherto, I had taken her for a mere adventuress, speculating on his supposed wealth. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 But oh! how lovely she was, this adventuress! A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg No unsophisticated girl was Cora Weston, but a woman of eight-and-twenty; an adventuress by nature and by calling, and with beauty enough, and brains enough, to make her chosen profession prosperous, if not proper. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter He had made her blush, and had come near to making her angry, while an adventuress would not have shown her feelings so easily. Brandon of the Engineers What you would call an adventuress if you were not too young to be uncharitable. Black Oxen I'm not going to be made out an adventuress and a bad woman for the sake of that swindler, Hay. The Opal Serpent I heard he had made a fearful marriage—some adventuress who had amassed money and wished for an old and honourable name. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg The last time he had met a woman, the Countess Winzerode, one of the many adventuresses to be found there, and speedily became infatuated. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude After all, the best men of us will not choose one of these modern maidens who imitate the boldness of the character and dress of the adventuress or the stage and opera favorite. The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle "But you think I am an adventuress of some sort." Black Oxen "If these are adventuresses they are very clever in dress," was her inward comment. The Tyranny of the Dark I hate to think of the whispering and gossiping because my son—my son—has fallen a victim to a cheap adventuress.” Jewel Weed But my chapter has grown too long already, and I will close it with the remark that I myself met the lady at Wiesbaden in 1871, and became acquainted with the brilliant adventuress. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude Why do men leave charming wives and run away with quite unattractive adventuresses? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 22, 1914 What, indeed might Sybil, with her magnanimity and munificence not think proper to do for this utter stranger—this possible adventuress? Cruel As The Grave Mr. Campbell Gullan, as the adventuress's husband, made himself the kind of clerk that no one would have trusted for a moment with even the petty cash. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 12, 1916 She stood drooped and trembling; not the old-time witch, not the dazzling adventuress, only a small fragile girl wound and wrapped in some gray stuff that even covered the brightness of her hair. The Thing from the Lake This was the adventuress who had married Van Tromp some two years before. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude I found in it this sentence: ‘For years I tried to make a friend of that girl; but I warn you once more that she has the nature of a heartless adventuress’ ... Chance A Tale in Two Parts Now, if there was one type of femininity more than another which Brett thoroughly understood it was the saucy, quick-witted, handsome adventuress. The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective She was a fraud, and he knew that she knew that he knew it, but he had also to acknowledge that there was fine metal in her even for an adventuress. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa “I mean,” she added suddenly, “it’s treating the woman like a mere adventuress, you know—” “That’s precisely what Mrs. Crosby is, my dear,” answered Sir Adam calmly. Adam Johnstone's Son She may be only a singer; she may be a Russian princess in exile; she may be an adventuress of the most formidable type; she may be an American girl. The Lure of the Mask In his position, and especially his disposition, a man is just ripe for the first adventuress that comes along. The Wrong Woman There were many adventuresses in later years who passed themselves about the world for Lola Montez. Memoirs This was a new side to the adventuress! Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa And that the first adventuress who takes a fancy to it has a right to force you into a disgraceful marriage, and that it would be dishonourable of me to prevent it if I could? Adam Johnstone's Son But I don't like the idea of leaving Kitty this way, without a final effort to rescue her from the clutches of this fascinating adventuress. The Lure of the Mask He had been sure then that she was no adventuress. The Lion's Mouse Perhaps these harmless-looking young women were adventuresses, come into the neighborhood with some deep scheme, and the attractive shop as a blind. The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story She might have been some awful person, some unprincipled adventuress, and that I believe is what she is. The Daughters of Danaus She had the look of an adventuress about her. Adam Johnstone's Son Madame Samoris is the type of these adventuresses, elegant, mature, and still beautiful. The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories The mysterious girl hidden in his stateroom was no longer an adventuress, sponging on his idiotic generosity: she was an exquisite, almost a sacred, charge. The Lion's Mouse Since then I've been in a whirl of excitement preparing my watery path as a motor-boat adventuress, and buying a dress or two to suit the part. The Chauffeur and the Chaperon And so the next girl who dares to have ambitions, and dares to scorn the rôle of adventuress that society allots to her, will have the harder fate because of my attempt. The Daughters of Danaus From adventuress to evangelist; coryphée, courtesan, and convert, each in turn. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert "At any rate, the girl is no adventuress." The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories He again imagined her cold and hard, a woman of middle age, battered by the world, an adventuress who did not fear to go forth in the night upon what he thought unholy errands. Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond But, though experience of me had accustomed her to shocks and, she must confess, to sacrifices, she had never expected until now that she would be called upon for my sake to become an adventuress. The Chauffeur and the Chaperon She is pleased to believe she is a designing little adventuress, whereas as a matter of fact she’s as clear as crystal, and any one with half an eye could see through her schemes. Big Game A Story for Girls On the discovery of the truth, I declined to allow the English adventuress, for such she was, another appearance on my boards. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert Roger is undoubtedly of Tellurian parentage, and the story is that his father was a moon-pirate, his mother a Greek adventuress. Triplanetary This man, so full of delicacy and noble passions, discovered that an adventuress had led him to insult and despise the Queen of France; a woman whom he loved, and who was innocent. The Queen's Necklace Many times since I induced Phyllis to join me in becoming an adventuress, have we vaguely arranged what we would do on arriving at Rotterdam. The Chauffeur and the Chaperon Without saying a word against the character of Mrs. Hardesty she had conveyed the thought that she was an adventuress; or, if not exactly that, then something less than a lady. Rimrock Jones She became an adventuress of an inferior class. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert To have told the Becketts that I was an adventuress—a repentant adventuress—and let them go out of my life without Brian ever knowing they'd come into it was one thing. Everyman's Land Verena was a perfect little adventuress, and quite third-rate into the bargain; but, of course, she was a pretty girl enough, if one cared for hair of the colour of cochineal. The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) "You speak exactly as if you were planning to be an adventuress," said Phyllis, coldly. The Chauffeur and the Chaperon Because they most help a woman to be what civilization has forced her to be—a successful adventuress. One Woman's Life Again, if the adventuress wishes to maintain the guise of respectability, she must have a respectable home, and this the boarding-house affords her. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City The adventuress was too obvious a scapegoat to be spared. The French Revolution A Short History I looked through all the papers and other things, but could find nothing "compromising," as the adventuresses say. Set in Silver The girl in that room may be Phyllis Poynton or the worst adventuress who ever lied her way through the mazes of intrigue, but I love her! A Maker of History No one,53 in speech or manner, could have suggested the adventuress less; Uncle Bash was a gentleman, a man of æsthetic tastes, and the girl was adorable. Lady Larkspur The majority of these women are adventuresses, and they make their living in a way they do not p. 507care to have known. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City I want Mr. DeVere to be sitting in that when the adventuress comes in. The Moving Picture Girls First Appearances in Photo Dramas Do you think, dear, that if I were in a novel they would have me for a heroine or a wicked adventuress? Set in Silver "That the one is a robber, and the other an adventuress," Duncombe answered. A Maker of History She was a cheap, scheming adventuress, and he hated the very thought of her now—and was plunged into the depths of despair and humiliation. The She Boss A Western Story She is a flippant doll, with a good deal of the adventuress about her. The Silent House He is a gallant knight, and beautiful adventuresses like to see brave knights couch their lances in their honor. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" His instinct was telling him that she was some new type of adventuress; her words seemed to assure him of the fact. Wolf Breed They contradicted each other about her, however, and I satisfied myself that she was neither an actress at the Criterion nor the adventuress of 1883. My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke He told himself that as a woman Zoraida Castelmar displeased him; that there was no place in his fancies for the bold eyes of an adventuress. Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure This woman holding a bouquet in her hand in this grand columnar saloon has not the vapid smile or the wanton and malicious air of an adventuress about to commit a bad action. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) I perceived her, under the heavy procession of his words, a figure of astounding romance, an adventuress incomparable, a Polynesian bacchante. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story One name would do as well as another and she was an adventuress like the rest of them in this land of hard trails. Wolf Breed Even if Mr. Linden was informed that his nephew had a wife living in San Francisco, the statement would no doubt be denied by Curtis, who would brand the woman as an impudent adventuress. Adrift in New York Tom and Florence Braving the World Where he would depict a heartless, ambitious adventuress Bruce would see a glorified and heroic superwoman. Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure The Minister of Foreign Affairs was enamoured of Madame de Neuilles, an elderly lady with a lurid past, whom public rumour had raised to the status of adventuress and spy. A Mummer's Tale "This person," he said tentatively, "is not, then, of the adventuress class?" King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties Speaking of fairy tales, it sounds like the name of the Princess before the witches changed her into an adventuress, and sent her to pack with wolves. Wolf Breed The story we are about to tell is one of the most charming in the life of this charming adventuress who wore so many green gowns. Bohemians of the Latin Quarter "I know she is an adventuress, playing for big stakes, stakes so big that in the end they are bound to crush her." Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure And even that mysterious word "adventuress," which has an ugly sound, but of which no one exactly knows the precise meaning, began to be bruited about. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance By Jove! according to him she might be the complete adventuress. Enter Bridget In a series of breathless sentences she assured him that "his cousin, Miss Larcher, was no better than an adventuress, and had behaved in the most dishonest and scandalous manner." The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma Hortense was welcome to the womanish men and the mannish women, to her dandified lieutenant and foreign adventuresses and grand ambassadors, who bought English honour with the smiles of evil women. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade She educated her daughter for that doubtful destiny which awaits women on whom nature has lavished beauty and mind, and to whom society has refused their right position—adventuresses in society, sometimes raised, sometimes degraded. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution But, you see, you bear out what I say; you are of those strong who are merciful; you would make no success as an adventuress. The Good Comrade "She is simply an adventuress," was the answer. Enter Bridget "No; I am not an—adventuress, though you seem to think that I am, and to condemn me for it." The Tin Soldier She should find her husband rated as a doting fool, and herself rated as a scheming female adventuress. Phineas Finn The Irish Member He says that Delilah smacks of the adventuress. Contrary Mary Ergo—you succeed where he falls short; in fact, you are an adventuress—is that it? The Good Comrade I do not know yet what is being good, or being bad; perhaps I shall find out when I am an adventuress, or married to Mr. Carruthers. Red Hair I know I have been indiscreet, that you might justly deem me an adventuress. Gordon Craig Soldier of Fortune I shall be an adventuress, and all the rest of it. None Other Gods She is not recognised in any decent society, she is nothing but an adventuress; talks such bad French, too. Masques & Phases "I always thought she was an adventuress," cried Lady Essendine, angrily. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood As I am to be an adventuress, I must do the best I can for myself. Red Hair The conception even came that she was herself an adventuress, yet I throttled the thought instantly, unwilling to harbor it. Gordon Craig Soldier of Fortune "Not the gay little adventuress, then?" was his instant and internal comment. Sunrise The creature was an adventuress; she worked her way into our confidence with trickery and fraud, presenting herself in society here as a lady of title. The Missing Link He stood cap in hand, his whole bearing respectful, for he did not intend to be discourteous even to this known adventuress. The Submarine Boys and the Spies Dodging the Sharks of the Deep Now that I am an adventuress, instead of an heiress, of what good to chronicle all that! Red Hair Say some good woman got hold of him—some good woman, for we will put aside the horrible suggestion of the adventuress. The Half-Hearted She is a Franco-American, a political adventuress of the worst type, living by her wits. The Betrayal It's only adventuresses who dare to face danger.... The Bad Man Such an event as this, told in any gathering of men, why, they would smile at me and call me the victim of an adventuress. Jacqueline of Golden River "I shall become an adventuress," I answered, deliberately. Red Hair "You are sure she was not an adventuress?" inquired Quincy. Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life At the worst he probably regarded her as an ordinary adventuress. The Betrayal He had no finesse in a world of women, and he would have been the easiest possible prey of an adventuress. The Bad Man Very earnestly, therefore, she tried to convince her uncle that he must be deceived, and that Bluebell was an impostor and an adventuress. Bluebell A Novel I wonder so much if it is amusing to be an adventuress, because that is evidently what I shall become now. Red Hair She was presumably an adventuress, clever, designing, desirous of turning me round her finger, but she was also a pretty woman. The Passenger from Calais People had expected to see a bold, coarse adventuress; instead, they were charmed by a modest, refined young woman who, intellectually at least, was their superior. Bought and Paid For From the Play of George Broadhurst Of course she may have fooled us all and be the cleverest little adventuress ever heard of. Red Pepper's Patients With an Account of Anne Linton's Case in Particular She was marveling to hear this harsh, cruel, relentless man speaking with so much pity, tenderness, and consideration for this adventuress. For Woman's Love It is much nicer to be thought that than just to be a red-haired adventuress. Red Hair Here was an opportunity for Laodice either as a disappointed adventuress or as a supplanted wife, to take revenge by exposing this pair of conspirators pledged to undermine the Gischalan. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem This great man of Grenoble who arrives at Paris in order to reform everything, repair everything, elevate everything, falls at once under the sway of a most charming Parisian adventuress. His Excellency the Minister She says that you seem to look upon us as a sort of adventurer and adventuress—people who live by their wits, you understand, from hour to hour, without character or reputation. The Lighted Way The field was thus left open for the operations of this scheming adventuress and siren. For Woman's Love "Not even if one is an adventuress, like me?" Red Hair Not an appearance of probability attended the claim of this bold adventuress. Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State She was no adventuress of the street, but an educated and brilliant woman, in whose home you might have met not only Pericles, but also Socrates, Phidias, Anaxagoras, Sophocles and Euripides. Woman in Modern Society I suppose, poor thing, that she is merely a sad adventuress, and it is not the sad adventuresses, but the glad ones, who usually enlist a young man's sympathy. One Man in His Time She was to guard her father from Sanchia during the days; he was to seek to be on hand if ever the golden news broke again; they two were to check the adventuress' move. The Desert Valley Of what use, after all, for an adventuress like me to have sensitive feelings. Red Hair Thus ended the legal controversy initiated by this adventuress to obtain a part of the estate of the deceased millionaire. Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State What would they say if they knew you to be a professional gambler, an adventuress about whom men jest and smile derisively, even while they flatter and admire you in a certain way? Bessie's Fortune A Novel The gamester, adventuress, and criminal are not usually abnormal in a biological sense, but have failed, through defective manipulation of their attention, to get interested in the right kind of problems. Sex and Society One couldn't tell, she might be some adventuress, or if not that, a speculator who would damage Cal's little schemes. The Inheritors Why, when one thinks of it calmly, should he want to marry me, a penniless adventuress with green eyes and red hair that he had never seen before in his life? Red Hair Perhaps she was a thief or an adventuress. The Mystery of Mary The adventuress was developing fast in her, and Lord Hardy was her willing tool, always at her beck and nod, and going everywhere with her except into the play-room itself. Bessie's Fortune A Novel But an unattached woman has a tendency to become an adventuress—not so much on economic as on psychological grounds. Sex and Society The cleverest adventuresses on the continent tried devious tricks to palm themselves off as the lost princess. The Goose Girl I shall go away free and be a happy adventuress. Red Hair On the other hand, his friends would probably say he was a fool for having hazarded so much as he had upon an unknown woman, who was perhaps an adventuress. The Mystery of Mary She told me herself that she would never have accepted Mrs. Smithers' invitation had she known that adventuress was to be there. Bessie's Fortune A Novel This disposition of man and the detached condition of woman have much to do with the emergence of the adventuress and the sporting-woman. Sex and Society Becky Sharp is an adventuress who would go pretty close to, and perhaps not stop at, positive crime, but she is first of all Becky Sharp. The English Novel I am going to start a new phase of existence, my first beginning as an adventuress! Red Hair How could Martin Dobrée fall in love with an unknown adventuress? The Doctor's Dilemma If she was the adventuress whom the officials were searching for, she was certainly bringing a bold front to the contest in thus parading her booty before their very eyes. True Love's Reward "Hum—maybe my adventuress was the same person in disguise," Mr. Palmer thoughtfully observed. Mona How do you know I'm not an adventuress? Septimus I almost wish I were settled down, and had not to be an adventuress. Red Hair But now "that person in Sark," the "unknown adventuress," presented itself very vividly to my mind. The Doctor's Dilemma "And I should feel myself a common adventuress if I were to let you." The Street Called Straight This seemed to indicate that she was not a hardened adventuress. Carmen's Messenger It may be good acting, but it would never get her chosen by the male of her species—the adventuress being what is known in some circles as a pippin. Ma Pettengill Oh, it is no fun being an adventuress, after all, if you want to keep your friends of the world as well. Red Hair She has seen the girl," continued Julia, in the same husky tone, which she could not compel to be clear and calm; "and she is convinced she is no adventuress. The Doctor's Dilemma On gaining possession of the throne, continues the legend, the false czar immured the czarina in a convent, slew the czarovitch, espoused a German adventuress and filled Russia with foreigners. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 I found that out not long since; she was a clever adventuress. Carmen's Messenger The adventuress had, of course, sent letters and messages to Homer. Ma Pettengill Well, even when I am really an adventuress I sha'n't be like that. Red Hair I cannot set him free to go and marry her—a stranger and adventuress. The Doctor's Dilemma His astonishment grew as he read: "Monsieur, "I am neither an adventuress nor a seeker of adventures, nor am I a society woman grown weary of drawing-room conversation. Là-bas Mind you, I'm not saying she isn't a good girl, or even an adventuress. Truxton King A Story of Graustark The real husband of the adventuress tracks his wife to England, and claims her. Reviews He had not caught Kitty's name, and Madame d'Estrées had been for some time labelled in his mind as something very near to an adventuress. The Marriage of William Ashe "But she may be an adventuress; you know nothing about her," she objected. The Doctor's Dilemma Tall, black-haired creature, regular adventuress, see if she isn't. The Thirteenth Chair "Is she an adventuress, or is she not?" thought Bury, as his hansom carried him away from Rutland Gate. Lady Rose's Daughter A couple of adventuresses, mother and daughter, swoop down upon him as a lawful prey, and he is quickly a doting husband and a terrified son-in-law. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 "But granting that this woman was an adventuress, as you say, what has that to do with Miss Dundas?" Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 You may be quite sure she is no adventuress. The Doctor's Dilemma The only thing that stood in the way was that the Squire's secretary happened to be a nice woman—and not an adventuress. Elizabeth's Campaign Here, indeed, one came upon the fact which forever differentiated her from the adventuress, had Sir Wilfrid known. Lady Rose's Daughter Remembering that, at a later period, a foreign adventuress almost inextricably ensnared one of the imperial family, the Countess Dobronowska's matrimonial project was not so insane. The Son of Clemenceau He had married an adventuress--a girl with a music-hall history, some beauty, plenty of vicious ability, and no more conscience than a stone. The Testing of Diana Mallory There were none of the arts of the adventuress about her methods, her glances, or her words. The Lost Ambassador The Search For The Missing Delora He could not face with any calmness the thought of her as the adventuress who had lured poor Arthur Benham on to destruction. Jason But he remembered what had been said before that, when he himself had listened indifferently enough, and he guessed that ill-natured people called her an adventuress or little better. Don Orsino Was my grisette simply an adventuress, graced by a hired mother to give her an air of respectability? The Cross of Berny "An adventuress," they called her, and as such refused to receive her into their society. Coralie Everyday Life Library No. 2 "You don't mind his marrying an adventuress, then?" The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight Then he followed the trail towns as a gambler, saved money, and after the cattle driving ended, married an adventuress, and that's the end of him. A Texas Matchmaker She was not a hardened adventuress; why, she couldn't be much over twenty-one or two! Starr, of the Desert There is a difference between loving an adventuress, whose affections can be trifled with, and loving a woman of high birth and position, who must be honorably sought in marriage. The Cross of Berny It seemed to me that there was nothing whatever of the adventuress about her. Witness for the Defense How supremely ridiculous of Mrs. Morrison to think that this girl was an adventuress. The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight His dangerous penchant was for highly spiced adventuresses, and for pastoral amourettes, wistful and obscure. Kimono The tongues of scandal were set wagging again, old suspicions were revived, and once again the word "adventuress"—and worse—passed from mouth to mouth. Love affairs of the Courts of Europe The Northern Commissioners, on the other hand, were desirous of protecting the man, and especially his legitimate widow and children, from the female adventuress, which view the South again characterized as cynical. Popular Law-making The "heavy lead" or "adventuress" type, generally magnificently attired, gets about £3 a week. Women Workers in Seven Professions Mr. Winthrop Fowler's perfect intonation carried its usual implication that the subject was closed. "—— is what I call an adventuress," Miss Fowler summed up. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 Helen of Troy and Dido of Carthage pale into common adventuresses when placed beside the quiet courage and utter self-abnegation of such Indian heroines as Sita and Damayanti. Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India It was a delicious bit of scandal to add to the many which had already gathered round the "adventuress." Love affairs of the Courts of Europe His wife was the adventuress, forsooth! who deserved all she got. Bred in the Bone You have nothing of the adventuress in your composition, but you are a young woman, with personal charms and talents, and life will be unutterably desolate for you if you make a recluse of yourself. A Woman of the World Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters She didn’t like those scenes she had as Lady Amaranth the adventuress with Henderson. The Bicyclers and Three Other Farces How could I join a direct and frank life like yours to my existence as an adventuress, mixed up in so many unconfessable compromises?… Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel Have her appear like an adventuress, drawing Rafael on, tearing him from his mother's arms after crazing him with love? The Torrent Entre Naranjos Hubert had begun to drowse in his chair; but he had promised to rewrite the young girl's part, Ford having definitely refused to intrust Rose with the part of the adventuress. Vain Fortune "I'm just plain adventuress enough to love the fight of it," she admitted to herself as she approached the office she had selected for her first try. Bambi It was the pretty adventuress, Camilla, who had decoyed me and helped to rob me of my thousand ducats. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction What have you to do with the country of this adventuress? Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel For a young woman to think she is an adventuress, portends that she will be too wrapped up in her own conduct to see that she is being flattered into exchanging her favors for disgrace. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition But the little girl was thinking of certain effects which she would have made, and which the actress who had played the adventuress had failed to make. Vain Fortune Somehow, the crude expression of this professional adventuress penetrated to Mary's conscience, though it held in it the truth to which her conscience bore witness, to which she had tried to shut her ears.... Within the Law She is fond of married life, is the adventuress, and she goes in for it pretty extensively. Stage-Land He was greatly exasperated at the tenacity of this adventuress who, in addition to the tragic influence she had already exercised upon his life, was now trying to compromise him still further. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel And many ladies round about whispered and talked, and many gentlemen nodded and whispered, as they saw what marked attention the great nobleman was paying to the little adventuress. Vanity Fair Ah, if he had cast you for the adventuress, how you would have played it!...' Vain Fortune Nevertheless, he bore no grudge against the adventuress. Within the Law Friends and relations are a trying class of people even in real life, as we all know, but the friends and relations of the stage adventuress are a particularly irritating lot. Stage-Land And yet, when the coach had passed on without his being able to get a glimpse of the face of the stranger, the image of the adventuress persisted in his mind. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel Mrs. Bute, perforce, was obliged to adopt a decent demeanour towards the little adventuress—of course being free to discourse with her daughters afterwards about the absurd respect with which Sir Pitt treated his sister-in-law. Vanity Fair But I have been unfortunate again; I wanted the part of the adventuress. Vain Fortune If that should fail—well, he must use the influences at his command to secure the forcible parting of the adventuress from his son. Within the Law The adventuress herself is another person who dies with remarkable ease. Stage-Land Even the most successful adventuresses seldom make the income of a Cabinet Minister. In Darkest England and the Way Out The embrace somehow brought tears into the eyes of the little adventuress—which ornaments, as we know, she wore very seldom. Vanity Fair "I mean that I thought you a substantial woman, and that I find you are an adventuress." The Price She Paid Thereupon, the adventuress instantly assumed a most ladylike and mincing air which ill assorted with the cigarette that she held between her lips. Within the Law No stage adventuress can be good while the heroine is about. Stage-Land But Wyllis Elliot had not married a half-breed, nor been shot in a cowpunchers' brawl, nor wrecked by bad whisky, nor appropriated by a smirched adventuress. The Troll Garden and Selected Stories Before, it had been customary to despise this adventuress who had sprung up so suddenly. The Lost Continent He looked at her and said: "Swindler and adventuress!" The Price She Paid The adventuress of the demure face shook her head in token of complete bafflement. Within the Law There is a good deal to be said in favor of the adventuress. Stage-Land Suddenly she broke out: "I always thought her an adventuress!" The Reef "Hanged if I should want to have a greedy little adventuress like that know I was giving myself such pains about her!" said Newman. The American The mamma, I suspect, is the least bit of an adventuress. Roderick Hudson On being told by Aggie as to Mary's whereabouts, he sat down to await her return, listening without much interest to the chatter of the adventuress.... Within the Law The stage adventuress would be a much better woman, too, if it were not for the heroine. Stage-Land There stood the adventuress whose character had left its mark on society all over Europe—the Fury who had terrified Mrs. Ferrari at the hotel—inconceivably transformed into a timid, shrinking woman! The Haunted Hotel "I am afraid she is a sad little adventuress," said Newman. The American The honour of the family is safe only till this adventuress consents, consents to accept his hand! A Chair on the Boulevard There was none other with whom she had any intimacy except that, of a sort, with Aggie Lynch, and by no possibility could the adventuress serve as an object of deep regard. Within the Law The adventuress is like the proverbial cat as regards the number of lives she is possessed of. Stage-Land An adventuress with a European reputation of the blackest possible colour—such was the general description of the woman with the deathlike complexion and the glittering eyes. The Haunted Hotel Again the adventuress was silent for a little. The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf Her actual existence as a woman of the moment, a possible adventuress, certainly a very material and actual person, was hard indeed to realize. The Great Secret And that was the nearest the little adventuress ever came to making a Biblical quotation. Within the Law But it is not only the adventuress who will persist in coming to life again every time she is slaughtered. Stage-Land You can be what else you like," he continued, "thief, adventuress—murderess! The Avenger The times were fearfully out of joint; women as well as men were taking war's licenses, and with a boy's unmerciful directness I sprang to the conclusion that here was an adventuress. The Cavalier I want him to imagine that I am as much of an adventuress as he is an adventurer. The Crimson Blind What did that adventuress out of a New England schoolroom want of me now, when I'd washed my hands of her and her affairs? It Happened in Egypt She had evidently managed to cause dissension in various directions, so the suggestion that there was something of the adventuress about her might be nothing more than a spiteful comment. The Master Detective Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles "Do you mean to insinuate that she is an adventuress?" The Avenger If I were pretty, my ambition would have been to be an adventuress; but an adventuress with no adventures would be a little flat. Love's Shadow If I weren't an adventuress, Mr. Walmsley, I might have to become a typist and daddy might have to serve in a shop. An Amiable Charlatan She can, if her looking-glass doesn't forbid, go back to that classic age dear to all sensible adventuresses. It Happened in Egypt It justified us in keeping a watch upon her, but I had no definite opinion in the matter, not having seen the lady, and, as Quarles said, a fascinating foreigner is easily called an adventuress. The Master Detective Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles It was disagreeably dear that Madame Poulain thought him a foolish old man who had been caught by an adventuress's pretty face…. The End of Her Honeymoon For people like my mother there is always some adventurer or adventuress in the background—there always used to be in old days. Sir George Tressady — Volume I "For an adventuress," I remarked, "you seem to notice things." An Amiable Charlatan |
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