| 单词 | coquetry |
| 例句 | Sometimes she looked at Wang Lung, fully and without coquetry as a child does, and he watched her and was proud of what he had done. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z There was coquetry in her glance and voice. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The fair girl, with a laugh of ribald coquetry, turned to answer him:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Mrs. Bogle who was many times a grandmother, but had a blushing air of coquetry about her that cloaked her sunken cheeks. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Her exquisite oval face — framed by short, lank, unwashed-looking hair — is as devoid of a diva’s coquetry as it is of makeup. | 'The Road to Mecca' : ?Road to Mecca? at American Airlines Theater - Review 2012-01-18T03:01:07Z Yet she allows Olga a shyly experimental coquetry, a blind dazzle in her eyes that also speaks touchingly of youth and vulnerability. Onegin – review 2013-01-21T18:17:00Z At the end, Eve Mutso as Blanche flickered from panic to girlish coquetry simply through the presentation of her breastbone and the lift of her chin. A ‘Streetcar’ that will move you 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z The “Don Quixote” pas de deux is all bravura cliché with various overlays of pseudo-Spanish coquetry and machismo. Dance Review: Vail Dance Festival Has an International Evening 2013-08-06T22:05:19Z Cheryl Cohen Green, Hunt’s character, is a wife and mother who disrobes without a hint of coyness or coquetry, in a simple, serious and entirely professional spirit. “The Sessions”: An unlikely, certain-to-be Oscar-bound sex fable 2012-10-19T17:02:00Z She is not at all prim and demure; on the contrary, she is genially expressive, the kind of woman who being devoid of coquetry behaves as she feels. Lynne Truss: rereading Four Lectures on Shakespeare by Ellen Terry 2012-07-27T21:55:01Z The ladies' opening song, "We're Just Two Little Girls from Little Rock," is a smashing duet in which Russell's by-now natural bravado plays cleverly off, and reinforces, Monroe's coquetry. Remembering "The Two and Only" Jane Russell: 1921-2011 2011-03-04T09:05:00Z Her Act III solo with a fan became an expression not of conventional coquetry but of impish joy in the moment. Dance Review: Ballet?s Home Away From Home for International Stars in New York 2011-05-24T22:13:23Z The cause sent “charming young women” to lobby men with their coquetry. 'Votes for women!' — 110 years ago marked the first time in California 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z After the second quote, he said: “Women can never forgive me; they hate me, they feel that I am disarming them. I show them without their coquetry, in the state of animals cleaning themselves.” Think Degas was a misogynist? Take another look. “There’s nothing magical about this app, but it’s not technological coquetry either,” O wrote on online publishing platform Medium. France's COVID-19 tracing app expected to enter testing week on Monday 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z Such verbal coquetry is not new in the four-yearly battle for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations. With a nod and a wink, Republicans build 2016 campaign machines 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z She is a unique combination of being ultra-feminine with a distinct feline slink to her walk, but comfortable being in charge and entirely without coquetry. Diane von Furstenburg: 'I danced at Studio 54. Now I work with Google' 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Catherine seemed smitten with a sudden fit of affection for her uncle, and placed herself near him, where, with no small spice of coquetry, she sought to engage the attention of the visitor to herself. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z She was laughing now, but with all the gay coquetry of youth, not merely the eidola of her own. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z Annouchka would not have gone if she had had the least coquetry, if she had not found herself in an essentially false position. Annouchka A Tale 2012-04-13T02:00:19.120Z "Would you prefer a woman as security?" she asked, trying to rake up from nine years ago a coquetry that had once been so profitable. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z "Well, what do you think of me?" she exclaimed, with a pretty little air of satisfied coquetry. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z At this point the baby, with what had it not been a baby might have been called cynical coquetry, roused the demons of jealousy by suddenly making shameless advances to Jasmine. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z She spoke with a shy eagerness and an entire absence of coquetry. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z The boy removed his screening arm from before his eyes with the pretty coquetry of a shy baby. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z Perhaps the greatest lingual triumph of his seventy-eight years was won when this feeble old man broke down within half an hour all Betty's defenses of coquetry and of sanity as well. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z He even returned with the greatest coldness the marked advances of a certain Russian princess celebrated for her beauty and her coquetry. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z There was no suggestion of coquetry, no trying to appear surprised at his avowal. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z This little coquetry was nevertheless overcome; and before the next six months were over, Brougham had become an efficient and zealous member of the band. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z He had pictured the girl taking the news in many ways, in scorn, in anger, with shallow coquetry, or in dull resignation. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Thinking that he perceived in the manner of his young hostess a slight touch of coquetry, the stranger hazarded an avowal of his adoration. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z "You," continued Mason, swaying as he spoke,—"you have trifled with two honest men, and from your cursed coquetry one lies dead yonder and one—and one—dies—at your feet!" Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z And in return, perhaps, our young wives may lay aside their little coquetries and become m�res respectables 344 somewhat earlier than they do now. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z But no; with a coquetry I was too young to appreciate, and she ought to have been too young to exercise, she sang with all her might, never once turning her eyes towards me. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z And with a gentle reserve which had in it nothing of coquetry, she turned her face from him. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z It was partly the instinct of coquetry, which told her to struggle against capture. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z While O'Tei, with a ghostly revival of coquetry, was arranging her tumbled hair by aid of a silver mirror, the Abbess drew her son aside, pleading urgent and important business. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z On his part there had been no wooing, on hers neither coquetry nor sentiment displayed. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z They could work out their idea of life, and the objects for which it was given, by their successful dedication of it to pride, ambition, vanity, and coquetry. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z Then the whole world may stand before the casetas and see the choicest daughters of 145 Seville dancing the dance that is very coquetry in motion. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z She rose to meet the tall, fair young Guardsman who came swiftly towards her, curtsying as only Lady Lavinia could curtsy, with such stateliness and coquetry. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z She put the question frankly now, since coquetry had failed. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z Her feverish vivacity, her coquetries, her friendliness to Wilbraham, her silence towards himself, the basket of flowers for Gibraltar--these things were puzzles. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z He has the endearing coquetry of a woman. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z In the summer of 1915, I was stationed, as delegate of the Hoover commission, in Ghent, the capital of East Flanders, and witnessed the beginning of German coquetry. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z She cast him a sidelong glance of mingled coquetry and reproof. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z Coquetry is the abiding principle of her nature, and her virtue merely a habit of hiding her coquetry. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z Rather to the pride of beauty I owe that wretched spirit of coquetry by which I lost him. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Yet she kept to the very last a certain tender coquetry. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Her blue eyes sought Palmer's frankly and innocently enough, and yet with just a trace of coquetry. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z They do their utmost to enlarge their circle of public worshipers and with feminine coquetry they try to attract new suitors. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z Now, coquetry to Kelly at that time was a challenge, and it was contrary to his principles of honour to remain under such a provocation from man or woman. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z Nature, which had done much to unfit me for deliberate coquetry, faltered in my voice; and stained my cheek with burning blushes. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z And, in fact, these coquetries augmented the young man's passion to such an extent that it became quite a madness. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z With no assumption of coquetry, she laid a detaining hand on his arm, and raised her brown eyes wistfully to his. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z The First Consul does not know you," he said, "he knows still less your talents, and your tact, your persuasiveness, your coquetry, your desire to bring this affair to completion; go to Paris.... The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z Was it but another piece of coquetry, he asked himself, or did she indeed wish to hinder him from discovering who she was? Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z Maitland took my hand: and the demon of coquetry was now so entirely laid, that I suffered him to retain it, without a struggle. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Venturita scarcely answered him, but she looked at him with an expression of mingled passion and coquetry. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z Mignonne was a strange mixture of innocence and knowledge, of frankness and coquetry, of simplicity and passion. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z There is the desire to please, the instinct of coquetry, which is inborn in woman. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z Mr. Kelly took the movement and the words together, and set them down as mere coquetry. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z But, this did not prevent me from re-acting my coquetry the next time that the supposed rivals met in my presence. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z She was now a woman, a full-grown woman, not so much from her height as from the roundness and fulness of her figure, and a certain directness of look touched with a dash of coquetry. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z The charming Armantine wore a fascinating gown, with infinite grace and coquetry. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z "That is why women don't look to their needle to satisfy their coquetry." Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z She smiled at Persis with Spanish coquetry, and offered her aid in the appalling details of announcing the engagement. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Yet at that moment the spirit of coquetry slept; I quite forgot to calculate upon his love, and thought only of his approbation. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Her sprightly chatter, the bright sparkle of her eyes, and her graceful, mocking coquetry quickly raised his spirits and transported him into the seventh heaven. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z We change without reason, you change from pure coquetry. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z Then we fell in with Armantine again, and she recommenced her coquetries with you. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z And she seized his arm with a gesture of culinary coquetry just as Persis sauntered in. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z To the end of her days she remained a Spaniard, dévote and fanatical beyond the liking of the lively Parisians; a Spaniard also in her unconquerable coquetry. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z "In this room there is so much taste and so much coquetry, and that there always is about you." The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z I could not understand the caprice, the coquetry, the bewildering changes, in Armantine's treatment of me. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z My conversation with Madame Dumarteau was not long; she had not an amiable look, but I preferred her ill humor to Madame Piquette's coquetries. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z I suppose you looked for cold-blooded assurance, tempered by what one might call experienced coquetry?” The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z They clothe themselves in black woollen stuffs after a fashion which was certainly not invented by coquetry. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z "Why do you accuse me of coquetry, you silly?" she asked, in her old mocking tone. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z If you are really desirous to see Armantine, if your love for her has revived, thanks to the coquetries she lavished upon you yesterday, see her elsewhere than at her own house. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z "I 'll take your adwice," says the widow, touching his hand lightly with her soft fingers, and smiling upon him with that unpremeditated coquetry that always makes a woman charming. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z Nothing is so unpleasant to my taste as such cold, heartless coquetry in music. The History of Mendelssohn's Oratorio "Elijah" 2011-12-06T03:00:26.413Z A woman's coquetries directed to some purpose of revenge are always blind, and give the best advantage to a clever rou�. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Well, look here; although coquetry may give attraction, or flavor, or what you like, I am not coquettish. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z But, first of all, my dear fellow, be assured that there isn't the slightest coquetry in all this! Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z We had an idea, in the former case, that coquetry might have had something to do with Anita's refusal, but time forbade the solution of the question. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Her figure, clad in the most recent coquetries of Paris, was the most exquisite thing in figures he had lately seen. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z A few fatal miles might be replacing, even now, the friendly, familiar ocean whose division of the lovers had been a mere coquetry of Time. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z She is not devoid of coquetry—this queen of Touraine—and for some moments there is a graceful game between the two in which the shuttlecock of love is tossed upon the battledores of music. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z I complied with his request, and received a lady fully fifty years of age, who was dressed with much coquetry, although her costume was not absolutely fresh. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z "No, thank heaven! but he might have been killed, and that woman's coquetry would have robbed me of my only remaining child." San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z As an affectionate and devoted and dull spinster my heart was often soft to her; but her coquetries would have made an angel groan. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z In this admirable volume the virtues which adorn female loveliness appear in bold and enviable contrast with the arts of coquetry and deception. Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck 2011-11-04T02:00:18.377Z With a sudden dash of impertinent coquetry she flings a flower at Don Jos�, and then rushes off the stage amid peals of laughter from the others, who follow. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Chief of these are a physical unconsciousness, an absence of coquetry, and a liberation of the mind so complete that a sudden recall has all the effects of shock. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z I'm the cause of his hard luck—or my beastly coquetry, my foolish idea of changing lovers, when I was well off. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z For—perhaps this was partly the effect of the unrelenting heat—her insipid coquetries had begun to exasperate me more and more. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z Perhaps all this may be called coquetry; well, allowing it to be coquetry, there is no guile or deceit in it. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:26.667Z Urban's song is brimming over with mischievous coquetry. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z She makes a mere tool of the man who wishes to marry her--a mere hack and errand boy--and she repays the poor fellow's services by the coquetry which holds him in her chains. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z Madame Baldimer, dressed with even more coquetry than usual, had been waiting a long while in her boudoir; impatience, uneasiness, and anger gleamed in her eyes. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z As the girl came back into the parlor with the key, she caught sight of the expression of demure coquetry with which Julia, seated on the piano-stool, was looking up into Ethan's face. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z The coquetry went out of her manner again and she became thoughtful. The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z She made herself one which was a masterpiece of coquetry; but this she denied, and declared it to be purely and simply ugly. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume II (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:19.713Z Theodore had judged rightly when he had denounced the sketch as an artful piece of coquetry; nevertheless, it had its effect on him in spite of his sober reason. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z Whether it is coquetry, hatred, caprice, or some other sentiment, that prompts my action—that is my secret, monsieur, and I do not choose to tell you anything more. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z “Why?” she asked, calmly, immediately regretting the word; for her question sounded like coquetry and she intended anything but that. Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness A Novel 2011-10-18T02:00:20.340Z One glance was sufficient; when she turned back into the room her face was blanched; every trace of coquetry had disappeared; she barely looked at me and hurried from the room. The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z "It is the just punishment for my coquetry," she told them. Strange Stories from the Lodge of Leisures 2011-10-17T02:00:17.420Z They lived unhappily together; her coquetry annoyed him extremely, and the number of admirers whom she encouraged to be constantly around her was a source of daily torment to him. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z A maid ushered the young man into a small salon furnished with all the dainty coquetry of a boudoir. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z "I will try," she said, looking up frankly, with no trace of coquetry in her voice or manner. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z Oh, what a dainty negligence you show Outspreading all your petals' coquetry, As careless of restraint as poetry, Although, like poetry, you surely know That by the laws of beauty you must grow. The Deluge and Other Poems 2011-10-15T02:00:29.350Z Youth, great daring, coquetry, a good name, and good breeding were sufficient, and would counterbalance Cosel. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z In spite of all, she had no luck so far; all the artifices of coquetry had not obtained a proposal of marriage worthy of being taken into consideration. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z Goth announced "Mesdames Boulard," and three middle-aged women appeared, dressed with much coquetry, with little caps that hardly covered the tops of their heads, from beneath which escaped chignons resembling muffs. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z There was a hint of triumphant coquetry and something deeper in Blanca's voice. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z Come, Miss Mansel," said Robertson, "do not fly from your offer: it is too late for what they call coquetry—actions speak louder than words. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z The manner of our heroines was frank, candid, and gay; without frivolity, affectedness, or coquetry; and their costumes neat and ladylike. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z He saw himself in the future bound to a new companion, full of coquetry and schemes, and endowed with an unendurable mother-in-law. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z "Ah, Your Grace frightened me!" she whispered, with just a touch of feminine coquetry. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z She laughed with a sparkle of coquetry, and touched him with her fan. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z There is constant drapery and affectation, and the women here have the delightful trouble of excelling the men in coquetry; but they succeed, nevertheless. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z All the little coquetries and vanities of women appeared to shrivel in the white blaze of her sincerity. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z Notwithstanding their poverty, she was dressed neatly and in good taste, and her beautiful black eyes indicated a certain coquetry. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z With quaint and artless coquetry she picked up the folds of her heavy brocaded paniers, right and left, with two delicate fingers, and executed a dainty pirouette in front of him. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Her pose and movements were marked by rakish coquetry, and Grahame saw they had deceived the loungers; but he noticed with a touch of dry amusement that Walthew looked puzzled and not quite pleased. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z And with all that, so sweet, so frank, without the least idea of coquetry. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z Their minds, therefore, were engaged in airy projects; and their leisure, where they could elude the vigilance of Miss Matson, was devoted to clandestine coquetry, tittering whispers, and secret frolics. The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z Her desire to give him pleasure was unmixt with any species of coquetry: it was as wide from the dangerous toil of tender languor, as from the fascinating snares of alluring playfulness. The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z The circumspection of the young princess, her high mettle, her coquetry, her frankness, her coarseness, are all rapidly glanced at. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z She had not been influenced by coquetry, but by a feeling that it was a time for candor. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z It was late on the evening of the sixth day; Julia was attired with coquetry, in the hope that the marquis would come, but her hope was vanishing. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z This was not coquetry, of which she could not be accused; it was the conviction that on account of her high birth she was a privileged creature. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z Believe me, there is no question of coquetry in this. My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z For here, it seemed, was another Claudia in the making,—still unlearned in woman's wiles; not yet equipped for those subtle coquetries and polished cruelties which destroy, yet naturally and innocently an enchantress of men. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z The children had already become such close friends that Aranka allowed Feriz Beg to carry her in to dinner, playing all the time with childish coquetry with the diamond clasp of his agraffe. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z However, all playing sounds barren by the side of Liszt, for his is the living, breathing impersonation of poetry, passion, grace, wit, coquetry, daring, tenderness and every other fascinating attribute that you can think of! Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z "Who told you I was good?" inquired Christina, with a touch of the coquetry which even with him she could not entirely repress. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z At last those eyes rested on Kmita, and looked at him fixedly, as full of coquetry as if they intended to gaze into the depth of his heart. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z "If this be not coquetry," I thought, "then it is most perilously akin to it." The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z Beneath the polished saddle a red blanket added a touch of colour, almost of coquetry. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z That was a real little piece of coquetry on her part, and she knew that it would take me down! Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z She was half witch, half coquette, and her superficial cynicism was but a new form of her coquetry. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z She was manifestly ill at ease and grievously disquieted at the result of her coquetry. Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z But he went off in a passion and rebuked me bitterly for my coquetry and because I refused to flee with him to Canada.... The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z People who do not love to disport in fashionable waters are apt to be severe upon those who spend their faculties upon the coquetries of bathing costume. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z She had a pretty way of bending forward when she spoke which was characteristic and quite in keeping with the frankness of her speech; there was no hint of coquetry or archness about her. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z Can't you see that a far more effective method is a little judicious snubbing and avoiding, which is coquetry? Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z The farmer accuses the fair city maid of coquetry. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z At that she blushed so brightly that I was embarrassed and somewhat astonished to see how small a progress this girl had really made in coquetry. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z There was pride, as well as a dash of coquetry, in this. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z During the repast the young girl opposite him would talk to him in a simple, straightforward way, quite as a sister would have done, and without the slightest trace of either coquetry or undue reserve. The Other Fellow 2011-08-23T02:00:31.420Z But she never thought of making a picture of herself, she left such small coquetries to girls who had nothing better to do or to think of. Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life 2011-08-09T02:00:30.317Z Bonita's eyes dropped swiftly beneath his gaze, but there was in her attitude no sign of coquetry. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z What the girl said touched me; nor could I discern in her anything of the coquetry which Nick Stoner's story of her knitting and her ring of gallants had pictured for me. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z A deep earnestness gleamed through the na�ve coquetry by which she had sought to bribe him to favor her prot�g�s. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z Behind her flagrant coquetries he discerns a fount of purity: "She has such chaste hands." Knut Hamsun 2011-07-18T02:00:21.927Z The desire for more refined manners and education led to hyperculture, the love of pleasure into epicureanism and luxury, grace into coquetry, mirth into frivolity. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z “Oh, nonsense, nonsense, Mary, you could not hate anyone; and as to Helen Perowne’s foolish coquetry, it will all settle down into the love of some stout brave fellow.” One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z Mr. Waring was attended by his favorite servant, and madam by her maid, a French grisette, who "made eyes" at Valentine, and otherwise harassed him with her coquetries during the whole journey. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z "Good and holy man!" she exclaimed aloud, as she gave a parting glance at the result of all these little pious coquetries. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z She is far too noble for deliberate coquetry, and yet she tortures Johannes by an apparent capriciousness that seems out of keeping with her frank, generous nature, while he answers with coldness and hauteur. Knut Hamsun 2011-07-18T02:00:21.927Z Believe me, the slightest coquetry, the smallest concession in my favor at your husband's expense would find in me the sternest possible judge. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z “Well, coquetry,” said Miss Twettenham, taking the word unwillingly, as if it were too bad to touch. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z An instinct of mischief and coquetry urging, she glanced sometimes at Arthur, sometimes at Bully. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z She laughed and chuckled with obvious coquetry, adding coyly: "I knows how yer feel——" Andy looked for a way of escape. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z “Didn’t you go away on purpose to avoid me?” she said, with a touch of coquetry. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z The duke's lips sought hers--she could not resist like a girl of sixteen, he would have considered it foolish coquetry. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z But we could not see that, and in turn accused her of lightness and coquetry, of playing off one against the other, and thought bitterly of much that was kindly, true, and well meant. Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon 2011-07-07T02:00:30.453Z She laid Jack's slippers by the fire, and, with fond coquetry, placed a pair of her own little mouse-colored suedes, sparkling with silver embroidery, close beside them. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z With a last, pathetic effort of coquetry, the poor remnant of her once-beautiful hair was spread over her shoulder. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z Her graceful coquetry asserted its charm more than ever to-day with old and young, men and women alike; Otto alone seemed excluded from her magic circle. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z The generations which believed in the human will, which asked for simple tenderness, pert coquetry or imperious passion in a heroine, would never have understood her. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z In her action there is undoubtedly much coquetry; but again who will say that she has not developed that coquetry because she has fallen in love with me sincerely? Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z The southern crop is coquetry, and the northern one is prudery. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z She was as yet experimenting with her own heart, and the Minister's heart was a necessary part of the trial, while his sublime confidence in her little coquetries amused her. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z Ann had gone down in the depths that day and, for the time being, had parted with coquetry. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z Is it timidity, bashfulness, pride, or that strange spirit of contradiction or of coquetry which sometimes keeps the tongue from obeying the dictates of the heart? The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z George Sand laid aside her work, arranged the fire, and lighted one of those innocent cigars which contain more paper than tobacco, more coquetry than emancipation. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z She bent and swayed through the measures, circling the room with a studied coquetry cold as indifference; posing now and then with a rose she lifted to touch lips or cheek. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z This sort of amusement is an admirable aid to coquetry. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The girl looked up smiling into the old man's face, and brought all the coquetry at her command into play. The Night Riders A Thrilling Story of Love, Hate and Adventure, Graphically Depicting the Tobacco Uprising in Kentucky 2011-06-23T02:00:24.513Z Where had all these charming coquetries, this mirth and melody been hidden in the old Christina? A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z Innumerable little follies, all coquetries and caprices, disappear. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z This was not deliberate coquetry, but pure instinct. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z It is not in our Europe, where women, exposed to the gaze of crowds, so soon addict themselves to coquetry, that the imagination could conceive such a type of beauty. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z A spice of coquetry in her would have completed his subjugation; but she was absolutely direct and natural. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z She had arranged her scanty toilet with Indian coquetry, and the bright, warm color of her cheeks added new lustre to her brilliant eyes. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z There is no need for coquetry between us. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z And again for the life of her she could not keep that subtlest, faintest trace of coquetry out of her voice as she replied, "You seem very sure of that." The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z In reality, there was no blame to be attached to her; she had been guilty of no encouragement or coquetry. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z Her coloring was gorgeous, her lines were delicate, her expressions vivacious and quick with natural coquetry. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z Lady Juliana kept her small territory at her end of the table in a continual ripple of delight by her quips and coquetries. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z The Prince had in his mind to offer Beata, who seemed to him to have too much innocence and too little coquetry, a short love. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z I recall one instance which will illustrate the coquetry which she practiced for my deeper ensnaring. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z Of course, I was not so silly as to conjure anything really wrong out of the request she had made; but I was certain that something more than trivial coquetry was hidden under it. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z And the women, how bare of coquetry and charm! The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z The gay cavalier flung his rich embroidered mantle across the plashy spot for an instantaneous foot-cloth, not unknowing that an act of gallantry was sure to win the susceptible coquetry of his royal mistress. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Her winking and blinking, her lisping and whispering, her wriggling and giggling, her fearing and daring, her coquetry and mockery--how shall the one-legged Jean Paul biographically copy all this in poor, common prose? The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z There are occasions when a certain amount of coquetry of manner betrays the existence of some of those "devil's leavings" which she is still engaged in sacrificing. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z The minor coquetries of craftsmanship, from which once was nourished the burly strength of art, have felt out of place in such illustrious company. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z The brown head, with a defiance of coquetry, was simply dressed, braided about with stiff rapid coils. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z But there stood Elizabeth’s “black husband,” as the virgin queen deigned in her coquetry to call the archbishop. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Sensibility improves with years, coquetry grows worse with years. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z A gleam of coquetry lit up the long eyes: our friend clearly did not wish to be supposed to have an experience ranging over too long a period. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z The short skirt—blunt, plain-spoken, and tactless—compelled the substitution of abandon for sensuousness, and consequently a sacrifice of coquetry and suggestiveness. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z How could I help it? it is simply impossible to be always with her and to escape being intoxicated by her beauty, and by her unconscious and innocent coquetry. Bijou 2011-05-25T02:00:22.743Z Neither Surrey nor Petrarch, accomplished lovers and poets, with all their mistress’ coquetry and cruelty, broke their hearts in the tenderness of their ideas, or were consumed by “the perpetual fires” of their imagination. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z O if even the denials of coquetry itself give so much, how much more must the present ones of virtue give! The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z It was not "the old black silk" which attracted his attention, except, perhaps, so far as it formed a background for the beautiful hands that lay folded together on her lap, too carelessly for coquetry. Boston Neighbours In Town and Out 2011-05-24T02:00:13.567Z She was charming in her daintiness, provoking in her coquetry, a tantalizing atom of femininity. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z Such coquetry as she showed arose rather from an instinctive desire to please and attract, than from anything approaching to a vicious instinct, or a silly desire to swell the list of her conquests. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z But you are indebted for her smile rather to the coquetry of the beauty, than to the civility of the hostess. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z She confessed outright that coquetry was the best remedy against love; and with the observation that his frankness pleased her, but hers must please him too, she ended the visit and the Post-Day. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z I am afraid you will never cease your coquetry and foolishness. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z She seemed ever approaching, yet ever receding from, her companion; a moment near, then far away, gliding to one side or the other, as if impossible to be reached in her coquetry of elusive grace. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z She has little or no coquetry; what coquetry there may be is the result of intention and temporary. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z So this poor girl was killed, And by an innocent coquetry evoked The claw that tore her breast away. Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z Nothing but "Thank God that for once there is one better than she seemed, who, under the appearance of being our plaything, plays with us, and makes her coquetry the veil of virtue!" Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z Although Owen admired her beauty and elegance extremely, there was no alloy of coquetry in the preference she showed for his company. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z The question was asked with an air of naïveté that might have been mistaken for coquetry. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z Her words and acts had been all pretence—the very essence of coquetry. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z Is the sense of coquetry innate and irresistible in some of us? By Wit of Woman 2011-04-13T02:00:13.247Z He could see no trace of the tender shyness he longed for, not even a hint of coquetry, which might have warranted some advance. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Most of the girls were precocious in the direction of marriage, and brought all their little allurements to bear with the same object in view which directs the coquetry of a city belle. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z Her discourse turns upon the subsidiary aids to beauty and the arts of coquetry. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z In the character of the sindico’s daughter there was nothing that could be called coquetry. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z There was a look of coquetry in her hazel eyes as they shot up their dark lustre under her long lashes, and then dropped as quickly to her feet. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z There is no graceful vivacity to plead for the writer; no coquetry of manner to distract the glance of the reader from the errors coldly set forth in black and white. The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms 2011-04-05T02:00:10.347Z If all the varied hues of captivation her changing humor wore were but the deep practised lures of coquetry? The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z When she was enceinte with Tekla she had hidden the fact up to the last moment from coquetry; but whom should she now put herself to inconvenience for? Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) 2011-04-01T02:00:37.710Z "Mr. M'Kinlay has a secret, I'm certain," said she, with a winning coquetry she was quite mistress of. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z The Fuegians are capable of great love which accounts for the jealousy of the men over their wives and the coquetry sometimes manifested by the women and girls. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Without the least intention in the world, Alice was beginning a very pretty game of coquetry with her sweetheart—alas! her quondam sweetheart. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z I have told you the simple truth, not with any undervaluing sense of the affection you proffer, still less with any coquetry of reserve. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z Was she indeed a past mistress in all the arts of coquetry, or was there not some message for him in that lowered tone and softened glance? Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z Male coquetry justifies female retaliation to any imaginable extent. Leonora 2011-03-22T02:00:21.627Z Both had assiduously courted her smiles—somewhat capricious they were, for Viola was not without coquetry—but she had at length exhibited a marked preference for the black. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z For some reason, her words, so simply said, and without the slightest tinge of coquetry, seemed to disconcert him. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z "Her manner is all coquetry," said he, angrily, to himself, as he walked towards his room. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z He was greatly astonished every where at the coquetries of these ladies and maids of honor, in which they indulged with German good faith. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z I may indulge in a little harmless coquetry without danger to her peace, and without scruple enjoy the dear possession of power. Leonora 2011-03-22T02:00:21.627Z At last it occurred to her to have a photograph taken for him of Baby, who with her childish coquetries had gradually become dearer and dearer to her father's heart. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z She is drawing her hands with slow decision, not with any petulance or coquetry, but as one irrevocably resolved, out of his. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z All tears and doldrums one day; high jinks and coquetry the next. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z At first she had taken it for a passing fancy, and had treated him with laughing coquetry, fanning his love later on into the white flame of passion with that groundless jealousy of Eustace. Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas 2011-03-10T03:00:48.177Z To the usual society man Erika was duller and more uninteresting than the rawest pink-and-white village girl whose natural coquetry taught her how to flatter his vanity and emphasize his superiority. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z He had no time to tell himself that Linda's happy coquetries proved a very flippant conception of the serious situation--he himself had forgotten the gravity of the situation. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z Since'—with a look of casual careless coquetry at Talbot—'you have introduced my family, perhaps you will be good enough to remove them.' Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z Her face was sparkling with coquetry, but it flushed under the intensity of his gaze. A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z She was past parleys and preliminaries, past coquetry and artifice. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z Como was beautiful; but there was—so to say—a kind of trim coquetry in its beauty that did not please me. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z She, however, avoided him, not with that pretty maidenly reserve behind which the coquetry of the future woman usually lurks, but with the shy despondency of a sick owl dreading the light. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z If it were a scheme of the most deep-laid coquetry, instead of the result of a lifetime's habit of self-sacrifice, she could not have hit upon a better method of inflaming his passion. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z The women were refined and elegant, many of them with beauty or its approximate; three or four were Spanish, black-eyed, magnetic with coquetry and grace. A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z Yet the moment he tried to draw nearer to her inner thoughts, he found her a skilful little fencer, an adept in all the arts of the most delicate and subtle coquetry. Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California 2011-03-03T03:00:52.327Z No pink-and-white coquetry could usurp her right to suffer with him and for him, at all events. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z Linda coquetted with him, but her coquetry was vague and cold, and was neither challenging nor encouraging. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z Her coquetry with Granville had been so notorious, that this marriage caused a great sensation at the time and no little scandal. The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z I say this without coquetry: I care more for your good opinion than for that of any of the others—I am so tired of them!” A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z He had expected charm, glow, responsiveness, coquetry,—all the various traits that attend on beauty and youth. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z That coquetry has well calculated her procedure, does not admit of a doubt. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z And if I, mistaking your coquetries--yes, that is the word; blush now and be a little ashamed--if I, mistaking your coquetries, have permitted myself to petition for your hand? Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z "Don't be unkind to me," says Mona, with just a touch of innocent and bewitching coquetry. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z Euphrasia looked upon her sisters' loving coquetry with proud indifference; she knew that the key of the cash box lay in her hands. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z How far her coquetry proceeded we do not know. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z This means will serve, more than can easily be imagined, to preserve the adolescent both from the grosser attractions of libertinism and the disease it entails, and from the more dangerous snares of coquetry. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Nevertheless, Italy is Italy, and has her own charm, her own individuality, her own coquetry. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z She is looking up at him, with love and content and an adorable touch of coquetry in her pretty face. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z Miss Daveney was of a charming height, had fine hair, a gentle voice and winning manner, with a little dash of coquetry, which in girlhood, as the result of innocence, is so bewitching. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z You speak with your accustomed acuteness, Haire; but coquetry is the exercise of many gifts, beauty is the display of one. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z The purpose and the zest of artful decency are well illustrated by coquetry. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Against her probable future in this rough camp, how small the present looked, how little were her coquetries, her innocent wiles! The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z She looks at him as she says this, fearlessly, honestly, and without a suspicion of coquetry. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z She was acting from caprice, coquetry, perhaps even--the suitor smiled--fear of his irresistible ascendancy. Under a Charm, Vol. I (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:34.700Z She was no white-frocked, pink and white miss, with coquetry in every step she took over the cobble stones of the village street. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z You made her yours, soul and body; she became only your creature, caring less and less for concealment as her infatuation grew from coquetry to imprudence, from recklessness to effrontery.... The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z In the old days she had amused him with her bright laughter, her gay speech, her mocking superiorities, her little coquetries of manner or mannerism. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z "I will—when I find it," returns she, with an irrepressible glance, full of native but innocent coquetry, from her beautiful eyes. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z Is her laughter genuine? is it coquetry? or simply amusement? Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Or might it have been only a chapter of coquetry—myself the object aimed at? The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z But her chance meeting with the clever young man aroused all her disused capabilities; aroused also her womanly coquetry, and stimulated her into exhibiting a really fascinating nature. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z She had long since got beyond mere coquetry. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z I had fancied she was above coquetry, but she is not. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z Almost at the very end of it Miss Chesney finds herself face to face with her guardian, and, impelled by mischief and coquetry, stops short to confront him. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Long weary marches; sieges protracted; battles, and wounds therein received; even the coquetry of other eyes—wicked as hers—had not chased her image from my heart, or my memory. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z Whatever pains I might take with my scrutiny I could discover no trace of coquetry, no evidence of a part designedly played. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z "What will you charge me?" she asked, with grotesque coquetry. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z There was no startling beauty in her face or anything wonderful in her eyes, and certainly nothing of challenge, of coquetry,—nothing but the sublime unself-consciousness of a child. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z "And how do you know that either?" asks she, with new-born coquetry that sits very sweetly upon her. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z With the slightest sense of her own value and an adroit touch of coquetry now and then, she could simply twist Mr. Bulkley about her little finger. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z By what subtle and skilful instinct of coquetry Miss Tinsel was enabled to convey this impression cannot here be explained. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z No faintest dash of coquetry betrayed the yearning of the soul or gave grace to walk or gesture: her dress was merely a tidy covering. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z The girl’s answer proved her possession of great kindness and an amazing lack of coquetry. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z "Yes; she is extremely pretty, and extremely coy,—cold I ought to say, as there didn't seem to be even the smallest spice of coquetry about her." Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z “Always?” she said, with a touch of unexpected coquetry. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z Assja would not have left me if there had been a trace of coquetry in her, and if her position had not been a false one. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z She frisked through Rosalind's coquetries like a gamesome calf, and kept Lady Macbeth's vigils with groans and sighs and shuddering horrors. Concerning Belinda 2011-01-21T03:00:12.087Z Hubert saw that speech would be impossible to him to-day, and he beat a retreat, vexed at the girl's coquetry, but still with unshaken confidence in himself and in the final success of his suit. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z Lucy and Sheriff Tillinghurst were laughing and talking together in a running game of playful coquetry on her part and admiring badinage on his. The Delafield Affair 2011-01-19T03:00:21.497Z There was no shade of coquetry in her glance. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z The term, to Alex, symbolized she knew not what of offensive coquetry, and of general "bad form." Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z There can be no question that The Youngest Miss Piper was not quite normal in this respect, although, for purposes of coquetry and sarcasm no doubt, she magnified the defect. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z It was obstinacy, coquetry, and perhaps--so the suitor thought with a smile--fear of those fascinations and advantages which rendered him irresistible. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z Her heritage had dowered her well with the instinctive coquetry, the supple, unconscious grace, the feminine, artless art that are the birthright of the women of Spanish blood. The Delafield Affair 2011-01-19T03:00:21.497Z Mary Warren alone, was in regular toilette; but the others, with instinctive coquetry, had contrived to wrap themselves up, in a way to render them handsomer than ever. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z Sometimes, indeed, the women would exercise a little coquetry, but they went no farther. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z There was no hint of coquetry in either her tone or the direct gaze of her violet eyes. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z And still the Road cried "Follow me!" though it never turned its head again in doubt or coquetry. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z There are few cathedrals in the world which, as one approaches, reveal themselves more charmingly than does Lichfield; here one feels an almost studied coquetry, disclosing new beauties at each stage of our advance. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z Sundry little passages of country coquetry occurred during these movements, and the young lady manifested a reluctance to depart, even when all was ready, though she was in so great a hurry. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z They are coquettish; and coquetry is sensuality with style, tamed accordingly, but not conquered. Paul Verlaine 2010-12-28T03:00:19.670Z He bent his head to kiss her fragrant slender wrist—then changed his mind as he caught a glance from the dark eyes full of coquetry. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z And very frankly, with no vein of coquetry, she told him: “I was afraid of you.” God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life 2010-12-21T22:55:55.287Z Even among the heroines of the platform, I have always noticed a little touch of coquetry, which proves to me that man is not in imminent danger of being suppressed in America. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z I prefer truth to coquetry, and shall not attempt to deny what it would almost be treason against nature to suppose. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z From whence comes the bitter hatred between the powers civil and military, if it does not proceed from the coquetries of the fair sex? Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches 2010-12-20T17:11:48.837Z She was standing against the door and gazing at me with an undefinable smile, which contained a gleam of mockery, but nothing provocative and not a shade of coquetry. The Three Eyes 2010-12-20T17:11:46.430Z Love in such garb as theirs was too sacred a thing for sport or coquetry, though she could smile as she looked up at him. A Blot on the Scutcheon Mr. James Lewis, whose grotesque face is a veritable fortune, is the best high-class comic actor on the American stage; Miss Ada Rehan's coquetry is irresistible. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z Her head was adorned by a torn straw hat, also contrived and created for the coquetry of maturity. The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode Like the occupants of the tall booths in the flower market of Marseilles, coquetry is a most available part of their stock in trade. The Story of Malta There was no coquetry, no affectation about her; the light deepened on her noble face, her lips quivered, and then she told him: "Yes, whenever you wish." Love Works Wonders A Novel She smiled with a flash of coquetry to give meaning to her words. A Blot on the Scutcheon This did not make her the less charming, however—this pretty girl without any trace of coquetry, who knew how to win hearts to her. The Reclaimers The coquetry of her bow of snowy tulle, the debonnaire costume of brown and green, her gray hat with its feathers, were pathetic to him—her attire contrasted sadly with her pale face. The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode I asked myself for the third time, as the old woman broke off a white spray of elder, and placed it, correctly and not without coquetry, in the fichu. A Sister's Love A Novel There was more of childish mischief than of coquetry in her face. The Unknown Sea "You will be my friend?" she asked simply; but her eyes, under veiled lashes, flashed with coquetry. A Blot on the Scutcheon "How can you ask me, when, five days ago, you bid me never come near you with my cursed coquetries again?" asked Geraldine, trying, and vainly, to get the bridle out of his grasp. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories Babbie’s kind-heartedness, her gaiety, her coquetry, her moments of sadness, had been a witch’s fingers, and Gavin was still trembling under their touch. The Little Minister "They are much too good for me," she whispered, still smiling, still glancing at him in half-ashamed coquetry. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers Of coquetry she gave back not a sign. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches What use that the brimming laughter of fun and coquetry rose to her lips when there was no lover to be enthralled? A Blot on the Scutcheon Very simple and unsophisticated under any other circumstances, this coquetry became guilt when displayed in reference to the produce of a robbery of which Fran�ois and Amandine were not ignorant. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 The realization of the seriousness of human disasters had somehow left them simple and devoid of artifices or coquetry before each other. Making Money They told me about the moods and whims of their lady, who was made up of ice and fire; of childish innocence and the most refined coquetry; of sentiment and wild audacity. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II Leeza was tired of her own coquetries, lonely, and poor; she wrote her foolish little apologizing, confessing letter with tears in her blue eyes—those blue eyes that sober, reticent Mark Deal could not forget. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches The life of most of the women without property consists of “endless routine and domestic tyranny”; the life of the property-owning women is one of frivolous coquetry and indolence. The Modern Woman's Rights Movement A Historical Survey Do you see now that I'm nothing out of my fine clothes, that it's from no coquetry that I prefer to wear velvet rather than calico? The Children of the World But nearly always the idea was quenched out by some act of such utter innocency as could not be mistaken for coquetry. The Way of the Gods Upon second thoughts," said Marguerite, with admirable coquetry, "I have thought it all over and I see no cause for alarm. Marguerite de Valois I too have a mission, I would have you know," said Concha, a dangerous coquetry showing through her grave demeanour, "a secret mission from the Mother Superior of the Convent of the Holy Innocents. The Firebrand Even this effect was not the result of coquetry; it was a holy and loving sentiment materialized. A Rose of a Hundred Leaves A Love Story She eagerly pushed toward him the dish, for which he seemed to have no special desire, and with the most charmingly officious coquetry she put the spoon into his hand. The Children of the World He felt his soul kindle at the sight of the lovely being whose delicate and bewitching coquetry the inexperienced youth failed to detect, but the influence of which he was surely undergoing. The Progressionists, and Angela. Now that they were returning to the field of coquetry, the cloud began to lift from the baroness's brow. Marguerite de Valois She saw that, when the time of coquetry and its fascinations has passed, still, with faculties like hers, there was yet a great game to be played. The Fortunes Of Glencore "I suppose you are," said the youth, falling a victim to the girl's coquetry as readily as water runs down hill. Dorothy Dale at Glenwood School Perhaps no young girl ever lived more free from the least idea of coquetry or conquest. The Death-Blow to Spiritualism Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters She was too unversed in the ways of coquetry to see or resent the point of the remark. The Gambler A Novel "Let me see it," said Cashel, taking a highly-perfumed epistle, whose tinted paper, seal, and superscription were all in the perfection of epistolary coquetry. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) When they entered the little parlor Elsie rose and passed straight to Curtis without coquetry or concealment. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop The supreme coquetry of a woman is to know how to reign, even when her husband governs. Rambles in Womanland "Sweet heart, I bid you be healed," says Georgie, laying her small hand, with a pretty touch of tenderest coquetry, upon his breast. Faith and Unfaith Clodagh raised her eyes; and this time her glance was free from coquetry. The Gambler A Novel "Is it you who would counsel me to such a piece of coquetry as that?" said she. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life Her husband had often told her of Walpurga's peculiarities, and Madame Gunther had concluded that they were full of coquetry, and that she was trying to make a show of her simplicity. On the Heights A Novel All the time, though, he would have been ready to resume the old footing at the smallest encouragement, the lightest touch of coquetry or allurement. The Great Miss Driver They try to please each other, and an American woman will use as much coquetry to win a woman as a French woman will use to win a man. Her Royal Highness Woman She laughed again; and unconsciously a note of relief underran her laugh—a relief that, by a natural sequence of emotion, brought a fresh reaction to the coquetry of an hour ago. The Gambler A Novel Jacqueline received him with a fitful coquetry that evidently puzzled him, for all the distinguishing charm which it added to a beauty apt to be too reserved and statue-like. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life She was beautiful, anxious to please every one, and yet without a trace of coquetry. On the Heights A Novel He plied Margaret with the product, much to her apparent liking; she was at her prettiest in her timid fencing with his compliments, her shy enjoyment, her consciously daring little excursions into coquetry. The Great Miss Driver Belinda still kept up an intermittent coquetry with Amaldi, though he did not meet her with the complaisance of those first days. Shadows of Flames A Novel He admits that she bewitched him by her fantastic and wayward coquetries—as of an elf, a sprite, an enchanted butterfly—which contrasted curiously with her demure and serious demeanour in public. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second He had never watched from so near the sweet, semi-conscious coquetry of a pretty maid. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion This was naturally censured as coquetry, and as an attempt to draw the glances of all upon her. On the Heights A Novel There was about the girl an aroma that was incompatible with coquetry. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel These and such-like arguments were showered upon me, and not a little aided by many little coquetries of look and gesture. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience They meanwhile abandoned their vapoury brains to fashions, frivolous inventions, rivalries in games, amusements, loves, coquetries, and all sorts of nonsense which their own caprices and their counsellors, the upstart sages, could suggest. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Deep in the woman's heart stirred an instinct of primal coquetry, an impulse to wield her charm upon him, to make the woman prevail over the man, beating all reason down, blindly, madly. Ewing\\'s Lady In truth it might have seemed the subtlest coquetry to clothe such beauty in the coarsest garb. Where the Pavement Ends A frank, natural, gay good humor was in all her ways, a gentle desire to please, which was but the innocent coquetry of a young girl's heart. The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington It was a pure impulse of coquetry which made her take the rose from her belt as she seated herself in the discarded corner of the sofa. A Question of Marriage She was in curious spirits; sometimes rippling over with fun and a sort of naïve coquetry; at others, looking serious and thoughtful, and even, as I thought, a little askance at me. Tales of South Africa She sat at table with but half an ear for their old-time gossip, the bantering gallantries of the aged swains, and the outworn coquetries of the one-time beauty. Ewing\\'s Lady Such a regulation would not be popular nowadays; but coquetry seems to have been of more serious moment then. Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) Regret makes itself friendly and gracious; grief itself takes on a little coquetry. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 She had discarded her morning dress, and moved by some subtle impulse of coquetry had decked herself in a new creation, which was pleased to call itself a bridge gown. Lady Cassandra "The women are mostly pretty; they dress with a sort of quaint coquetry very attractive, and they have a kind of demure slyness about them, with a fascination all its own." One Of Them She was indeed a very handsome woman in the prime of life, dressed with a little too much ostentation and coquetry in a sleeveless, transparent white blouse and a skirt to match. The Last Generation A Story of the Future She died in 1615, in Paris, "in that blended piety and coquetry which formed the basis of a character unable to give up gallantries and love." Women of Modern France (Illustrated) Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 7 (of 10) All the winning softness of her manner, all those engaging coquetries of look and gesture, of which none was more mistress, were gone, and another and a very different nature had replaced them. That Boy Of Norcott's She moved as a man moves, without coquetry. Black Amazon of Mars To what end all your little coquetries and graces, and so forth?' One Of Them To test her lover's fidelity, the maiden, with coy coquetry, affects to think that he might alter his mind and deceive her if she trusted him too implicitly. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series Charles, who readily saw through Mary's coquetry, no longer hesitated to prefer the suit of Philip. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 She had been brought up in France, and imbibed that peculiar quiet coquetry which, in its quaint demureness, suggests just enough doubt of its sincerity to be provocative. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly Thus these men considered it rather a piece of coquetry that the girls should run away from them, and were apparently more amused than angry at it. Adventures of Hans Sterk The South African Hunter and Pioneer "With her guardian's consent, of course," said she, with a demure coquetry of look and manner. One Of Them A fine figure, a sweet, womanly voice, an arch look, a winning smile, a pretty coquetry of glance,—will he find these? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 "Do you mean to wait till next summer?" she asked, glancing at me shyly through her lashes, though with a hint of coquetry too in the spirit of her look. A Marriage at Sea "And there is coquetry, too; but of that character the French call minauderie, the weapon of a very small enchantress, I assure you." The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly Through meditations patient and prolonged Calypso had succeeded in adding coquetry to love. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern He recognized the reason for this in her absolute lack of coquetry toward him, but analyze the phenomenon, as yet, he could not. The Mountain Girl The women feel my arms, try on my bracelet and rings, and ask me to take off my hat that they may see my hair, which, alas! is devoid of all waywardness and coquetry. Seeds of Pine All is unstudied in Marie Antoinette; Madame Roland, on the contrary, is an artist in coquetry. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty "It was very pretty coquetry, all of it," said he, smiling. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly She lavished upon Nero all the powers of her coquetry; she intimated that she was smitten with regard for him; she allowed him to flatter himself that he had won her. Roman Women I know not her secret; if I did, I should assuredly tell it, for I suspect none of her coquetries were without their significance. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day "Faix it's little I care to hear about it," said Mary, with an affectation of indifference, the most finished coquetry could not have surpassed. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago She did not rest until she had succeeded in arousing Antonina's coquetry by her hellish example. A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) "True; but it's very good coquetry," drawled out Temple. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly For this reason, whenever I see a superannuated beauty still unmarried, I tacitly accuse her either of pride, avarice, coquetry, or affectation. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time There was in the easy coquetry of this speech what at once relieved the awkwardness of a very ticklish moment, and Beecher rewarded her address with a smile of gratitude. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day And the tender hands patted the grave face, as she seated herself with a childish coquetry upon the elbow of his chair. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 But no sooner had she got there and found herself alone with Peregrine, than she employed all the arts of the most refined coquetry to allure him into her snares. Specimens of German Romance; Vol. II. Master Flea Selected and Translated from Various Authors You would never have dared to call any little devices, by which I sought to amuse or interest you, coquetry, so long as they were only employed on your own behalf. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly Yet with all their coquetry they still did their best to shield their former friends from danger, and so cunningly, too, as to be difficult of detection. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia "I surely can't go to sleep talking," was her rejoinder, with the first touch of coquetry she had indulged in at Overlook. Eleven Possible Cases The whole complex network of emotions which he had predicated in her, modesty, fear, panic, and coquetry, had not even entered her head. Command "But what do you mean by coquetry, Nina?" asked she, after a pause. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life I was simply thinking that this discovery—I mean of my coquetry—was n't yours at all. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly All the little cajoleries and coquetries, all the little seductions and temptations of trade, are given up. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Never did I think so meanly of a fandango as at that moment; never was I in a mood less lenient to female coquetry! Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas The very efforts which Josephine was making to attract the most influential men in Paris to her saloon were represented to him as indications of levity of character, and of a spirit of unpardonable coquetry. Josephine Makers of History Poor Martha blushed crimson at the tone rather, even than the words of the speech; for, when nothing else offered, it was the practice of Mrs. Ricketts to insinuate coquetry as among her sister's defects. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life "I think men generally accuse her of coquetry." The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly "You tripped up the stairs like a gazelle, padre," said the girl, as she arranged her hair before the glass, and disposed the folds of her veil with all the tact of coquetry. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life In coquetry as in other matters, the old saying about the natural and the acquired taste holds good. Leonore Stubbs With nothing tangible, there was still, in a subtle way, much which was sheer coquetry of eye and lip. The Portal of Dreams She must also communicate beforehand with her mother-in-law, as that lady might possibly regard her daughter-in-law's endeavor to beautify her face as a species of coquetry. Pretty Michal All the coquetry she bestows upon me is to set my ponies off in full gallop whenever she overtakes me driving. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly This, he thought, would alarm her, for his vanity was such that he attributed her behaviour wholly to coquetry. The Lamplighter One could scarcely believe it the same face that, a few minutes before, had been animated by audacious mischief and coquetry. The Red Symbol Aquilius.—Well, then, it possibly means, that she passes off the pain of the bite with a little coquetry and action, as we move about a limb pretty briskly when it tingles. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 They gave a sort of daring unconscious eighteenth-century coquetry to what was otherwise a somewhat severe style of beauty. Ancestors A Novel Her eyes are lovely; so babyish, yet so full of latent coquetry. Portia or By Passions Rocked Molly would have wrung her hands with an artist’s anguish, this was the place for coquetry! The House of Fulfilment The innate coquetry of her glance, the frequent changes of color, the sudden frowns and smiles made any real masculine disguise impossible. Francezka All coquetry disappeared from the girl as she saw the dramatic effect her words had produced. A Prince of Good Fellows He was accused of a somewhat excessive prettiness, a sort of dandyism and coquetry in form, and of a certain want of profundity in matter. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) And Aim-sa was smiling up into his face with all the arch coquetry of her sex, with that simple, trusting look which, however guileful, must ever appeal to the strong man. In the Brooding Wild There was an overruling coquetry in the decorative effects, in the minute little arrangements for his comfort. The Return of the Prodigal There is a good deal of this coquetry with indigence in the volume. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 Nor was Captain Reid alone in these coquetries; for, another schooner chancing to arrive during my stay in Apemama, I found that she also was dandified for the occasion. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) Even about the editorship of the great periodicals a sort of coquetry of veiling was preserved, and editors' names, though in most cases perfectly well known, seldom or never appeared. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) Sally is Sally yet—as full of sly dashes of coquetry as a tulip is of streaks. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine Even predestined queens are not averse to stately coquetry. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch A woman like that should not be permitted to entrap a mere boy into a marriage he will regret all his life afterwards, by means of abominable coquetries and painted cheeks and eyes. Rossmoyne I am surprised," she said, "for I thought Madame Vanira so far above all coquetry. A Mad Love In our Europe, where women, exposed to the gaze of crowds, so quickly learn the art of coquetry, the imagination would not be able to form such a type of loveliness. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century There was just a spice of coquetry in her manner as she stooped nearer. Cynthia's Chauffeur She handed him the lemons with a little gesture expressing amusement, triumph, and a dash of coquetry. The Girl in the Mirror "Well, he was nice to me," she says, with a studied hesitation that belongs to the first bit of coquetry she has ever practised in her life. Rossmoyne He began to perceive that there was no coquetry in this beautiful girl. A Mad Love The mystery of her undeveloped nature, her childish outlook on life, her ingenuousness and coquetry, were all somewhat unusual and appealing. Banked Fires "I am afraid you will get no other," said Elizabeth, with a ring of sincerity in her voice that left no room for coquetry. Under False Pretences A Novel She sat on a white chair in front of a wall covered with books, a brilliant, tragic, yet smiling figure of a beautiful woman, charming in the kindly coquetry of the moment. Aliens Miss Beresford draws herself a little—a very little—away from him, and, raising her head, bestows upon him a glance that is a charming combination of mischief and coquetry. Rossmoyne She looked as far above coquetry as she was above affectation. A Mad Love If it had been a piece of refined coquetry,—as certainly it was not,—it could not have been better planned. Household Papers and Stories At such a crisis she is shrewd enough not to resort to vulgar coquetries, feeling that they are no longer in season. The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare Her manners had the well-bred reserve of an Englishwoman, and something of the coquetry of the French from whom she was descended. Home Life of Great Authors There was something both of cordiality and coquetry in her manner. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories Ethel called on her, and won her heart at once by a peculiarly caressing winsomeness that reminded one of some tropical bird—all dainty coquetries and shy, sweet playfulness. Brooke's Daughter A Novel Added to this were some extra touches of refinement, which I should call table coquetry. Household Papers and Stories Hannah Gropphusen indemnified herself in her own way by coquetry and flirtations, and she was soon gossipped about as much as her husband. Jena or Sedan? He confesses that “he cannot discover any positive charge of adultery against Anne of Denmark, but merely of coquetry.” Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Having no rivals in Lancia, her carelessness of her personal appearance daily increased, and she completely lost the subtle coquetry by which women perpetuate the charm of their person. The Grandee She was soppy, talking about all these things as if they were new marvels, when they were as old as the hills and as old as the crude coquetries of boys and girls. Coquette They have all the coquetry which is typical of the women of the tropics, and no one who visits Porto Rico can fail to be impressed with their beauty, delicacy and grace. Porto Rico Its History, Products and Possibilities... It was done quite simply and naturally, without any touch of coquetry. Jena or Sedan? There was no coquetry or false gentleness about her. The Wilderness Trail “Se�orita,” said he, shyly abashed by some shadow 153 of coquetry in her manner, “whatever comes to me—you—I mean,” he concluded, deeply flushing, “that I have no doubt the tobacco is delightful.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) The greatest difficulty which Education has to encounter here is the coquetry, the miserable eminence and self-satisfaction which have undermined the man and made him incapable of all simple and natural enjoyment. Pedagogics as a System When the natives are both pretty and good riders they display considerable coquetry in the saddle. Porto Rico Its History, Products and Possibilities... She was dressed with something of her mother’s coquetry and love of positive colour. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI A WIDOW is a fascinating being with the flavor of maturity, the spice of experience, the piquancy of novelty, the tang of practiced coquetry, and the halo of one man's approval. A Guide to Men Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl But he carried it off with a dash, assuming various kittenish airs and coquetries, even waving saucily at two cowboys who passed them and turned to stare in bewilderment at his bizarre costume. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John For she related her antics–her grand pouts, her elaborate condescensions, her crass coquetry and her hidings and seekings–into what she called a “case.” In the Heart of a Fool The gray eyes had never sparkled on him in coquetry as they sometimes did on other men, and now they were grave and sweet. The Missourian "Ah, but," said Mrs. ——, "look at the inimitable coquetry of her whole air and posture: how completely she seems to know, as she looks at the man, that he can't resist her!" Records of Later Life It was the particular gesture with which the coquettish Carmen was wont to dismiss her lovers; but as she strode down the hill Drusilla herself was heart-broken, for her coquetry had come to naught. Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp She held it against her swathed throat with a little unconscious play of coquetry, a sad smile on her lips. The Bondboy George Brotherton looked at the painted face, saw the bald attempt at coquetry in her dress, and as she lifted her glazed, dead eyes, he knew her story instantly. In the Heart of a Fool They are hardly to be included in what is called high art, having more affinity with grace, refinement and coquetry, than with æsthetic culture or noble thought. Needlework As Art Sylvie piqued him a trifle by her utter unconcern—or was it the fine instinct of coquetry inherent in feminine nature? Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart And from time to time I saw, or thought I saw, through the gloom of her countenance a gleam of coquetry. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen She was neither so dull, nor so unpractised in the arts of coquetry, to make such a supposition improbable. The Bondboy She saw the brazen creature tap Davidge’s elbow and smile, putting out her hand with coquetry. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards I was a girl, inexperienced, innocent of coquetry, and yet I possessed all the instincts of a woman. Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West This lover was too obtuse to be stung by the fine arts of coquetry that lengthened practice had brought to perfection. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart His disdain for the small arts of coquetry being as sincere as his scorn of snobbery, he counted it to her credit that she eluded him at all. The Side Of The Angels A Novel Had she shown that too plainly?—Had she not shown him plainly enough?—Sometimes she reproached herself bitterly for her little instinctive coquetries with him. Kildares of Storm But when his lips hunted hers she hid them in her fur collar; and he, imputing it to coquetry, humored her, finding her delicate timidity enhancing and inspiring. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards There seems to be a kind of coquetry in this. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 In this ceremony coquetry displays greater affectations: for the bride takes a half-hour to give her answer, and, after it is given she wastes another long half-hour to reach the lattice of the chapel. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Her big doll eyes rolled a double circuit of coquetry and slanted off with a suggestive glance at the massive doorway of the Hawker-Sponge mansion, one of the most aristocratically mortgaged dwellings in America. Officer 666 The piercing look of the padre was the only one she faltered under, and that of Gonzalvo she met in elusive coquetry. The Flute of the Gods And somehow there was more coquetry in her careful carelessness than in all the exaggerated womanishness of the shanty belles. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards She was as far as any woman can be from coquetry, but she could not see any manner of man without trying to please him. The Quality of Mercy He noted that the little breakfast-table was arranged with neat coquetry and set off with a bunch of red roses that filled the air with their exquisite fragrance. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life All the coquetry in Miss Hawker-Sponge’s eyes went into stony eclipse. Officer 666 Although he put in most of the day at the studio, painting, he saw very little of Betty and thought she was avoiding him out of girlish coquetry, but she was only very busy. The Eye of Dread To-day coquetry serves not only as a prelude to marriage, but very often serves as a substitute for it; an escape from the payment of the sacrifices which fulfilled love claims. The Truth About Woman However, it is usually coquetry in all its degrees which furnishes woman with the basis for her advances. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study While talking to him she passed her hand through his hair with a cajoling coquetry which put the unhappy Croustillac beside himself. A Romance of the West Indies Her perfect Greek face flashed up and vanished as in coquetry, her smile flickered. Dreamers of the Ghetto In costume, any elegance, any elaboration, any coquetry, was eschewed by them as akin to wantonness. A Great Man A Frolic We shall, indeed, find the suggestion of all the sexual sins of humanity, every form of coquetry, of love-battles, jealousy and the like. The Truth About Woman Jealousy, coquetry, instinctive maternal love, fidelity and conjugal love, which are more or less developed in primitive man, are also present in monkeys and birds. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study |
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