| 单词 | coquette |
| 例句 | The woman transformed into a smiling, solicitous coquette. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Madame coquetted with him in the most captivating and naive manner, with eyes, gestures, and a profusion of compliments, till the Colonel’s old head felt thirty years younger on his padded shoulders. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z She coquetted and played her owners against one another. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The movie threatens to become a sketch about a coquette and a boor squabbling at each other to little effect. 'Certified Copy': We're not on 'Cairo Time' in this romance 2011-04-07T19:24:07Z LA, CA: My reaction to playing the coquette involves a middle something else. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: If you play the coquette, everyone loses 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z A highlight for both baritones is “Tom der Reimer,” the sunny tale of a minstrel’s encounter with a coquette who is not, as he first supposes, the queen of heaven. Celebrating an 18th-Century Composer, Carl Loewe 2012-02-24T21:05:38Z She placed a hand on each cheek, tilted her head like a stage coquette and pouted moodily. Paul Theroux’s Mexican Journey 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Hunching her back while coughing excessively, Ms. Chumvan Sodhachivy is suddenly elderly; a sweeter voice, yet somehow insincere, transforms her into a coquette. Dance Review: At the Baryshnikov, Cambodian Dreams, Far From Home 2010-06-25T22:29:00Z The powerful, complex female lead was a rarity in traditional music theatre, where operatic tropes were easily assimilated, such as the virginal naif, the coquette, the old shrew. Here’s to the ladies who lunch: One of Sondheim’s greatest achievements was writing complex women 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z “I have the image of a young woman warrior,” she said, “who was a coquette on the side.” | The Koan of Joan 2012-01-06T22:30:09Z Showcases for their male stars, these films allowed Parker to be the decorative helpmate or coquette, little more. Eleanor Parker: More Than Just the Sound of Music Baroness 2013-12-11T03:11:54Z All this time, Hud is lying on her bed, fondling a long-stemmed rose; he's the coquette and she's the one too wary and weary to get involved. Patricia Neal (1926-2010): A Life of Tragedy and Triumph 2010-08-11T08:40:00Z Too much make-up and wigs and I was playing, like, this coquette. 'Maybe I'll end up living in Norway, making cakes' 2010-04-02T12:17:00Z With a voice by turns brightly crystalline and arrestingly powerful, she persuasively inhabits the role of this chameleon coquette. Review: In ‘Manon,’ a Soprano Charms Her Way to the Top 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z A girlish romantic in a lacy, low-cut top, she is a middle-aged remnant of the coquette she once was. Review: In Beckett’s ‘Happy Days,’ a Woman Buried Deep by Inertia 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Beckinsale is in the titular role playing a predatory character who has been described as “not so much a coquette as a cougar”. Sundance 2016: which films are set to reverse festival's box office flameout? 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Over all, this was a coquette collection that wore its bourgeois badge with pride. Fashion Review: Leonard and Alexis Mabille Embellish Their Designs 2012-03-06T19:30:36Z This early Parisienne was an accessible figure, a scrappy coquette who loved as hard as she worked. The French Authors Puncturing the Myth of “French Women Don’t Get Fat” 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Corrin immediately achieves a balance between the coquette and energetic idealist we picture Diana to be, and her performance invites the viewer into the Princess's interiority almost immediately. "The Crown" returns with Princess Di & Margaret Thatcher testing the Queen's humanity 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z The ballet offers no chance to develop empathy for or understanding of Amélie, played as a powerfully seductive coquette by Ms. Osipova. Review: Premiere of Wheeldon’s ‘Strapless’ at the Royal Ballet 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Instead he got a powdered coquette and a petulant dog. Liev Schreiber, the Reluctant Rake 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z McCarthy observes that he is “a transvestite’s and fetishist’s dream of alluring ambiguity … a provocative coquette of a boy.” Returning to Florence With ‘the World’s Most Opinionated Guide’ 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z As that awesome wordsmith Plutarch pointed out — “It was by this device of Cleopatra’s that Caesar was first captivated, for she showed herself to be a bold coquette.” Dear, Cleopatra: How women from history would answer our relationship questions | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Joshua Barone said in The New York Times of her Manon that “with a voice by turns brightly crystalline and arrestingly powerful, she persuasively inhabits the role of this chameleon coquette.” After overseas triumphs, soprano returns to Met Opera 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z I review the daily prep list and assign tasks, whether it’s breading coquettes or roasting chicken bones for the stock. Nina Compton’s Work Diary: ‘You Cannot Show Any Sign of Fear’ 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z BirdLife International, a nonprofit conservation group, estimates that the coquette is likely declining by 10 to 20 percent a decade as forest habitat is replaced by coffee plantations and other crops, including opium poppies. Inside the Strange World of the Illicit Hummingbird Love Charm Trade 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z “In the loftier heights beyond, the verdure-clad mountains are seen rising into shapely cones and coquetting with the fleecy clouds,” he wrote. Is the Animas truly the ‘River of Lost Souls’? 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z Henry showed his first collection on Saturday night, and it was more queen mum than French coquette. Is this the future of fashion? In Paris, Junya Watanabe gives us a lot to chew on 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z It was very easy to play the coquette before, when no deeper feelings were engaged, when I cared for no one, when all were indifferent to me. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z Pretty and intelligent, she coquetted with every one, and with me in particular; then, after some encouragement, she jilted me for a Bavarian lieutenant with rosy cheeks. Annouchka A Tale 2012-04-13T02:00:19.120Z She was declared by some persons to be "a great coquette." Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z You do me a favor in taking it, as I shall be prevented from becoming a coquette. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z It does not impress me as being the face of a frivolous woman, a coquette, a court butterfly; but rather that of one who is always playing a part which sometimes wearies. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z It will do my pretty coquette no harm, and me none either. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z No. She was a coquette, and I pursued her till I had my turn. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z Never before in her life had she played the coquette, never; now in this moment of unrestrained feeling, her eyes, provocative as Lady Betty's, challenged the compliment. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z I guess she was a coquette who thought a naval ship captain legitimate prey. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z He was like the lady in "Le Diable Boiteux," who, while openly coquetting with the young lover, slily gives her hand behind her back to the old admirer. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z It might be natural to me, then; but I do not think I could play the coquette with the man I loved. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z Even her best friends were forced to admit that she was a bit of a coquette, however. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z Never tell me that it is not in women's nature to play the coquette after this. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z There is a manly passion in his playing that never condescends to coquette with the submissive strings; it wailed enough that night for anything, and yet never degenerated into imitation. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z Like Louis Napoleon himself, she was twice misjudged: first when people set her down as an empty-headed coquette, and next when they cried her up as a woman with a genius for government. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z It is not life-long sway; it needs to become a coquette, a shrew, or a good cook, to be sure of that. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z I tell thee in one month thou wilt make of this coquette the matron the most sober in the town, and of all its wives the one most docile, and submissive. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z She had been pretty, and had all the little vanities of a coquette; she wore bright, semi-fashionable clothes, and conspicuous hats. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z But Miss Wolfe, though far from a coquette, was gifted with presence of mind. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z She had been coy--needed persistent wooing--was, like all women, a born coquette. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Howard laughed at my constancy to a false mistress, and by degrees, led me to consider myself as a very ill-used man, and Miss Laurie as a heartless coquette. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z She coquetted, human-fashion, with the gold-and-black dog—at one moment affecting to scorn him, at another meeting his advances with a delighted friendliness. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z This fondest of hopes of all of us has been shattered in a manner to which history furnishes a parallel only in the behaviour of its most famous coquettes and courtesans. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z It was evident that Terence had coquetted with them merely to study their plans. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z The legendary Spanish lady is forever sitting at a barred window, or leaning from a balcony, coquetting with a fan and dropping arch responses to the "caramel phrases" of her guitar-tinkling cavalier. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z She spread out her fan in the highest good-humour and coquetted behind it. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z The coquette in her was dying hard—as it sometimes does in childless women. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z You must bribe them with cajoleries; you must play the coquette; you must enlist their vanity. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z There is no trace of the coquette about her. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z A coquette would have known how to defend herself. Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z The ostler watched her pick her way towards her master, coquetting with her head, and sidling round him in the most playful manner possible. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z Meanwhile Maitland was in no haste to renew my opportunities of coquetting. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z That Charnock might refuse to help her, because with tears in her eyes she had played the sedulous coquette, she had been prepared to acknowledge. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z He was exactly fitted to hew his way to the Presidency, and he would have done so infallibly if he had not made the mistake of coquetting with slavery. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z Sabaroff had as keen a scent for game as the huntsman's dog, and he could recognise a coquette a mile off. Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z The blooming rose conceals an asp, And bliss, coquetting, flies the grasp. A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z Otherwise his career had been much like other careers, denouncing, or coquetting and even pressing for office, equable in expectation, and vindictive if refused. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z "There's a coquette" was one phrase which on this particular evening recurred and recurred to his thoughts. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z Lola had taken possession of Raimundo, and kept him at her side in one corner of the sitting-room, where she laid herself out to conquer him by every art of the coquette. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Were her words genuine, or was she only a coquette? The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z His associate officers loitered through the listless days, coquetting with the pretty wife of the barber, smoking cigars in the shop, and listening to the petty gossip of the place. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z The coquette and the sentimental miss are easy game: there is never any doubt as to what they expect of a man; and man, being man, sees to it that they are not disappointed. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z She was a blonde, with tender blue eyes and a languishing smile, and an expert coquette, I assure you! Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z It may easily be supposed what his fate must inevitably be when a woman like Clementina—a beautiful and experienced coquette—had set her heart on conquest. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Madame Sordeville was still pretty and as great a coquette as ever; I saw that instantly. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z There is nothing of the coquette about Michaela, and her songs are all straightforward, simple airs that win by their very artlessness. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Steel was a good neighbor, but common report stigmatized his sister as a reckless coquette, and by the momentary contraction of Beatrice Haldane's forehead I feared that she had heard the gossip. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z We were still laughing, I am sure, when the old coquette was a long way from the house. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z Thus he passed successively into the hands of the Scots, the Parliament and the New Model, trying to reverse the verdict of arms by coquetting with each in turn. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The conjurer twists first one, then two, butterflies out of a bit of white paper, and, by means of a fan, causes them to fly and poise as if they were coquetting with July breezes. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z But this Carmen had an eye to color—she could hardly otherwise be a coquette—and in her hair at the nape of her neck was deftly tucked a large crimson flower. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z A man coquetting with too many countries is as bad as a bigamist, and loses his soul altogether. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z "And it's over already, because she played the coquette?" Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z "Is she a coquette?" he asked himself over and over again; "or is she charmingly fresh and simple?" A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:44.097Z More than the five o'clock tea affectation was to come of the new coquetting with English fashions. Our Philadelphia 2011-11-23T03:00:41.453Z Having said this much,—and he could have wreaked no more cruel vengeance on a coquette,—Albert left the house and hurried to his own home. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z But the economical, hygienic and domestic reasons were all against the journey; so a few days ago I ceased coquetting with the idea of it, and have finally given it up. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z How could I have forgotten her so long, and all for a coquette who certainly did not give a thought to me! Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z And Freyja that morning was very frisky; she minced along sideways on her golden shoes, coquetting with her own shadow, and making little playful snaps at her 110bridle. The Diamond Fairy Book 2011-11-14T03:00:18.297Z France is for her neighbour a coquette whimsical enough to deserve to be beaten and loved at the same time. The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century 2011-11-04T02:00:24.773Z She might have been coquette par instinct, if not par calent; she might have felt, with feminine tacte, that to preserve her influence over Petrarch, it was necessary to preserve his respect. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z But, different as they were in looks and perhaps in character, there was one trait in which they perfectly agreed, for they were remarkable coquettes! Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z Could it be possible that she was nothing more or less than a coquette who had been amusing herself at my expense? Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z On her first arrival he had been dazzled by her extraordinary beauty; but looking upon her as a cold-blooded coquette, he had endeavoured to steel his heart against her. 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 An', father,"—here she coquetted with him—"you and mother are not to 'nopolize him when he comes. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z See how admirably she already plays her part and what a success she will have in the r�le of la grande coquette!' Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z The women of duty look like coquettes, and the others look like alpenstocks! Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z Look at me, and remember my face; it is the face of a foe whose curses will follow the inconstant coquette to the grave. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z He became furiously angry, and the ingenious coquette soon brought about a quarrel. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z The art of the coquette was missing; the girl had a certain dignity, and there was no hint of sensuality in her beauty. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z Why not stop all this dalliance and coquetting? you know you are going to be my wife. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z Each company, as it comes forward, opens out like the fan of practised coquette, and a sheaf of skirmishers is launched to the front. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z Julia arranged her hair, passing her fingers through it and re-formed its ringlets; she examined herself, she smiled; Julia was a coquette; so to some extent is every woman, they say. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z Ah, I have seen such coquettes by the score--and it is an old story. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z He has not spoken for five minutes before he brands me—he is dealing with my childhood—as a consummate coquette, and a liar! My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z Under any circumstances a coquette; and, innocent or wise, to the manner born at any rate.... The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z Nellie was the belle on the occasion, and was coquetting promiscuously with the officers and the members of the company, evidently to the annoyance of that hitherto unrivalled Mr. Frost. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z "Monseigneur, Blanche is accustomed to retirement; she is not a coquette; your ornaments, your gifts will have no effect upon her." The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z 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 "You go around like a young cockerel and show the whites of your eyes; but that she is a coquette we all know, and you have said so more than a hundred times." The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z This sovereign coquette would not be seen in the midst of the paraphernalia of doctors, nor bereft of the adjuncts of dress. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Then Nellie, who had been coquetting with his hopes and fears, had once again plunged him into the depths. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z The property has frequently changed hands since that day, but its gardens and terraces, descending toward the river-bank, mark it as one of those coquette establishments, with which France was dotted in the eighteenth century. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z It is wonderful how you have coquetted with every reason which may excuse our marriage except the only one that justifies it.” The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z But see how nimbly the coquette eludes her pursuer: My dear Papa: Your bishop was a niggard and your beggar a queer enough fellow. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z The goldfinches swept by overhead with a gleam of colour from their wings, coquetting on their way to the apple-trees. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z The little coquette attracted his attention at his entr�e, and he immediately asked my husband her name, saying, when they parted, 'I shall be pleased to meet all those pretty ladies again to-night.' Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z With the German women it is a passion: they play the coquette as they do every thing else, with sentiment, with good faith, with enthusiasm. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z “You told me yourself in so many words that I was coquetting with myself.” The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z She was an intriguing coquette," said the Duke shaking his head, "and ensnared all men with her gold-gleaming owl's eyes and her auburn hair. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z As usual, the most distinguished ladies coquetted with him, and displayed all the magnificence and all the charms which the luxury of a great and brilliant court can bestow upon women. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z So she coquetted even with suffering and found pleasure in bearing it gracefully. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z But there was nothing of the coquette about her; she made no advances whatever. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z So he accused her of being a coquette, of licentious looks at theatre and church. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z I am in no hurry; and of course all this will be when you have had your reign as the most beautiful coquette in the East.” One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z They doubtless still coquetted with a certain sentimentality, but it seemed to me that with true sorrow true feeling had also vanished. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z Hers was the victory of true self-respect over the frivolous conceit of a jealous coquette. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z The live-oaks did very well as cavaliers bending gallantly to catch the tender nothings of the coquettes. Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z At seventeen she was introduced and initiated into all the mysteries of an ultra-fashionable life, and very speedily added to her other accomplishments all the arts of a finished and heartless coquette. Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters 2011-07-10T02:00:16.790Z “Idiot! idiot! weak coquette that I was!” she cried to herself. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z Will they be outweighed by the preservation of one's self-respect, and is not this, after all, a matter of opinion?--is it not a sort of coquetting with one's self? A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z Sansuta, it will be seen, was a coquette, though one through vanity, not vice. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z “Is my safety, then, of any interest to you?” she said, turning her eyes upon him, and laying a hand upon his arm with the look and action of a born coquette. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Against our better selves, against the demands of our hearts, it gives us over hopelessly into the power of every coquette who knows how to flatter this same vanity. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z You coquettes, as you English people call them, always do; and then, when all your angry, cruel things are said, you become tender, and gentle, and sweet. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z Dulcie Larondie is a coquette, at first ambitious, giddy, keen on enjoyment, anxious to shine; become a mother, she adores her child; then love takes possession of her; and then duty reasserts its claims. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z My dear lord, that she is the most arrant coquette, the most accomplished jilt, the most ready trafficker of her charms—— Lord G. Phrensy and profanation! The Heiress; a comedy, in five acts 2011-07-02T02:00:12.813Z A coquette in love iz just about az tame az a bottle ov ginger pop that haz stood sum time with the cork pulled out. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z That she is no vulgar coquette is shown by her ignorance of Troilus’s passion. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z I have seen the maidens of every land almost beneath the sun, and allowing for savagery, I find them very much the same when they turn coquettes. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z She was more like herself now, laughing softly and coquetting with the hole in the cave. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z "Then, in heaven's name, do not put such a noble creature as Doña Inez on a level with a mere little trifling coquette." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z A bright red rose showed among the manifold braids of her black hair, and she had in her hand a rose-colored fan, with which she coquetted very prettily. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z It was even rumoured that the German Foreign Office had begun to coquette with the Danish Social Democrats. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z Go on, coquette, and laugh and dance in the sun till you are tired. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z In the cases of the veteran coquettes alluded to just now, sympathy would have been thrown away. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z "Yes, yes—be wise in time," said the pretty coquette, still laughing. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z Away to the westward irregular fragments of thundercloud, which seemed incapable of cohering sufficiently to produce a storm, coquetted with the quivering mountain-tops. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z Papal Rome was dangerous to him as long as it remained independent; he coquetted with Harnack and with the most advanced of the higher critics who whittled the Bible into a pipestem. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z Nor is a single kiss allowed him; and I tell him, only for God's sake, not to take that as a coquette's manner to draw him to me. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z Trained coquettes and professional flirts, flushed by a long course of victories, had put confident lances in rest and run vain-glorious tilts with him. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z The coquette had in her heart a preference for Pierre; and the sergeant, taking advantage of his rank, insulted his subordinate so grossly that he was repaid by a blow. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z The 'brilliant coquette' with whom he could associate with safety has at least learned how to conceal her anguish. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z During the discussions on the Regency Bill, Lord Thurlow, who was then Lord Chancellor, acted the political rat, and coquetted with both parties. The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z Footnote 17: A coquetting with virtue as a virtuoso, of course Gaspard means. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z In front of it hung some forget-me-nots, evergreens, and a small garland—a proof that it was the toilette-glass of the young coquette. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z You are 48 sure to be popular with every one, men and women, boys and girls, but don’t be a coquette.” Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days 2011-05-27T02:00:15.860Z The time has come when I am a careless, brilliant, beautiful coquette, and this he has made me. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z Somebody has accused me of coquetting with history. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z "My poor boy, don't trust her,—she is a heartless coquette." Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z He espoused an actress, and she proved a coquette. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z Often had the favour been solicited by the lover, and as often refused by the coquette. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z That idea of the power a brilliant coquette may wield, which he first planted in my mind, shall bring forth bitter fruit for his eating before I have done with him. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z The woman cannot be worth winning who takes pleasure in rejecting an honest admirer, and Mercy was not a village coquette. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z And every one pities the poor Chamberlain, hunted about on the chess-board, and fearing, like a coquette, that he shall not be conquered. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z They fancied that M. Thiers was coquetting with the émeute, that the petit bourgeois, as he hypocritically called himself, wanted to cozen the monarchists, and, using Paris as his lever, overthrow them. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z Miss Enid, who was a born coquette, and who was, moreover, greatly interested in Mr. Bragg's massive watch-chain and seal, replied with imperious brevity, "No; don't want to." That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z His 'brilliant coquette' is on the watch, softly, stealthily, but vigilant as a fox. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z For some time her pen coquetted with country trifles, as if the writer were trying to escape from an unpleasant topic which nevertheless forced itself into notice, and at last banished every other. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z His contempt for the cruel coquette was not yet decided enough for this. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z A coxcomb is the true cupidon for a coquette all over the world.” Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 2011-04-15T02:00:18.057Z The lady had been willing to coquette after a sentimental fashion: which, also, was not unprecedented! That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z This was not the first time that Nancy had practiced the rôle of coquette, young as she was. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z She was frank, but not with foolish simplicity; quite unspoiled by good fortune; and had nothing of the coquette about her. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z With the outside world it was still a question whether his love was reciprocated, though it was generally thought that the coquette had been at length captured, and by Henry Harding. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z She inherited the dimples and the smile from a long line of coquettes. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z The earlier part is a mere translation from the Latin, except that the character of Thais is softened down from a courtezan to a coquette. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z It was as if he stood on the threshold of a room all perfume and whiteness; and not the most accomplished coquette could have devised a means of moving him so profoundly. The Game and the Candle 2011-04-03T02:00:16.907Z But they finally went away, and later in the season the wrens appeared, and after a little coquetting, were regularly installed in their old quarters and were as happy as only wrens can be. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z They did, with all the ardent admiration of youth; and as she returned their respective glances with that speaking reciprocity which only a coquette can give, both fell in love with her. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z Such a sacrifice as this could not come from a coquette? The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z For, young as was the younger daughter of Ambrose Powell, she was no child of simplicity, but could play at coquetting with the oldest and cleverest coquette there. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Eddying into every quiet bay, coquetting with every salient angle, moving to the melody of its own murmurs, it flows on serenely and musically. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z My dear L——, Ask yourself, in the name of common sense, why you should go to Petersburg with this sentimental coquette, this romantic termagant, of whom I see you are already more than half tired. Leonora 2011-03-22T02:00:21.627Z Has she grown wicked, abandoned, and is coquetting with all the world? Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z In short he had given way to the belief that she had been coquetting with him. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z At the Savoy, for a few minutes, under the influence of gay surroundings and champagne, there had been, as he thought, a glimpse of the real woman—the coquette incarnate. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z "It is quite possible," says she, shrugging her shoulders, and coquetting with him over her shoulder. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z As a coquette whatever may be her talents, graces, accomplishments, and address, you have nothing seriously to fear from Lady Olivia. Leonora 2011-03-22T02:00:21.627Z The wicked coquette is torturing him with jealousy; but what can I do? Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z There is no cruelty to be compared with that of the coquette. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Was he not the man to punish and reform a coquette? The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z Joseph observed my frequent glances in that direction, and he whispered, "The greatest coquette," motioning with his head towards his cousin, "in the known world." Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife 2011-03-10T03:00:49.120Z The black-eyed women were undulating and coquetting for the benefit of the new men, while throwing kisses and rapturous exclamations to Doña Eustaquia and the girls in her charge. A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z Viola was a beauty, and like most beauties, a coquette. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z She looked at her short blue skirt which showed three inches of ankle, put forward her brown-shod foot like a vain coquette, and darted a covert look at Henry. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z If she had had an ounce of the coquette in her, she could have secured Gerald Rosenberg, and all would have been well. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z She was what the novelists call a coquette, but she was that dainty and sly about it that I don't believe any of the victims knew it. The Girl at Central 2011-03-08T03:00:37.413Z I was never in the same mind about her for an hour together,—sometimes thinking tenderly of her, sometimes upbraiding and hating her as a trickstress and a coquette. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z "Queer little coquette!" thinks the major, adding to himself, "But she's a charming creature, for all that." 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Just fancy me presenting that little blushing, shrinking Galway girl as my wife to my lady mother, or to that princess of coquettes, Lizzie Erliston! Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z Had Virginia had one ounce of the coquette in her, she could have clinched the matter in five minutes. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z He called me "a heartless coquette," "an unfeeling flirt," and a variety of epithets equally mellifluous as well merited. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Are you only an innocent child, after all, or the wiliest coquette that ever lived? The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z She thought, like the coquette, in one of Congreve's comedies, If there's delight in love, 'tis when I see The heart that others bleed for—bleed for me! 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 Remember, no vagaries, no irregularities, no coquetting with the ‘one time that never hurts one.’ The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z He had thought it his duty to reform a heartless, selfish coquette. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z These traits had been intensified by his recent subjection to the whims and caprices of a coquette of exceptional capacity, for his feelings were deeply involved. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z No; his anger against Isabel could not have been more intense had she been a hardened and practised coquette who had deliberately lured him to his ruin. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z And many of these came--very many, all who coquetted with a little bit of musical interest--yes, and many others. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z Such a singer, free to go where she will, is a coquette from the cradle. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z I’ve done a great many in my time, but running after coquettes was never one of them.” The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z You need have no fear that I shall transform myself down below in the breaking surf into a Melusina, and perhaps, coquette with a fish's tail. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z Yes, though she were the basest and shallowest-hearted coquette in all creation. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z "Is she coquetting with me, or--?" he asked himself again. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z By the beaux of the caravan, unqualified homage was paid to certain coquettes, who carried milk jars curiously wrought of palm leaves, and studded with manifold cowrie shells. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z “Yes, even to running after artful, coquetting jades of girls.” The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z You must allow that those two plaits are only suitable for girls before they are confirmed; the mother was, I believe, a Russian, and now the daughter always coquettes with these two ribbon-interwoven plaits. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z I think she loved me," he mused; "surely I could not be mistaken in that; surely I have known too many coquettes in my life to be duped by one at the last! The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z "Is she only coquetting with me?" he asked himself, "or--or--" A passionate joy throbbed in his veins, then suddenly an icy shudder ran over him. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z He had not been by while she was coquetting with Lothar. The Eichhofs A Romance 2011-02-19T03:01:37.327Z Not our idea of a saint perhaps; rather, a pretty woman, dainty in her ways, coquetting with religeon—nevertheless very real. Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2011-02-15T03:00:17.853Z The coquette had in her heart a preference for Pierre; and, the sergeant taking advantage of his rank, insulted his subordinate so grossly, that he was repaid by a blow. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z She had the instincts of the coquette; the confidence of inexperience; the false ideals of a knowledge drawn from books and speculation; and her heart had not yet awakened her conscience. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z I lost my self-command—because I am crazy for you, Strelsa—there's no sense in pretending otherwise—and you knew it all the time, you little coquette! The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z "I think you a heartless coquette," returns he, distinctly, in a low tone that literally rings with passion. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z The coquette makes many a recruit for the gaming table. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z It was no longer a bold coquette that walked, it was a lioness that chases her prey; it was Diana before Actæon. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z It is such a descent to her to play coquette! The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z She regarded me with that subtly smiling, upward glance which coquettes have, and in that morning air, with the flowers, under the shielding bonnet, she was pretty. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z "Not done yet?" asks the coquette at this moment of her cousin, giving her head a little impatient shake. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z How long will it be before Gabrielle becomes a coquette like her mother, caring for nothing but dress, intrigues, and society gossip? No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z Pearl answered, her shallow blue eyes coquetting with David. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z He knew she was a frivolous coquette, and indifferent to all that did not afford her amusement. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z Receive him as a dear friend, be to him the best of neighbours, and, above all, prevent his falling a prey to the arts of a thorough coquette. Quicksands 2011-01-15T03:00:33.213Z Perhaps not a flirt, but certainly a coquette. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z At heart Jean was essentially a coquette, one of those girls and women who, having once gained a man's admiration, cannot bear to find themselves losing it. The Ranch Girls at Home Again 2011-01-13T03:01:04.363Z She has been described as a "thinker and scientist, précieuse and pedant, but not the less a coquette—in short, a woman of contradictions." Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z But the Woodland Girl did not know the crumpled-rose-leaf stamp of face which characterizes the coquette. 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 He thought it deliberate, the reserve of the prude, or of the embryo coquette; whereas it was really one of the crosses of Joan's life, dreaded by her as the self-conscious dread attacks of shyness. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z She shall declare herself in one of two characters, either as his affianced wife, or as the very vilest coquette the world contains. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z It appears in the tender and so infinitely sad lines which he wrote in prison, and likewise in the Confessions, a vain, exaggeratedly candid and coquetting portrait in prose. Paul Verlaine 2010-12-28T03:00:19.670Z Nothing but to stamp the mother as a thief before the eyes of a mob of nobles, nothing but to drive her from me like a lost dog, for the sake of a wretched coquette! Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z She would play a coquette in one sketch, a small-minded busybody in another and, in a third, an old mother whose children will let her live with them for only a short time. 2010-01-13T08:50:00Z When brought before the king, she did her best to please him; for though attached, as it seems, to her kinsman, the ambitious coquette had no objection to having a royal suitor in her chains. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies And you don't see that I was coquetting with you a little. Magda A Play in Four Acts “June,” he said, speaking suddenly, “I never thought you were a coquette.” Zula The women were laughing and talking and coquetting; the men chatted and ogled, and a few, with long legs and long teeth,--probably English,--actually kept their hats on. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z She was no coquette, this child of a grim and yet tender land, where all are in earnest with the battle and stress of life. A Blot on the Scutcheon But in the character of Judith, as in that of every woman over whose bosom vanity waveth its butterfly wings, there was something of the coquette. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 He must have been couching somewhere, the funny old rogue, behind the Pole; he must have been coquetting with the beauties of Greenland or Nova Zembla. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 She is just like other women, I told him, a coquette. Four Phases of Love The pretty Maltese girls, with dark, brilliant, beseeching eyes, who preside in these kiosks, are natural coquettes. The Story of Malta She pouted at that, with the air of a spoilt little coquette. A Blot on the Scutcheon The managers of the moonshining interest had taken measures to guard Wyatt's aged father from this fantasy of woe, but they had not dreamed that the mountain coquette might care. The Raid of The Guerilla and Other Stories What a child you are, Geraldine! but a child that is a very mischievous coquette, and has learned a hundred tricks and agaceries of which my little friend of seven or eight knew nothing. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories So you leave us the weapon of the coquette? The Gay Adventure A Romance In the mean time Emma and Rose cooed and coquetted with each other in the very best of spirits, until a late hour, when they both went quietly to sleep. The Pearl of Love or, Josey's Gift How refreshing this womanly simplicity in a world of showy coquettes and chattering, feather-headed females! An Engagement of Convenience A Novel Smarting under these injuries, Bourbon, who for some time had been coquetting with the enemies of France, renewed his negotiations with the emperor and Henry VIII. of England. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" But Heine is to our view always the same, always the representative of humor with "a laughing tear" in his escutcheon, always the poetic anomaly, coquetting with his pain and scoffing it away. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 "A greater coquette than I would make you believe that this was impromptu; but I cannot deceive you, my Hyacinthe: I was told the speech in advance, and I am answering it." Marguerite de Valois And mark this, Zebedee, 'tis better to die a man of limitations than to live on smug and assured the sport of coquette Fortune as—as 'twere and so forth. Our Admirable Betty A Romance She will dance, not in the form of nymph, nor fairy, nor coquette, but in the form of woman in its greatest and purest expression. Women as World Builders Studies in Modern Feminism She is just what all women are, says I, a coquette. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales Angela, compared to our crinolines, our flirts, our insipid coquettes--how brilliant the light, how deep the shadow! The Progressionists, and Angela. Why, I could reel off so many names that you would think Marian was a heartless coquette; but it wasn't that at all. The Bachelors A Novel And as he spoke he smiled and coquetted with the portrait, as though to say, "Don't mind my saying all this to your face." The Fortunes Of Glencore Yet in a few days the curious cat-like instinct of the unconscious coquette awakened in me, and I began very gently to try my claws. Life on the Stage She is more dangerous than the veriest coquette that ever lured a man to ruin. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) Why do not your coquettes strive for this approval? The Progressionists, and Angela. He has found out that during the last week Louise has been coquetting with some summer visitor staying in the town. A Traitor's Wooing She is no coquette, but has no objection to flirting—in fact, she enjoys it, and all the more that she knows it cannot make her run the least danger. Rambles in Womanland I was so out of it, as the phrase is, that I could volunteer small elucidation: that she was a coquette of the first order seemed the most feasible solution, and I offered it. Love's Usuries "French writers almost always speak of these little country church-spires as 'coquettes.'" Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu There would then be no coquettes, no immodest women, no enlightened viragoes. The Progressionists, and Angela. I do think you are a little bit coquette! Faith and Unfaith I have known little girls of ten and twelve who were perfect flirts, little coquettes, careful housekeepers, and, toward their dolls, most devoted mothers. Rambles in Womanland No, another; she was what is called a coquette—an innocent girl baby, who played with men's hearts as children probe sawdust dolls—from a spirit of inquiry. Love's Usuries I saw the ship, the coquette rouging herself, and the poor working-woman weeding in the fields. On the Heights A Novel If it turns out that Angela sets herself up as a religious coquette or a Pharisee, her fine figure is only a deceitful mask of falsehood, and my opinion would again be verified. The Progressionists, and Angela. Is she coquette, or unthinking, or merely mischievous? Faith and Unfaith In the comedy of love the coquette is the villain of the play. Her Royal Highness Woman The nation, like a coquette, had every thing its own way. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) The thaw had not yet set in, but it was coquetting with the frost, challenging it to a passage of arms, wherein either combatant might completely succumb. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel It was great fun," he says; "no one can have an idea how Moscheles and I coquetted together on the piano—how the one constantly imitated the other, and how sweet we were. Fragments of an Autobiography He is watching her closely, and now wonders vaguely if she is a baby or a coquette. Faith and Unfaith The coquette uses man as she does her dresses: she likes to be seen with a new one every day. Her Royal Highness Woman Their smiles, the great, and the coquette, throw out For others’ hearts, tenacious of their own; And we no less of ours, when such the bait. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes The dance commenced with a slow gliding step, the dancers holding the ropes with one hand, while with the other the ladies coquetted their mantillas. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 The Imperial flyer swooped through the dun-colored village like the glance of a lovely coquette shoots through her victim's heart and leaves it bare. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole Such a disgraceful little coquette I never saw. Faith and Unfaith The coquette tries to lead you as far as she wishes you to go; the flirt does not lead you any further than you wish to go. Her Royal Highness Woman To divert attention I glanced about at the peeping se�oritas with feigned interest, until one angel-faced little coquette who could not yet have seen her sixteenth springtime fairly stared me out of countenance. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois Nodding bluebells coquetted with the tiny wave crests, while the grass along the bank waved little blades in defiance at the roar of its voice. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter I know her as well as the gentleman, and know that she can use her fan as becomes a prude or a coquette. English Costume But once she got clear, she opened the door again, and peeped in at him gayly, and said she,— "Why not ask me who wrote the letter, before you compared me to that French coquette?" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 I hate the coquette and somewhat pity, if not despise, the flirt. Her Royal Highness Woman She coquetted with me, discarded me, and wedded my kinsman. Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. Jack knew that he was at as great a disadvantage in her presence as if at the mercy of the divinest coquette in all of God's country. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter He that wins a thousand common hearts, is therefore entitled to some renown; but he who keeps undisputed sway over the heart of a coquette, is indeed a hero. International Short Stories American He was sorry now, and vexed with himself, for having called her a coquette, and made her cry. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 It is only when you say of a woman that she is a 'desperate flirt' that you may come to the conclusion that she is a coquette. Her Royal Highness Woman Spoiled she was, no doubt, mistress for several years of a large fortune, coquette, flirt; of these things he was partly sure, because she had not married. Fairfax and His Pride The men are all bravos, and the women coquettes. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. Well," said Miss Vanhorn, crossly, yet with a little shade of relief too in her voice, "of all systematic coquettes, Helen Lorrington is our worst. Anne She herself had been notoriously a coquette, and not an innocent one. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) There is a great difference between the flirt and the coquette. Her Royal Highness Woman Not a day older, and yet she is the most finished coquette in Europe. That Boy Of Norcott's I agree that it is a great mortification to wear gray silk, a great penance to play the coquette with downcast eyes, a real fast to eat crawfish at twenty francs the dish. Black Diamonds Clearly as his career now seemed designated, he was at this time or a little before it coquetting very seriously with the stage: but circumstances were rapidly to determine another stage in his career. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" The duke of Parma, who had coquetted for some time with the French monarch, was won over to Spain by the restoration of Placentia, of which he had been despoiled by Charles the Fifth. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 The coquette has no capacity for love; she does not seek love, but admiration and homage only. Her Royal Highness Woman "When I told her she was a coquette, I did n't believe it; but, by Jove, she has converted me to the opinion pretty quickly!" The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly The Napoléons, they are crisp and fragile as a coquette's promise, the éclairs filled with cool, sweet cream, the cream-puffs all aglow with cherries. Pledged to the Dead To the superficial she has seemed but a coquette and he merely sentimental. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern It might be, as some supposed, that they thought the opposition had lately got into bad odour with the country by coquetting with home rulers, as shown by the elections at Liverpool and Southwark. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) On the other hand, in opposition to that epithet of harmless, the adjective that is most commonly coupled with the word 'coquette' is not 'harmless,' but 'heartless.' Her Royal Highness Woman It's not that jerking, uncertain, unpurpose-like style of affectation your English coquette displays. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly The coquette in most normal girls of twenty rose like a little imp up through her dreaming of over the hills and far away. Fidelity A Novel Well, what do you think of coquettes in general, my friend—what do you think of those with whom you have had to do with in particular? Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 In a word, the young women of the eighteenth century were not coquettes, and with them modesty was not a lost art. Women of England The coquette is a woman who gives you a promissory note with a firm intention of dishonouring her signature. Her Royal Highness Woman "She's a nice girl," said Augustus, "though she is certainly a bit of a coquette." The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly "The Wages of Sin is Death," with violets coquetting in and out the letters, is sound theology; but not a convincing invitation to merry-making. Adventures of Bindle According to Johnson, a coquette is "a gay, airy girl, who by various arts endeavors to gain admirers." Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 Chamisso fell in love with Madame C�r�s Duvernay, a young French coquette widow, of whom--unlike Sam Weller--he did not learn to beware. The Marvellous History of the Shadowless Man and The Cold Heart Just as the prude often says No when she means Yes, the coquette whispers Yes all the time meaning No. The flirt promises nothing. Her Royal Highness Woman "I 'd be sorry, very sorry, to doubt it; but she never said I was a coquette?" The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly It was the general opinion among the ill-natured gossips of this town that the fair widow was a great coquette. Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 Do you think it advisable that I should place myself in the hands of such a—; but first let me ask you, Do you think Florence Cleveland was a coquette? Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 Hence “to coquet,” the original and more correct form, has come frequently to be written “to coquette.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Of course, when the flirt is a married woman, she is a coquette; but when she is a young girl, I would call her a very harmless person. Her Royal Highness Woman It can only be attributable to that sublimated coquette Nature herself, who provides those little goods the gods deny. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia The idle wits frequented the public walks, coquetted, and made madrigals. Priests, Women, and Families I was fair game for this experienced coquette, and now I suppose she is boasting of another conquest, telling of her victory over the simple country lad. Eleven Possible Cases Fire and fury, sister!" shouted Netz, impatiently, "I believe you are still coquetting it: by my faith! even the best women can't leave that alone. Specimens of German Romance Vol. I. The Patricians And it may be added that, while flirts have often been known to make very good wives, coquettes have invariably proved detestable ones. Her Royal Highness Woman And when all three proved but heartless coquettes, I swore I would never marry till I was forty. The Wine-ghosts of Bremen "Your favorite color is—" "I should like to wear your Lordship's," said she, with a look the most finished coquette might envy, so admirably blended were trust and timid bashfulness. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas I don't believe that Helen Rankine coquetted with you. Eleven Possible Cases They accused her of levity, of extravagance, of forgetfulness of him, and of ever playing the coquette with all the debauchees of Paris. Josephine Makers of History The coquette plays on man's vanity and makes a fool of him. Her Royal Highness Woman Was she only the coquette who wanted to lead me chained at her chariot wheel for the cheap joy of conquest? The Portal of Dreams I am going to be frivolous, coquette, and imagine myself a girl of the old Southern Set, when there were no new people. Ancestors A Novel At length she paused, stationed Hazel and Vane behind her,—busy enough in themselves, for Hazel, become happy again, had again become coquette,—and went on alone. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 In his indignation, he wrote to Josephine in terms of great severity, accusing her of "playing the coquette with all the world." Josephine Makers of History She is coquetting with her dinner, rather than eating it, and is somewhat uncomfortably conscious that Fabian's eyes are perpetually wandering in her direction. Portia or By Passions Rocked The boys would sit and laugh and jest with this girl, and she would laugh and coquette in return. The "Genius" "These old coquettes," she had lisped, with an amused uplift of one eyebrow. Ancestors A Novel He spoke of this in a low tone to Silvia, who was coquetting with her sweetheart the donkey-driver across the donkey's back. Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children Napoleon was all the while coquetting with the Confederate government, and holding above Mr. Seward's head a veiled threat of recognition of Confederate independence. The United States and Latin America "I congratulate you upon your complete success as a coquette," she says. Portia or By Passions Rocked If it were anybody but Angela, she thought, how she would dress and how quickly she would be coquetting with him. The "Genius" For the one involves the other, as you must know by this time, or else believe me to be the most heartless of coquettes. Hand and Ring If my ideas of good company are too refined, too just, too high, to be satisfied in the slandering circles of coquettes, dunces, and gamblers, am I to be called unsociable? The Nephews: A Play, in Five Acts. I did not believe this piece of philosophy till that night I was just now speaking of; but I then saw the same thing pass between an ogler and a coquette. The Tatler, Volume 3 I know the truth and steadfastness of your nature too well to believe that you encourage or coquette with Drane or any other man. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge Queen's Rocket You are the queen of coquettes. Language of Flowers He had 323 passed all his years in school, fed, clad, thought for, commanded; and had grown familiar and coquetted with the fear of punishment. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) When I remember my other coquette sweetheart, I have almost a mind to run after her——but liberty, dear liberty—no, I dare not. The Nephews: A Play, in Five Acts. Lydia is a finished coquette, which is a sect among women of all others the most mischievous, and makes the greatest havoc and disorder in society. The Tatler, Volume 3 She was not a coquette, but there was a certain satisfaction that she could not wholly deny herself in playing one off against the other. Doubloons—and the Girl You are the queen of coquettes Queen's Rocket. Language of Flowers But I was miserable when I called you a coquette, and misery makes a man unjust. Rossmoyne Her high spirits made some few shake their heads, and some called her a flirt and a coquette; for she could not help trying to please all, both old and young, both men and women. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 There chanced to be a coquette in the concert, that with a great many skittish notes, affected squeaks, and studied inconsistencies, distinguished herself from the rest of the company. The Tatler, Volume 3 "Who is going to wake me?" she coquetted with a pretty drooping of her lashes. Banked Fires Certain it was, that there was no place where our village coquettes attracted half so many eyes or led astray half so many hearts. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings "I'm so glad I know yours now!" says this disgraceful little coquette, with a sigh of pretended relief. Rossmoyne Is the little coquette trying her wiles on me!" thought Rupert, sternly; but aloud he answered, with grave indifference, "You were better employed. Under False Pretences A Novel The coquette therefore I must distinguish by that musical instrument which is commonly known by the name of a kit, that is more jiggish than the fiddle itself, and never sounds but to a dance. The Tatler, Volume 3 Of that she was sure, for Joyce coquetted with either sex impartially and unconsciously. Banked Fires On the other hand "coquette" did not fit her at all; not with those eyes. The Deaves Affair It was a revelation intolerable at first shock to a woman that was no coquette. Stories by American Authors, Volume 9 Here, if anywhere, she might forget that Rupert Vivian had despised her, and that Hugo Luttrell accused her of being a heartless coquette. Under False Pretences A Novel For Italy is a hopeless coquette, and she transfers her erratic affections wherever her interest leads her. German Problems and Personalities Thus the above conversation is interrupted by the entrance of the coquette Emilia, long before loved by Peregrine who had vainly asked for her hand. The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare Evan thought he knew a coquette when he saw one; their blandishments were not such as hers. The Deaves Affair Was she a heartless flirt, a mere coquette?” Stories by American Authors, Volume 3 She was not heartless—or, at least, not more so than girls of eighteen usually are—but, perhaps, she was a little bit of a coquette. Under False Pretences A Novel After coquetting with murder, you've little call to preach about minor morals. The Recipe for Diamonds Even acknowledged belles, like the girl in red, coquetted incidentally, with significant but brief confidences and briefer upward glances. The Wishing Moon This godmother gave me, dear, good soul!—and she sewed this bow upon it; isn't it coquette? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 Becker, indeed, once coquetted with the thought of patronising him; but the project had no sequel, and it stands alone. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) Hill seems to have been desirous of abusing certain friends whom he had praised in the Inspectors; so volatile, like the loves of coquettes, are the literary friendships of the “Scribleri.” Calamities and Quarrels of Authors You've sacked our safest Pilot, who objected to your pranks, And now you are coquetting with mad mutiny in the ranks, Eh? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 1890.05.10 Youth, in its divinely suited garb of white, regarded itself with grave eyes for one breathless minute, flushed and coquetted with itself for another, and then was gone from the mirror. The Wishing Moon The grippe arrived periodically in the month of November, to the great surprise of every one,—but it was then called la coquette and not l'influenza. Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 She was very stylishly dressed, and, to my great disgust, she seemed to be coquetting with several of her admirers. The Somnambulist and the Detective The Murderer and the Fortune Teller Even a coquette can be loyal to one man—until she prefers another; but a man's heart is like a ferry-boat—always going backward and forward, and never staying "docked." A Guide to Men Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl She had coquetted with him, old play fellow that he was, for just a little during the voyage, as with others too, for that matter. The Missourian She jollied the customers, looked after the accounts, made good sales, and even coquetted enough with the commercial travellers to send them away without ill-will for the establishment which refused to buy from them. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales Then firmly, almost severely, putting back into its place a wave of hair that had been coquetting with the breeze, she asked: "Is the fire ready?" Wings of the Wind The verb שור means always "to see," "to look at;" and this signification is, here too, quite appropriate: Israel is coquetting with her lover, the king. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 But the joyous, sparkling river rushes on like a coquette, bounding and skipping towards its goal. Notes in North Africa Being a Guide to the Sportsman and Tourist in Algeria and Tunisia But the discovery awakened nothing of the coquette in her. The Missourian But no sooner had Finn's nose touched hers than the wild coquette was off again, and this time a little farther into the bush. Finn The Wolfhound But she never allowed her duties as hostess nor her instincts as coquette to interfere with any engagements at the Ruin. Kildares of Storm No; I have not the least proof that Pepita desires to play the coquette with me. Pepita Ximenez We warn the Labor leaders, whether they listen to us or not, that they are coquetting with the historic enemy of the people. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Butterflies spread their light wings and coquetted with the fragrant blossoms, and busy humming-bees buried themselves in the heart of the crimson wild rose. Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love Joe was a good, brave fellow, and was head over ears in love with Dolly, but Dolly was a coquette, and never let him know how much she cared for him. Tales from Dickens Was she really as childlike as she seemed, or was she a designing coquette? Name and Fame A Novel For I am fully convicted in my own mind that this woman does not play the coquette, nor seek to gain the good-will of others, in order to gratify her vanity. Pepita Ximenez Austerlitz Is a sure bait to catch a fair coquette. L'Aiglon The character of woman as the inherent coquette is very deeply rooted. The Truth About Woman It was the popular qualification of all her beauties and accomplishments that she was a coquette, at once so cold, and so insatiate. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 Sometimes a coquette, by clever flirtation, will simulate a love which she does not feel, to catch a rich man in her net. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study What?" cried the chevalier, "does Blue Beard coquette at the same time with a filibusterer, a buccaneer, and a cannibal? A Romance of the West Indies She should have remembered he was not to be coquetted with. Dreamers of the Ghetto She saw that he was vexed, and rather liked it; for if the truth must be told, a more natural coquette never lived than Lady Clara. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals Think not that I love thee, Alluring coquette, The vows you have broken I too can forget; The love that I gave thee, Thou ne'er could'st repay, So affection for thee Has passed away. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 "Your king will come a-wooing all in good time," he answered, his dark eyes seeking hers with a meaning glance, which the beauty and coquette understood but too well. Pretty Madcap Dorothy Or, How She Won a Lover In a jewellery store Trudy Vondeplosshe, wrapped in wine-coloured velours, was coquetting with diamond rings under glass and trying to affect an air of indifference concerning them. The Gorgeous Girl Much of what my grandfather had told me of the first Pretender was repeated, save that as the first had made alliance with the Mohammedans, so the second coquetted with the Christians. Dreamers of the Ghetto On the balustrade sit also Sweet coquettes among the cupids, And some messeigneurs in purple. The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays Victor was deep in the toils, and willingly he yielded to the bondage of the gay coquette. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 Who arranged this last drive, this t�te-�-t�te, no one knew except the artful coquette and her venerable victim. Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend It carries no warning; your older kind is like a world-worn coquette whose glances at once place you on the defensive. The Strollers She was in no humour tonight to dance and banter and coquette with an empty and desolate heart. Nobody In her girlish self-abandonment Fetuao lacked the artifices which older women would have used; she never thought to guard herself, or to coquette with him. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas She consequently played the coquette with Francis until he saw that there was no probability of the successful termination of his suit. Henry IV, Makers of History You are not coquetting with me this time? The Bondwoman The venturesome rose, which had clambered as high as the second story, was gone; plucked, alas, by the wayward hand of a coquette. The Strollers One fatal day he became enamoured of a creole coquette, who cruelly jilted him. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba There was no more coquetting with the saddle. The Spanish Jade The heart of a coquette is to be won only by running away from it, and Dic's victory over Sukey was achieved in retreat. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties All her life Kenneth McVeigh had been her ideal, but to this finished coquette of France he was only the man of the moment, who contributed to her love of power, her amusement. The Bondwoman She cast down her eyes at this, and looked for all the world the taking little coquette that she was. The House Under the Sea A Romance But what a coquette is that same chance! Dr. Sevier A coquette is said to be an imperfect incarnation of Cupid, as she keeps her beau, and not her arrows, in a quiver. The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. “If only that French girl, Fifine Déchaussée, would lead him on, if she had less of the saint and more of the coquette in her make-up, we might land him,” the detective murmured to himself. The Crevice People called her a coquette––the most dangerous of coquettes, because she was not a cold one. The Bondwoman One thing is clear as a bell, she is a regular-built coquette, and all her fine looks to me are nothing but man-traps, decoys, and false lights. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 Look how they whisper!—well, she is the most brazen coquette I ever knew!—Yes, yes, now her scandalous conduct is glaring enough. The Politician Out-Witted Already women and coquettes, they would from time to time stretch out their well-gloved hands and pat their ample draperies with a thousand graceful little gestures. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 When he was fighting for her reputation, she was once more the coquette as he remembered her at their first meeting. The Education of Eric Lane Judithe would coquette with him awhile, and then it would be all very well; and it would not be like a stranger coming into the family. The Bondwoman Having abandoned medicine and theology he got called to the Bar, practised for a while with distinct success, and coquetted with a notion of codifying the laws of the realm. The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault She was barren of the art of the coquette. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel All the coquetting with Virginia, all the presumed influence of General Scott, ended in Virginia's secession, and in the seizure of Norfolk. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 To discard is to cast away as useless or worthless; thus, one discards a worn garment; a coquette discards a lover. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions “The queen calls no man master,” replied the newcomer as he bent over the pretty coquette’s hand. The Bondwoman She did not protest this as a coquette might have done. A Son of the Middle Border This was no ordinary person coquetting with his pretty daughter. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel Carmen is coquetting with every man present, and the fun becomes a riot, so that the innkeeper has to interfere. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces Lion trotted into the pasture, trotted straight up to the right horse, coaxed and coquetted with him for a minute, and then trotted back. The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies Do you mean to say, you hard-hearted little coquette, that you wouldn't mind? The Marriage of Elinor Even now I hear her laugh, hollow and unreal, as she coquettes and lays herself out for the admiring notice of the gentlemen who are watching her movements. Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney The matrimonial creed of Gretta Reay expresses rather the exaggerated cynicism of a coquette than a fact generally true of the class to which she belongs. Australian Writers She continues to sing, meanwhile coquetting with him. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces "The jade—coquetting openly on the highroad!" cried the Señora furiously, stepping out from the shadow of the wall after the Captain had disappeared down the road. When Dreams Come True Even in the most solemn moments she is always a coquette. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. She smiled at him in framework of blue and ermine and pearls—the bedecked, heartless coquette of the pleasure-seeking world. The Light of the Star A Novel Smiling, greeting, archly laughing, sweetly pouting; coquetting, eating, playing, singing, acting—almost dancing—an ideal and delightful hostess. The Limit Now something like strong emotion touched her voice—“Don’t think I am coquetting with you—don’t believe that it is anything but my effort to be fair.” The Readjustment This is the sole explanation that can be given for his unfortunate coquetting a year ago with the leaders of the now fallen Anfu Club. China, Japan and the U.S.A. Present-Day Conditions in the Far East and Their Bearing on the Washington Conference She was safeguarded by the prince of a regnant line; she was to be the mistress of millions; and she could coquette at will in dark corners with handsome officers. Hurricane Island She was not a skilled coquette; she was too honest and too straightforward for that. The Ranch at the Wolverine Had we stooped to flirt and coquette and fawn and dance around these men, we could have had their endorsement, their influence, and their money, to any reasonable extent. Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors Young girls, in white dresses and much trimming of ribbons, coquetted in groups as yet unbroken by the larking young men. The Readjustment This was in the best spirit of the coquette and yet a great earnestness lay behind it. Aladdin of London or, Lodestar But come; though you have not yet spoken or looked at me, sweet coquette that you are, I read in your bright eyes the confirmation of my hopes. Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life She played the double rôle of a would-be arch coquette and hero-worshipper, and while chanting the talent of the lecturer, omitted no effort to secure admiration on her own account. A Romantic Young Lady Parrots glanced across the vision in the bright noontide, in carnival costume; and buff-colored doves, with white rings about their necks, coquetted lovingly in couples. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months She saw the advantage she had gained, and at once the coquette awoke in her. A Modern Mercenary It is said that the women on this platform are coquetting with the Democrats. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Was she, too, an arch creature—a coquette? The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness He was rather a volatile customer, and a perfect football coquette. Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches Every instinct of the coquette, jealous of her own power and wretched from the sterile suffering of wounded pride, resented bitterly the unpardonable ease which he had appeared to enjoy in her society. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange In her old age the coquette of twenty years back was returning with a charm which caught brother and son. The Art of Disappearing Ha! to be rivalled by a slave!—worse than rivalled.—Infamous coquette! The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Think of the opportunity this combination offers to the Eastern mosquito, and consider my emotions when I found but a solitary individual, and even that one disposed to coquette with me. A Bird-Lover in the West She flashed at them the arch looks of a faded coquette. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 “I am afraid she is a coquette—a serious coquette, my dear boy.” Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange You drove me almost mad when you coquetted with me aboard the yacht, made me crazy with desire, then laughed at me. Bandit Love I was but a waif—a foil—a thing for a coquette to play with! The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West The clever little rogue was only coquetting, however, for when he did at last plunge in he showed himself very much at home. A Bird-Lover in the West He could have endured her ignorance, even a fool might be tolerated, but an unfeeling coquette never could. The Flower Basket A Fairy Tale My guiding star across the brine, Has been the hope that called you mine; I'd rather see that load-star set, Than wed a fair, false, vain coquette. Daisy Dare, and Baby Power Poems For once in a way Myra Rostrevor was deliberately playing the part of coquette, and she saw Don Carlos's eyes flame suddenly with ardour and expectation. Bandit Love A rose, an orchid and a little white clover were pressed between the leaves of a coquette's diary. A Book Without A Title Sylvia, discreet as she was—no sparkling, teasing coquette—had yet all the irresistible magnetism of a woman who is obviously made for tenderness. The Twelfth Hour I am acting as if I were a coquette! Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man But suppose the ‘fair lady’ should be ugly, hunchbacked, a shrew, or a troublesome coquette. Major Frank She is plus que coquette, and extravagant to a degree; and he is quite shrunk and prematurely old, and almost shabby, and drinks more brandy than he ought. The Martian Yes, a coquette, a coquette," said Boniface; "I have said it, and I do not draw back. The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental The more wily and experienced coquetting after a graver fashion; while the middle-aged were gossiping to some congenial spirit on the supposed merits or demerits of their neighbours. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life She was evidently one of these over-educated, forward, scheming, coquetting girls. The Cheerful Smugglers She had the air, according to Napoleon's account, of an offended coquette. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) The great Rameses was not the only ruler of the country of the Nile who coquetted with the project. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan You have, as everywhere else, two kinds of women—coquettes in abundance, and a very few simple-minded domestic women. Political Women, Vol. 1 She was by nature and education a thorough coquette, amiable and endearing to an unusual degree. Louis XIV. Makers of History Series Now, then, who is it that is coquetting? Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 Alexander coquetted with the English agents, and concealed his plans from the conservative Russians. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) Then the constable insisted on Simon's coming with him and taking a glass of ale, which, after a little coquetting, Simon consented to do. Tom Brown at Oxford She never was a coquette; but what is a girl so endowed to do? A Pessimist In Theory and Practice Converted men relapse into evil ways through coquetting with sin; and cured inebriates relapse to drink, and drugs, through the use of proprietary medicines, with which the domestic market is flooded. Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say He was tired out with his dissipations, or Miss Georgina was coquetting with other men or ate too much to suit him. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 You have gone on the stage, you have developed into a brilliant but wayward coquette; you have for your friend a woman who has left her husband and thinks about marrying another. Ringfield A Novel In days past I had coquetted many an hour away with her. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 There was no hint of the coquette about her. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Anna lets the deception continue and has to bear the burden of her sister’s reputation which, in Paris at any rate, is that of being a coquette. Anna the Adventuress It was easy for me to see that her love for her father was quite enough for her: she invested it with all the charming prettinesses that a dainty coquette uses with her lover. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 I have many faults, but I am not naturally a coquette. The Place of Honeymoons |
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