| 单词 | coquettish |
| 例句 | When she saw Minli and Dragon, a coquettish smile spread across her face. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She put on a high, coquettish voice very unlike her own. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Kimonos, sake, rice paper walls, coquettish and demure geishas. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I had learnt her whole character, which was without mystery or disguise: she was coquettish but not heartless; exacting, but not worthlessly selfish. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z This was because he had made a friend—a waitress named Rayette, who was attending to his dining requirements in a distinctly coquettish way. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z One of the girls kept laughing affectedly, and saying, “Now Professor,” in a coquettish tone, and the other pronounced her German with an accent that must have made it hard for him to keep sober. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, of course, our readers would be profoundly interested . . .” He put his head on one side, his smile became almost coquettish. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face was suffused with pleasure in her own power, and she leaned forward, asking in a coquettish tone, “Can you guess what I’m doing, Kaede?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z We bobbed our hair and wore cloche hats at coquettish angles and tried to sound like Gloria Swanson. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Ema batted her eyes at him some more and feigned coquettish. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z One, she’s hardworking; two, cheerful; three, coquettish—and sometimes a cute face. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She is still in Paris, charming a nation with her singing, activism and coquettish English accent. Pete Doherty to star in film in France, his new spiritual home 2010-12-12T00:08:00Z She is better in the coquettish moments in the first act, and in the duet with Cavaradossi in act three, than in the grand guignol confrontation of act two. Tosca – review 2013-07-10T18:20:00Z For the audience, it seemed that Kehlani’s honesty and ease at speaking with and for them was the real reason they packed the Fillmore — a greater factor than her irresistible jams and coquettish choreography. Review | At a Kehlani show, the music matters, but it’s not the only thing 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z In Godard’s films, the Danish-born Karina, who has died aged 79 of cancer, is seldom off screen, coquettish and spirited, and never a mere victim or innocent. Anna Karina obituary 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z He captures her coquettish coyness without caricaturing it. Review: In ‘Never Let Go,’ a Solo Performer’s Heart Goes On 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z At times, her coquettish persona sounded obnoxious and grating as she sang about never growing up. A Diva for Every Demographic: Mariah Carey, Cher Lloyd and Robyn 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z He did coquettish, libidinous and shy comedy on the turn of a coin. Stage reader review roundup: your take on Damned by Despair and This House 2012-10-12T15:11:55Z Pretty, petite and dimpled, with a coquettish voice that could turn to icy steel when required, Dee was not structurally designed for the operatic big-mama roles that earn top awards for actresses of color. Remembering Ruby Dee: A Life of Artistry and Activism 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z The cedar-paneled hall inside is where a coquettish Audrey Horne interrupted a convention of Norwegian investors at the Great Northern Hotel. Misty peaks, verdant trees, fresh cherry pie: the real 'Twin Peaks' 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z But Ibsen shrewdly blends satire with romance in a convoluted plot that sees Poulsen pairing off with his hostess's coquettish daughter while his friend Birk is united with her naive, Cinderella-like stepdaughter. St John's Night – review 2012-07-15T17:29:01Z Mr. Land is the only actor playing a role in drag, but all of the parts are female impersonations of one form or another, and the coquettish poses and rictus grins amuse and then annoy. Review: ‘Ruthless!,’ at St. Luke’s, Takes Stage Ambition to the Playground 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z But, in spite of the designer’s backstage disclaimers that the mesh-covered faces were a “coquettish and beautiful” version of a veiled Marlene Dietrich in Hollywood, this show was super-tough chic. Fashion Review: Rick Owens and a Vibe From the Tribe 2012-03-01T19:23:40Z “Band of Outsiders” saw her as naïve, coquettish but clever, with a streak of mischief. Anna Karina Recalls Her Life in Film With Jean-Luc Godard 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z People like flirtatiousness because it conveys some possibility, it's not just a coquettish, Renaissance thing that you do, for politeness, like holding open a door. Catherine Hakim: charm school marm 2011-08-19T22:01:41Z Her mighty singing voice is raspy and coquettish, with bombastic bursts of feeling, much like that of one of her idols, Eartha Kitt. Amber Gray’s Ferocious Twist on the Goddess Persephone in “Hadestown” 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Complicated and contradictory, coquettish and manipulative, she shows charisma, humor and spirit, not least in rebelling against society’s stifling mores in late-19th-century Sweden. Alan Rickman Directs Strindberg?s ?Creditors? at BAM 2010-04-10T03:49:00Z For boys, the coquettish look is most often deployed as a contingent ruse – a way for a man in a tight spot to avoid recognition and trouble. Some like it drag: cross-dressing in the movies 2011-03-08T17:01:30Z He lived up to his self-described “rock star” persona with coquettish shoulder rolls and Jaggeresque prancing, and the fact that he can’t hit many of his notes or lyrics doesn’t matter. Review | Lil Uzi Vert spills his guts in front of an audience of 6,000 teenage fans 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z Mac is bald with a shiny head, mischievous blue eyes and a coquettish smile. Taylor Mac brings 24 decades of delirium and music to Los Angeles 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z A trio for three women, a sisterhood of sorts, turns powerful poses into coquettish ones — in 2019, it’s a frustrating sight — and later a duet morphs into a ménage à trois. At American Ballet Theater, New Romantics Can’t Beat a Greek God 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z She’s been a thrashing soul screamer, a coquettish teaser, a brassy seductress, a shiny pop cyborg. Music Review: Kelis as Dance-Club Diva at Santos Party House 2010-04-22T21:18:00Z On the more overtly coquettish side is a noodle-strapped dotted Swiss sundress and, in a stroke worthy of Lily Pulitzer herself, a floral lace shift in throbbing tangerine. ‘Nothing Says Chic Like Matching Your Drink to Your Dress’ 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Her posture is more coquettish, and he seems less louche. Art Review: His Path From Shutter to Paintbrush 2010-12-09T22:43:00Z And Burns nearly steals the second act in her brief solo, “Memory,” a coquettish dream of past flames. Review: In ‘Dear World,’ Donna Murphy Leads a Righteous March 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z The character of Zerbinetta, part of a troupe of comedians, is conventionally played as a coquettish young woman, whose aria in the second half is an embodiment of the pleasures of sensuality and excess. Ariadne ducks the bombs at the Glyndebourne festival 2013-05-15T18:00:02Z Passing through a town in Canada, I caught two waitresses — perhaps viewing me as a daring and mysterious adventurer — muffle coquettish giggles with cupped palms. My 1,700-mile hike across the XL Pipeline 2013-01-20T12:45:00Z She’s a knowing adult reflecting on the sexual abuse she endured, a shrinking child, a coquettish yet whip-smart 17 year old; Parker acts her way through decades of Li’l Bit’s trauma with astute choreography. ‘How I Learned to Drive’ Review: Many Miles to Go Before a Reckoning 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Soon Michael Gove was posing for photographers, his arm around Normski, his top button adrift, his tie suddenly askew, and wearing the rap singer's baseball cap at a coquettish angle. Fists full of sausage, Michael Gove declaims his vision of the future 2013-03-24T00:05:37Z Somehow, when the photographer arrives to take this now infamous picture, she still manages to appear coquettish. From Jack the Ripper to Ted Bundy, why are dead women’s bodies still being used as entertainment? 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z She gave a bravura performance that included searing intensity and coquettish whim, often welded together in a single scene. ‘Manon Lescaut’ at the Met Opera: A Courtesan in Need of Context 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Bunny Mellon was tall with a long face, a light and almost coquettish voice, aristocratically narrow feet and small hands. Inside Bunny Mellon’s World 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Ray’s coquettish interpretation of the Beat-era look may well find echoes on the runways, as a winking alternative to the “Mad Men” clichés that fashion may finally lay to rest. On the Runway Blog: Ray Eames: How She Dressed 2011-12-12T19:54:22Z Singing this beguiling, seemingly playful passage, Callas is coquettish, seductive and determined — all at once. The Best Opera Recording Ever Is Maria Callas Singing ‘Tosca.’ Hear Why. 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z The tone hasn't a shred of the coquettish, nor is it monastic. Jhumpa Lahiri falls in love with language again, exquisitely, by writing in Italian 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z She is pictured in a shoulder-baring tube top, with one hand clasped across her throat – an image that positions her as feminine, vulnerable, and coquettish. Nicki Minaj and the rise of the titillating female rapper 2010-04-13T08:46:00Z A lovely woman and an affectingly natural actress, she has a plush voice with a throbbing richness that lends a touch of poignancy to every phrase she sings, even when she’s being coquettish. Music Review: Kristine Opolais Makes Met Debut in Puccini’s ‘Rondine’ 2013-01-13T21:20:46Z As Concepción, his man-eating wife who hopes to satiate her voluptuous appetite while he is out mending the town clocks, the mezzo-soprano Cecelia Hall wielded her rich voice to coquettish effect. Music Review: Objects of Operatic Desire: Abundant Money and Men 2011-04-28T21:35:05Z Though it was clear to me that Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is a party girl who answers only to herself, my father mooned over her coquettish charms. Dad always fell for the wrong women 2011-04-25T15:21:00Z "She fights for things; there's nothing demure or coquettish or backfoot about her." In 'Wolf Hall,' unknown Lydia Leonard stakes a regal claim on U.S. stage 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z She is perched on a rolling chair, paws hovering over the keyboard, a coquettish smile on her face. How Sanrio Makes Anti-Capitalism Adorable, and Profitable 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z This solo, also set to Satie, uses coquettish inflection to conjure a music-hall dancer. Dance Review: New York Theater Ballet at Gould Hall 2012-03-12T22:23:42Z Irish soprano Ailish Tynan sang the fiendishly difficult wordless solo part with astonishing facility and – most importantly – with a coquettish twinkle in her eye. The Turn of the Screw; BBC Proms 32, 35, 36 ? review 2011-08-13T23:06:02Z The action, what little there is, takes place in one room, a salon in the house of Célimène, the beautiful, coquettish young widow. Mersey Molière 2013-02-05T18:00:47Z Nadine Sierra, wearing a red flamenco-style dress and red sunglasses, sang the role of the Princess with coquettish élan and a bright, fluid soprano. Music Review: From Wily House Cat to Lord of the Manor 2010-10-03T22:17:00Z The final highlight is Husbands, with Beth toggling between a coquettish Peaches rasp and a demented stage whisper for the chorus. Savages/Palma Violets – review 2012-07-27T15:11:36Z Shy, bold, coquettish or mocking, a woman’s smile is richly signifying, something that Wilde, an actress turned director, certainly knows. ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Review: Burning Down the Dollhouse 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Having addressed Paul’s “crime of principle,” Trumbo follows Abbey’s novel closely: Burns gets locked up then busts himself and two Indians out of jail, heading for the hills on his coquettish horse, Whiskey. Kirk Douglas’s Film ‘Lonely Are the Brave’ 2012-07-28T22:47:18Z In Act I, when Violetta, a charming courtesan, is throwing a lavish party, a soprano must summon flights of coloratura brilliance and coquettish sparkle. Review: Lisette Oropesa Makes ‘La Traviata’ Her Own 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Blood drips from its body, but the animal looks almost coquettish, the curve of its spine an invitation. People Are Still Getting Married, and This Book Is Here to Help 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z "There's this coquettish kind of bravery I discovered in my teens, a thrill at being the first person to engage a romance," she explains. Carly Rae Jepsen on Glastonbury: I'll get lost like a child 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z "I think I'm camp rather than coquettish," she counters. Nigella Lawson: Why she's learned to become more 'guarded' 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z For years, British journalists were fascinated by Mrs. Judge and her striking appearance, which one reporter called “an elegant mix of Amish schoolmarm and coquettish ballet-mistress.” Barbara Thomas Judge, former SEC commissioner and ‘best-connected woman in Britain,’ dies at 73 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Like a mash-up of Naomi Wolf and early-era Beyoncé, she has taken a female self-sufficiency narrative and spliced it with a coquettish 1950s individualism, to create something appalling, in my view a creed of exploitation. Feminism with no human warmth leaves me cold | Zoe Williams 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z Marina’s persona – self-aggrandising yet coquettish – complicated the mix; trying to portray a female character who is defined by the male gaze made any self-identification confusing. 'It's a shame we don't cherish her': Marina, British pop's nearly woman 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z But she uses a coquettish tone when she talks about The Golden One — a strategy that is as subversive as it is effective. The Oscar Wilde of YouTube fights the alt-right with decadence and seduction 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Illusions and projection are in play here, too; Rosamond covets Lydgate’s aristocratic family connections, while he is smitten by her coquettish beauty. Middlemarch: Jennifer Egan on how George Eliot’s unorthodox love life shaped her masterpiece 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z Here, he looked carefree as he moved seamlessly between impersonations of a tough biker, a coquettish flirt, a naughty schoolgirl. Is ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ the Most Radical Show on TV? 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z She stalled for time so that the image could be processed for publication, offering platitudes and an ample dose of coquettish charm. Bobbi Baker Burrows, custodian of Life magazine’s storied photo archive, dies at 73 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z When I started dancing professionally four years ago, dancers I worked with would sometimes make one another laugh in rehearsal by whipping out old competition moves: preposterously wide smiles, coquettish shoulder tilts. Inside the High-Drama World of Youth Competition Dance 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Her rhymes range from bold and aggressive, to coquettish, to wanton and sultry, with a soupçon of women’s empowerment. Nicki Minaj, Always in Control 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z My second highlight is a coquettish cabaret-style routine danced by a female duo. 'Just don't stare': a night of nudity and dancing at the art gallery 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z About 3,500 fans attended this midweek game, grandmothers wrapped in traditional blankets, aunts and uncles, and coquettish teenage girls. In Navajo Nation, a Basketball Elder Earns Respect 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z Herrera has a grumpy exterior, but when she softens she verges on the coquettish. Carmen Herrera: 'Men controlled everything, not just art' 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z She is coquettish and brazen all the time. Living with my lesbian partner where it's illegal to be gay - BBC News 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Feng also used the Chinese word for “coquettish” to translate the word “hospitable” in a line where Tagore describes the grass-growing earth. Chinese publisher pulls 'vulgar' translation of Indian poet 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z Jones is dressed in a black flying suit and airman’s hat, and there are no signs of diva behaviour, unless you count the occasional coquettish eye-slide or languorous drawl. Grace Jones: ‘I can’t be bought – people hate that’ 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Even female leaders less coquettish than Ms Fernández are reluctant to declare themselves to be feminists, for fear of being branded man-haters. Wonder women and macho men 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z The beautiful pictures of your surface beamed back by New Horizons – the ash-and-tan wondrousness, the coquettish pockmarks of meteor collisions, the adorable heart motif – showed us this. Pluto, we love you. We're sorry that we banished you from our orbit | Luke Holland 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Mirren is not a coquettish queen, but she is a sexy one, because she is so controlled, and such a good comedienne behind her cardigan, her sensible shoes, and her pearls. Royal Flush 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Streaming naturally encourages exhibitionism, whether in the form of comic hostility, coquettish vulnerability, or outright titillation. The Rise of the Professional Cyber Athlete 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z What’s more, this was not a coquettish, cocktail-dress-and-heels sexiness, but something altogether more graphic: not so much a wink, as a leer. Sex, feminism, farewells and Kimye: talking points from Paris fashion week 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Her line, inspired by the signature looks of these leading ladies, offers 10 complete options with coquettish names like The Ingénue and The Dolce Vita. Just In Time For The U.S. Launch: How To Shop Charlotte Tilbury's A-List Makeup Line 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z The next time the teenager stayed at the house, Harris said, she seemed "very flirtatious, very coquettish", and they had sexual contact. Rolf Harris admits sexual contact with 18-year-old friend of daughter 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z To-day, under a short covert coat of dark blue cloth, she wore a loose scarlet shirt, the effect of which was coquettish and telling. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z That face, once so light, and fickle, and coquettish, had acquired, now, that modesty and sobriety of expression, which, some think, once lost, is never again recovered. Mabel, Vol. III (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-04T02:00:58.490Z She wore very pretty yellow slippers with fringes, coquettish stockings, and red trousers. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z The quays were gay with the red trousers of soldiers and the coquettish caps of soubrettes, with students in strange cloaks, and the twin kling wheels of yellow cabriolets. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z The game of the coquettish Georgian was well played. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z "You look perfectly well as you are," he answered, with a sorrowfully tender gaze at the graceful form in its natty blue serge and coquettish sailor-hat. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z A tuft of broom, mingling with her golden hair, fell down upon her shoulder, and gave her an indescribably coquettish grace. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z Behind them the blue eyes, which one seldom sees quite open, look out with coquettish, sidelong glances…. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z "I've heard," said I, "that the Tehuelche girls are pretty and coquettish in their manners, and not at all averse to marrying stalwart young white men." The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z There is no striving after choice expression or artificial scenes, but just the happy-go-lucky vivacity of the irrepressible raconteur, and the coquettish Sarah is delightful. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z "As you please, Colonel Lunettes!" with a coquettish toss of her long ringlets. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z "Probably so," returned she, with a little coquettish smile, sent back to her from the mirror opposite. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z Her tailor-made suit was attractive; in a very modern, businesslike way, even coquettish. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z The Empress even can't wear her usual shoes, and all the women have left off coquettish little shoes that match their dresses, and taken to these rather primitive chaussures. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z I knew little of Sophia Clarke, except that she was the somewhat gay, coquettish shopwoman of a highly respectable confectioner in the Strand, whom I shall call by the name of Morris. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z On the first day I went to some Highland sports, given by Lord Huntly, and to a sumptuous lunch, in a coquettish marquee, which formed an episode of the same. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z "My lord remembers!" said Baba, with every appearance of coquettish delight. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z "The excuse is not very adroit," she replied, with a coquettish laugh, "for it implies that you are more like to live in my memory than I in yours." The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z While her voice has lost some of its youthful sheen, Dessay is still a perfect interpreter of that complex character -- naive, coquettish, soulful and, in the end, tragic. Natalie Dessay’s Soulful Manon Starts Paris Homage to Massenet 2012-01-16T09:16:25Z "I'll be hanged if I do!" answered Prince, who disliked Miss Bliss because she tried to be coquettish with him. Eight Cousins Or, The Aunt-Hill 2012-01-15T03:00:12.507Z Dorothy was charming in a travelling coat of blue, and a small blue hat and veil gracefully tilted on her bright blond hair, a coquettish quill encircling her hat and peeping over her ear. Dorothy Dale in the City 2012-01-13T03:00:12.213Z And she looked up at him with a smile in which there was something more than mere passing coquettish fancy. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z O Being, exquisite in thy enticing and coquettish charm! be seated: rise no more and thus appease the fire of a thousand torments. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z She should have been more coquettish, but she was a Roman girl, and her love was true. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z The face of his old acquaintance had vanished—this was a cajoling, coquettish, smiling face, suggesting undreamed-of things. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z He wanted to tell his wife that he strongly objected to the conversations, confidences, glances, and coquettish smiles she lavished upon the duke, but he knew Venturita of old, and dreaded speaking to her himself. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z 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 Scorn the words of coquettish women, but accept limpid wine from the hand of those whose mien is irreproachable. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z I do not know whether she expected me, but it seemed to me that her dress and her coiffure were even more coquettish than usual. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z Armantine was really very fascinating; while "confessing her sins," she indulged in a thousand coquettish little manœuvres which would have turned many a man's head. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z The little girl—dear little thing she was, I remember her quite well, with her coquettish Scotch cap and her everlasting blushes. A Witch of the Hills, v. 2-2 2011-12-15T03:00:17.253Z She now, with coquettish sprightliness, tapped my shoulder and shook her head to show me that she had no faith in my blandishments. A Witch of the Hills, v. 1-2 2011-12-15T03:00:15.700Z There was nothing coquettish in Evelyn’s words, nor were they ironical. The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z Suppose you were coquettish, where would be the harm? Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z On the day that Georgette had appointed, Edward, attired in a coquettish morning n�glig�, awaited the young woman in a pretty little salon which might at need have passed for a boudoir. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z Even this made the saucy yacht look quite coquettish again. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z My costume corresponded at all points to that of a coquettish housemaid of Sebenico. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z There was no mistaking the attitude, the tender expression in the face of Rhys, or the coquettish aspect of the ruddy maiden as she placed her plump brown hand in his. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z In truth, in the eyes of a vain, coquettish woman like Madame Sordeville, to make one's self ridiculous before witnesses is a great crime! Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z And the house of Barret began to present a smiling and coquettish aspect, such as it had never possessed in the days of its former master. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z In spite of that lady's advanced age, these rooms had been newly fitted up in the daintiest, most coquettish style imaginable. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z Lastly coquettish Mrs. Wild, Chattering, rowdy, empty-headed; At sight of her the whole world smiled, Except the wretch whom she had wedded. The Guards Came Through and Other Poems 2011-11-22T03:00:11.683Z Never saw such acting; especially in Queen Bess, it was splendid, as she changes from the young, violent, coquettish woman to the peevish old crone dying with her crown on, vain, ambitious, and remorseful. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z So, let us not blame women for being coquettish; nature, when endowing them with beauty, grace, and charm, seems to have taught them what use they could make of these advantages. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z I hoped that she would be more amiable and less coquettish. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z Bridou took off his blouse, passed his hand through his yellow hair, and with a coquettish air offered his arm to Madame Bastien, who trembled in every limb. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z Now tell me in what way you think I'm coquettish. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z Over the top of the low hedge a coquettish hat appeared sailing along, and presently a young woman came meekly round the corner, enjoying the fresh country air. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z Now it is a small provincial capital, bright, white, and coquettish, utterly without the solemnity and majesty which should invest the seats of vanished empires. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z A coquettish woman would, perhaps, have postponed the moment of surrender; a woman who is really in love offers only a weak resistance, for she shares the happiness she gives. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z Needy himself he had married a second wife, young and coquettish, even less delicate than her husband as to the choice of means. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z In spite of that, are you quite sure that I am not vain or coquettish? Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z Quick as an arrow he came down in overcoat and fur cap, and she appeared in her pretty cloak and the coquettish American hat with feathers. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z He culminates in a coquettish embossed cap or thin-folded shawl turban, with perhaps a shawl neckcloth in winter. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Frances turned and laughed, shrugging her white shoulders; then she turned again towards the mirror not without a certain coquettish movement, which Br�hl noticed. Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z Boisgarnier appears to us as a small person, very elegant, slightly coquettish, slightly indolent, somewhat sarcastic, but still very attractive. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z She was really good, energetic, charitable, and compassionate, though a little coquettish; a faithful wife and tender mother, though she was very fond of laughing and joking. Iermola 2011-10-06T02:00:40.637Z Countess Denhoff was giddy and coquettish, but she was not jealous, and never dreamt of influencing any one; she was simply fond of life. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z Aunt Angela was taking off her hat and giving coquettish touches to her tall, snowy hair. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z He was twenty years of age, he was very good-looking, and the women, spoiled by Augustus, were very coquettish. Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z His "Fanny"! that beautiful vision of innocent girlhood; arch, coquettish, tender yet passionate, the clear depths of those blue eyes, the purity of that radiant smile! The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z By the void in his heart he knew that the girl in the coquettish toque, who had just repeated her mother's invitation with her eyes, was all the world to him. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z How delightfully they spoiled me, those two dear souls, and how coquettish they made me! My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z Her coquettish black eyes roam hither and thither. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z Now she was a beautiful young lady, coquettish, lively, proud, and covered with diamonds. Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z The light silky hair is roped with pearls, and a long plume falls gracefully from the coquettish toque of velvet adjusted at an angle that suits the face exactly. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z She disdained the “knakkes smale,” the little coquettish tricks of certain other ladies, who send their lovers half round the world, and give them but cold cheer on their return. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z She stepped back to admire the effect of her handiwork and flashed a coquettish glance at him, and then returned to admiring the effect. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z “These feathers,” said Kate, regarding the gift with admiration, “do not look like the flossy, saucy, flirty things which appear on ladies’ hats, strewing coquettish shadows over the face. An I.D.B. in South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:33.733Z It is of no use to toss your little head and look at me with something of the old coquettish light in your eyes. Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z Her father, however, had other views, against which the self-willed young lady rebelled; she had, however, her hesitations—sometimes flinging a new bait to Mr. Montagu and then showing a coquettish coolness. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z And Fox, to whom this speech was addressed—it was delivered in rather a coquettish manner, all Miss Patty's own—smiled and bowed and made no reply. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z One of the girls desisted for a moment from her feathers with which she was making hats, and stuck out her tongue at me in a coquettish way. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z She looked at the master with big fearless eyes, and dropped a coquettish little curtsey; the almost embarrassed master replied with a bow which made the little beauty smile—and the maid, too. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z The native women especially seem to be frivolous and coquettish, not to say rather lax in morals. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Easily as a thrush sings he suggested the powdered hair framing the coquettish face masked in demureness, the long neck springing from the slight frame, and the note of green in the auburn curls. Romney 2011-08-02T02:00:24.233Z The mingled softness and archness of her glance was very beautiful to Throckmorton, but it had not the power over him of Jacqueline’s coquettish air. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z Don't grudge me this little pleasure; life with these frivolous, coquettish women is already gradually becoming so shallow that it is no longer endurable. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z He attempted to drive away the thought, and instead of Agnes he saw the coquettish Miss Jacquette, who had been the last to play the part at the Municipal Theatre. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z Nay, she even accepted the inferior place with a coquettish artlessness which made her appear all the more youthful. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Lagarde is unusual among French female politicians in that there is nothing coquettish about her. Is this the world's sexiest woman (and the most powerful)? 2011-07-16T23:05:00Z Oh, it’s monstrous! and all through that wretched, coquettish girl.” One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z “I’m so glad,” she whispered, and Frank, feeling something coquettish in this, flushed himself. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z You will look like a queen beside my two laughing, coquettish blondes. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z An excellent German critic says of the preface to Lamartine's History of the Restoration, that it is as coquettish as everything in the historic way that has come from Lamartine's pen of late years. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z "She's unusual among French female politicians in that there's nothing coquettish about her," says Andrew Hussey, a professor at the University of London Institute in Paris. Is this the world's sexiest woman (and the most powerful)? 2011-07-16T23:05:00Z I have never hardly said a civil word to the girl in my life, for I protest that I utterly detest the handsome, heartless, coquettish creature. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z She is a good wife, without pretensions, sometimes coquettish, a darling wife. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z And with a coquettish glance she turned away towards the fire, where were her cousins and Aunt Thekla. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z "I could name half a dozen, at least," retorted Sophronia, with a coquettish toss of her head, as her cavalier assisted her to mount. The Night Riders A Thrilling Story of Love, Hate and Adventure, Graphically Depicting the Tobacco Uprising in Kentucky 2011-06-23T02:00:24.513Z Occasionally men of normal development otherwise have a woman's waist and woman's torso above the waist, and many womanly coquettish ways that point to this curious mixture of sexes. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z I have been very wicked, and cruel, and coquettish. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z "Orrin brought me to the door," she said, divesting herself of her fur cloak, and untying the coquettish hood that half covered her head. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z She flits to the mirror, gives two or three dainty touches to her coquettish costume, tosses a kiss from her finger tips, and is gone. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z For out of doors before his windows stood lovely and almost coquettish Nature hung round with Paris's apples, and in the midst of all a fair promenader who deserved the whole of them. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z The door opened again almost instantly to the bright laughing face and coquettish figure of Mrs. Sepulvida. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z Do even you believe that all this time I have been jesting on a subject so sacred—that I have but used pretense of holy calling as a coquettish wile to lure men on? Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z Bracelets to match loaded her meagre wrists, and were pushed up ostentatiously before she put her fingers upon the key-board, with a coquettish grimace at her cavalier. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z The one wears a scarlet and black domino, the other a coquettish Carmen costume. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z Only may she there never transform her lively, tremulous, gay, and yet sensitive, heart into a coquettish one! The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z But Victor had already risen hurriedly and departed, leaving Sal in tormenting doubt whether she had not in her coquettish indignation irritated the tropical nature of this sensitive Italian. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z A pleasant, merry set, all wearing the uniform of the class, dainty white aprons and coquettish caps with many-colored ribbons, like stage maid-servants. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z A dark green cloak of some figured, lustrous stuff; a little green hat with a coquettish leather; gloves fitting nicely; and finally a little embroidered pocket- handkerchief stuffed into an outer pocket of her cloak. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z She shot a glance of coquettish tenderness right into Jack's heart. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z Clotilda understood not the coquettish double art of throwing others into embarrassment or drawing them out of it; and the good Agatha always confounded the latter with the former.... Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z Upon Wulfhere, too, the advent of this pretty and coquettish little dame had burst like a revelation. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z The little town, once so coquettish, displayed in the bright rays of the sun its shattered houses. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z And this dancing girl did have a coquettish lift of the fan, a twist of the head, a raising of the eyebrow, that reminded him of her. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z But the little girl was coquettish, and, slipping away, stood at some distance, staring at the strange young ladies. Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls 2011-04-29T02:00:08.307Z Instead they will adjust their pose as required, shifting from full frontal to coquettish side-on 'you looking at me' stance. Park life 2011-04-28T00:09:50Z Lest it should be imagined that our coquettish little Frenchwoman, Jeannette, had been perfectly quiescent all this time, we proceed to give particulars of some little exploits in which she acted an important part. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z And in this remote village, Miss Metcalfe and Miss Thistlethwaite must do the bidding of coquettish Parisian milliners, even as their sisters do in May Fair. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z Very coquettish they appeared, standing there side by side, as though waiting for their owner. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z There was coquettish amusement in her hazel eyes. The Five Arrows 2011-04-21T02:00:45.940Z Sweet sixteen, I call it, and I always save it for the young men,” she added, with a coquettish glance at her new customer. The Bail Jumper 2011-04-16T02:00:19.103Z To her coquettish fancy there was something piquant in the indifference of this stalwart Saxon. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z She is described as a pleasant coquettish little woman, whose sole desire was to make every one in her circle happy. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z It was sweet and wild and innocent as the first coquettish love-note of the thrush, and yet it was the beginning of her love-life. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z Alone at last in the coquettish suite set apart for him—the jewel-box luxury of the yacht here manifested in azure and silver daintiness—the great reaction seized Allard. The Game and the Candle 2011-04-03T02:00:16.907Z Under the coquettish hat, made in the Louis XV. style, her clearly cut face had a brave and almost saucy look. Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) 2011-04-01T02:00:37.710Z Their coquettish caps are even more expressive than usual. One Year Abroad 2011-03-27T02:00:18.457Z If a little coquettish, she was not cruel; and she felt repentful, remembering how on that night she had misled him. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z At night the young men of the neighborhood flocked about her boarding-place, absolutely fighting in her very presence for the promise which she withheld, out of coquettish perversity. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z But the familiar picture sprang up at call: Miss Greta half coquettish, half girlishly—appealing, "I must see what's happened to my poor little earnings." The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z While the ex-Princess Olsdorf was thus gently fading away, a strange change came over her: she was again coquettish and elegant as of old. Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) 2011-04-01T02:00:37.710Z There is nothing more coquettish in the summer than “a crisp looking shirtwaist of taffeta,” proclaimed The Chicago Daily Tribune in 1903. City Room: Triangle Fire: Liberating Clothing Made in Confinement 2011-03-22T11:39:04Z The elder woman, in coquettish slight mourning, had the same face, broad at the brow, tapering at the chin, the same long lovely eyes, deep-lashed, the same poise of the head and wavy golden-brown hair. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z Gazing down in coquettish silence at a rose in her hand, Linda has vanished through the gateway of the park, on the arm of her cousin, in the golden light of the setting sun. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z He knows how early she rises, and that no coquettish punctilio as to being first at the rendezvous will hinder her, if she is sooner ready than he. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z Supposing that she might succeed by making him jealous, she grew coquettish, whimsical, frivolous, much like many of the young women of the Russian aristocracy; but Pierre did not seem to even notice the change. Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) 2011-04-01T02:00:37.710Z The men were presented, and those of the Randolph party taken prompt possession of by the coquettish Californian girls. A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z Occasionally she had a pretty coquettish manner towards me, the memory of which is charming.... Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z He had borne this with goodness and patience; then Linda had suddenly appeared, with her dazzling beauty, her picturesque elegance, her coquettish heartlessness. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z She took fitness levels and gym work to a whole different plateau for female athletes in an era when most fans wanted to see blushing, coquettish blondes with ribbons in their hair. Martina Navratilova 2011-03-08T00:05:51Z It is Count Wodin, the husband of the pretty, coquettish horsewoman, who is speaking. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Those ten years have made no change in her; just the same rose-leaf complexion, the same round, little graceful figure, the same coquettish airs and graces as when we saw her last. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z She spoke with a decided foreign accent with little moments of coquettish hesitation as though feeling for words. Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California 2011-03-03T03:00:52.327Z "I am indescribably pleased," he adds, with well-bred resignation, and at the same time glances after a passing blonde chignon whose coquettish curls float to and fro as if they said "catch me!" Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z Lord Lansdown has crowned her with praise, very pointed and elegant, and seems to have contrasted her at the moment, with his coquettish Mira, Lady Newburgh. 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 But I am not coquettish, only ask Paul; he thinks I am too little so. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z By this coquettish and characteristic answer, we are still left in the dark. 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 He thought of her coquettish glances, of the double meaning in her words, and this after that one supreme moment which had betrayed to both that they were not indifferent to each other. The Eichhofs A Romance 2011-02-19T03:01:37.327Z No objection can be found to her behavior to-day--it is animated without being loud, cordial without being coquettish. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z It is graceful, elegant and coquettish rather than ponderous, majestic and passionate. Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2011-02-15T03:00:17.853Z She gave a slight nod of her pretty head, accompanying the coquettish movement with a wonderful smile. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z Sometimes, when the poem is an old favorite, he recites it, keeping his dark eyes fixed the while upon the fair coquettish face just above him. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z A large mirror ring indicated that she was coquettish, and yet a certain modesty told that she was not from Amritsar Bazaar. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z From one to the other she looked, with little nods and coquettish smiles. The Road to Understanding 2011-01-29T03:00:20.840Z Kitty seemed a specimen from another world as her coquettish Leghorn hat flowering with poppies burst upon the scholastic scene. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z The girl was certainly looking her best, her pretty hair curling about her forehead in little clustering rings, her face just delicately flushed with color, her blue eyes very coquettish and very sparkling. The Carleton Case 2011-01-24T03:00:17.240Z She says this with the prettiest affectation of infantile grace, accompanied by a coquettish glance from under her sweeping lashes that creates in Florence a mad desire to box her ears. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Upon the walls, pastels and portraits of much-bedecked women, wearing the same vague, coquettish smile upon their vermilion lips. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z Mademoiselle Iwinska, with a gracefully coquettish gesture, pretended to hide under a shawl to avoid the curious looks which surrounded her on all sides. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z The young physician was taken with her handsome face and pert coquettish ways, while her by no means spotless past was of no consequence in his eyes. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z To suit her ideas, therefore, of the deportment of a young lady, she had begun to assume a very coquettish manner. Brenda, Her School and Her Club 2011-01-15T03:00:31.087Z Upon her yellow hair is resting the most coquettish of fur caps, from beneath which her face smiles fairer and fresher for its rich surroundings. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z The Spanish women were usually attended by Indian girls, and their dress was coquettish and becoming. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z The others looked like stage soubrettes, and acted like coquettish young ladies who knew nothing about their work. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z But the hat was a coquettish Parisian creation with a pink rose under the brim. The Ranch Girls in Europe 2011-01-13T03:01:01.483Z He must be made to realise that she had truly screamed in her sleep, and that there was no horrid coquettish trick. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z The little silver-grey hen looked at him with the corner of her eye, just as coquettish ladies are apt to do when they look at you over the corners of their fans. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Large broughams, which had their seats lined with cloth, carried dowagers fast asleep, or else a splendid machine passed with a seat as simple and coquettish as a dandy's black coat. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z I expected to find a pert, coquettish little shop girl, and I found—well, I found—you. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z And he had once loved this painted, dressed-up, revoltingly coquettish person; had loved her with the best, purest strength of his heart, as, but a little while ago, he had assured Erna with passionate eagerness. Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z They are coquettish; and coquetry is sensuality with style, tamed accordingly, but not conquered. Paul Verlaine 2010-12-28T03:00:19.670Z It also looked like a patch worn by coquettish Nature to enhance the diaphanous watchet-blue of the atmosphere. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z She received the young gentleman's compliments with a coquettish air, fixed on him her large, dreamy eyes, then slipping on the carpet amid the furniture, disappeared like a cat. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z "Perhaps," she replied with an upward glance which was almost coquettish. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Or of the coquettish phantom-fights and ugly caricatures of passion with which a heart that has ceased to believe, in love, endeavours to deceive itself regarding its own needs? Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z They are grave only externally, and all that is coquettish, winning, and womanly within. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z She could not forbear a smile at the intentionally coquettish tone he had assumed, an affectation of spoilt-childishness which she saw through at once. Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z Look, for instance, at Bassolier's pictures: they are pretty, coquettish, spruce, and by no means dull. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z The coquettish yellow silk nest her red-head had fixed up for her near the "Linden" was empty. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z And at times she practices a coquettish ambivalence. Book Review - The Eitingons - By Mary-Kay Wilmers 2010-07-23T16:15:00Z With strangers they are familiar, perhaps even somewhat coquettish, and their nonchalance is particularly amusing. A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas He submitted passively, and glanced down in cold astonishment on the pale, pretty features on which an almost coquettish smile was now playing. The Undying Past What ideas you men do have of women’s hearts, just because now and then you meet with some silly, flighty, coquettish thing, not without a heart, certainly, but with one that is worthless. A Little World And raising her glass to touch his, she tried to thank him for his having come around with a little coquettish shamefaced smile. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The woman put her horse through a few paces that were as coquettish as her eyes and voice. The Trail of Conflict "I'd have been a Sister long ago if you hadn't begged and begged me not," was the reply, with the coquettish toss of a pretty head. Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame She wore the travelling gown of yesterday, but with a more coquettish air, and the fur cap rested provokingly over one ear. A Divided Heart and Other Stories The effect of this peculiar hood as worn in public is both nun-like and coquettish,—a seeming anomaly; but it is quite correct. The Story of Malta Your hair is turning grey, but I have an idea that you leave it untouched for some coquettish reason, because it goes so well with your young features. Small Souls The others drank nothing but water, except Mademoiselle Suzon, whose glass, spite of her coquettish reluctance, the baron filled twice with Bordeaux. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History As simple as it was coquettish, her Alsatian costume was of singular taste, somewhat theatrical,—but for that reason more capable of producing the effect she desired. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 The slightest effort of fancy would have shown Daisy Palmer cloven by a hatchet, yet coquettish enough even in sanguinary death to display lisle-thread stockings and the scalloped edge of a white petticoat. Sinister Street, vol. 2 There was also in a top drawer, generally unattainable, a collection of caps threaded with many different velvet ribbons and often coquettish with lace flowers. Sinister Street, vol. 1 It was the first coquettish word she had so far uttered, and Winn did not like it. Rockhaven The girls bore themselves in accordance with their respective characters--the elder quiet and sparing of words, the younger gay and coquettish even to audacity. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II A passing omnibus took them to the home of the coquettish Fanny, and Tom rang the bell with vindictive emphasis. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir For answer, the girl took off her hat and tore away a cluster of roses and a coquettish bow of ribbon. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 The bonheur du jour has never been so delicate, so charming, so coquettish as in the quarter of a century which followed its introduction. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Betty," said he hoarsely, "'tis no coquettish whim, this—no youthful fancy? Our Admirable Betty A Romance She made a coquettish courtesy, hustled the astonished visitors out of her studio without much ceremony, and flew, singing, down the stairs. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II And, monsieur," with the saucy uplifted coquettish glance he remembered so well, "if you find out I'm not an angel don't tell him, please. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir Why are the coquettish, vitiated, hollow inclinations of a great part of the female sex so distasteful to you? The Progressionists, and Angela. She flashed a smile that was almost coquettish upon him. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop A coquettish Marwood held me in her meshes, because I felt for her that which is so often taken for love which it so rarely is. The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise Her charming figure showed to advantage in its short dress and tight-fitting bodice, and a little rose in her bosom set off the whiteness of her neckerchief and of her little coquettish waitress's apron. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II As long as your strength permit, remain coquettish and jealous of your appearance. Rambles in Womanland The button-hole was too large, and the head of the stud insisted on disappearing in a most coquettish and embarrassing manner. Patricia Brent, Spinster "And why do you say this?" she inquired, dropping her coquettish manner and flashing upon them both, the haughty and implacable woman Bertram had always believed her to be, notwithstanding her vagaries and fashion. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life He couldn't accept the girlish laughter, the high, coquettish voice as having come from the grey, witch-like hag whom the light now exposed mercilessly. The Gray Mask She was tying bows of blue ribbons into coquettish shapes, singing as she did so, when she heard a quick footstep on the gravel. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance Her fame was immediately established, and soon she had all mankind at her feet; but she proved to be coquettish, deceitful, and extravagant. Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday Dora trotted up and sniffed at him with coquettish curiosity, as if wondering who this golden young gallant might be, but her bearing could by no stretch of language by styled maternal. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road This was said with a coquettish glance at Bronson, who in a low voice hastened to assure her that he was more than satisfied with his present position. Harper's Round Table, August 20, 1895 The burn avoids some with a cunning and almost coquettish grace, dashes brutally against others, as if impelled by an internal violence of emotion. Bye-Ways My prettiest frocks, my most coquettish glances, were all wasted on him. A Modern Wizard A coquettish garden, of a surprising greenness, all flowery and perfumed, charms the eyes; the receiving cisterns conceal themselves under vaults that do not reveal their secret to the first comer. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 The ballet, with the lightly clothed nymphs, their coquettish movements, their seductive smiles, their bold display of limbs, and their short petticoats, was not to the taste of the Bondavara miners. Black Diamonds In Paris the pastry-cooks' shops are, as the French say, coquettish—as coquettish as the elegant simplicity of plate glass, discreet gilding, polished brass, and a demonstrative dame de comptoir can make them. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. He leans his elbows on his desk, and does up his weekly budget into a parcel the reverse of coquettish. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. Aiblins—not coarse, but verily coquettish, and something more, is Eve. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 There was no posing, no little coquettish touches. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion The vanished stream is as capricious as a coquettish maiden, as full of tricks and humors. Black Diamonds Here was another young man who was fit for heroic deeds, but was ruined in this good-for-nothing age, and was about to sacrifice his life to a coquettish forest girl. Waldfried A Novel Madame Roland, on the other hand, is more coquettish than she has ever been. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty There were innumerable villas of every style and class,—some spacious and splendid enough for royal residences; others coquettish little chalets, where lovers might pass the honeymoon. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Grace, coquettish and good-looking, was always scanning the future with a nervous anxiety. Toilers of the Sea Cherubino is childish, coquettish, sentimental, amorous, timid, audacious, fickle; he is self-conscious and self-unconscious, passionately troubled in mind, impudently cool in manner; he is brazen, calm, shy, fluttered; all these things together. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions In the camp, in the tumult of battle, flatterers are wanting to the coquettish woman and also the leisure to listen to them. A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) Hence, only by coquettish dallying could she postpone the evil day. Greek Women The speakers are Madame Leverdet, a coquettish, sprightly lady approaching middle age, and young M. De Ryons, a friend and neighbor. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 She is more lively, and should any other dogs be with her, she indulges in a variety of coquettish antics. The Dog She threw back her mantle; a handsome coquettish Moor or Carthaginian--I know the sort--looked at me with sly eyes. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 She was a comely little round-faced woman, attired in a simple but well-made costume, to which the small flounced apron and blue-ribbon cap gave an air of coquettish smartness. Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 “Coquet” is still also occasionally used adjectivally, but the more usual form is “coquettish”; e.g. we speak of a “coquettish manner,” or a “coquettish hat.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" If, without being seen, you could listen to the conversation in a coquettish neighbourhood, you would not always be able to say whether it is the lover or the director who is speaking. Priests, Women, and Families They're so clever and wise and coquettish and——" "When a girl is in love," said the widow, "she ceases being clever and wise and coquettish. The Widow To Say Nothing of the Man And this is also the case with the coquettish old bindings of which I speak. Book Repair and Restoration "How you read my most secret thoughts!" said she, with a coquettish affectation of sincerity. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life It was devoid of crape, and had a neat, coquettish air. Leonore Stubbs Compare this with the coquettish pantomine of the Jesuit, who acts mass at Fribourg, or with the prelate whom I have seen at the altar showing to advantage his delicate small hand. Priests, Women, and Families If the prima donna is of the coquettish school of song, every damsel of sylph-like proportions, vivacious expression, and a turn for man-killing, chirps and warbles away in the sprightly passages of the Barbiere. Physiology of The Opera The young girl does not understand that her coquettish glances and tossings of the head and simperings are so many intuitive efforts to awaken that sort of magnetic thrill in the young man. Almost a Woman When I had known her before she had only been playing a part, posing as a lovely, light-hearted, capriciously coquettish girl, without a real care in the world. The Red Symbol The cobweb, giving up the hair as a bad job, has relinquished its hold, and is now mildly touching his cheek, in a somewhat coquettish fashion. Portia or By Passions Rocked She did not consider herself passionate in a marked degree, but freely admitted to herself that she was vain and coquettish. The "Genius" "Ugh!" exclaimed the young woman, with a coquettish shiver, "be them awful things loaded?" Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran It was an employment little suited to her lively disposition and coquettish habits, and we do not hear, during her short occupation of the throne, that she resorted to it as an amusement. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries Here her eyes wandered and her almost serious look vanished in a somewhat coquettish smile. Hand and Ring When she talked, those coquettish eyes of hers shone brighter than ever, with enjoyment. Their Son; The Necklace She had a coquettish desire to see what he was like. The "Genius" "Go along with you, you bloodthirsty man!" cried Bessy, with coquettish self-satisfaction. Eyes Like the Sea She is more than pretty, she is lovely; and there is a certain force and dignity about her, too, that contrasts curiously with her piquant wit and coquettish ways. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge All the rooms on the ground floor were open, and in one of them he could discern a dashing and coquettish young miss holding court over a cluster of eager swains. Hand and Ring He noted that her breasts were firm and full; and he even thought he could detect in her an extremely coquettish desire to appear attractive in his eyes. Their Son; The Necklace Her most coquettish smiles, however, were for Tillhurst, but that didn't trouble me. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas There really seemed to be some sort of coquettish bashfulness in her face. Eyes Like the Sea Yes, she said to herself, Sally has a kind heart, and her coquettish desire to conceal from him the extent of her affection ought now to give way to the outspoken tenderness of real love. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine A lull came in the music and Stovik, bowing the Duchess to her seat, turned with evident relish to a coquettish brunette who had assured him that they were first cousins. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch Rafaela, who had lost all desire to be coquettish or to please men, let herself slide into poverty; and, in the end, she sank so low as to slop round the village streets, barefooted. Their Son; The Necklace "Go on about your little pigs," she says, glancing at him with coquettish mirth. Rossmoyne She rang the bell quickly as the trembling hands would allow: and when the pretty, coquettish maid answered it she asked had any one come, had any one called; and the answer was, "No." A Mad Love The Brilliant lay all this while courtesying on the waves, which kissed and whispered to the little coquettish craft. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine A coquettish, hare-brained flirt: that is all that she is now, and she promised to be a sweet little woman two years ago! Under False Pretences A Novel As the months passed by, the handwriting became familiar, but a coquettish grandmother may have flirted a bit with the letter, and put it aside—until she could be alone. Threads of Grey and Gold "The women of Ireland," says an ancient chronicler, "are the coyest, the most coquettish, yet withal the coldest and virtuousest women upon earth." Rossmoyne If, for instance, you think you detect any coquettish symptoms in the right leg of your adversary, you may know at once what he is meditating. Broad-Sword and Single-Stick With Chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick, Umbrella and Other Weapons of Self-Defence No lady at court had then so noble and coquettish a bearing, such delicate and attractive features, so elegant and graceful a figure. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 The mare resented not being given her head at once; but finally trotted off with a coquettish gait that showed her fine breeding and her graceful proportions. Jena or Sedan? Her mouth was well formed; she was slender, graceful, and coquettish, well-educated, and in every way, charming. Threads of Grey and Gold She is altogether different from the coquettish, provoking child of last night. Rossmoyne She forgot that it was only a picture that hung before her and looked up with a coquettish pout. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature On the other side Don Cristobal, the father of that perverse, coquettish angel, found himself suddenly in such an awkward position that it nearly drove him mad. The Grandee You would have laughed outright to watch the coquettish airs which this little creature gave herself with Charles, whom yet she evidently could not bear to see dancing with another. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. She too had shining black hair, over which she had flung the most coquettish sort of lace shawl they call a rebosa. Gold She is dressed in a white gown, decked with ribbons of sombre tint, and wears upon her head a huge poky bonnet, from which her face peeps out, half earnest, half coquettish, wholly pure. Rossmoyne Her eyes were tightly closed, as if they were sealed, her eyebrows lifted in coquettish anxiety, her shoulders rocked in a stream of inaudible tones whose tempo seemed now hurried, now excessively slow. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature 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 "My Father," said Marie, with a coquettish toss of her pretty head, "and so you think Jules too good for me?" Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 12, 1890 But they softened the severity of the coiffure with wreaths, and feathers, and fillets, and even coquettish little lace laps, filled with flowers. The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 There was nothing coquettish in her demeanour; whatever she felt for Moore she felt it seriously. Shirley A large proportion of those on skates wore uniforms, while the ladies were in short, tightly-fitting jackets, trimmed with fur, and with coquettish little fur caps. Through Russian Snows A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow They flirted with servants, with barbers, with strolling actors, with their own and other women’s husbands; until the whole atmosphere fairly reeked of intrigue, of amours and coquettish escapades. Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp He had scorned her advances—her coquettish smiles, years ago in Rome when he was a student. Futurist Stories Nothing can be more charming, coquettish, and fascinating, than this costume, which excites in the highest degree the admiration of strangers. Adventures in the Philippine Islands You would become urgent, I suppose, and I should be—coquettish. The Passionate Friends He remembered her manner with the two men they had just left, coquettish, innocently provocative. Kildares of Storm A little coquettish smile stole over her mouth. Mabel's Mistake There were coquettish mulatto girls with bouquets for sale, and fancy flowers wrought of shells; these last of most exquisite workmanship. Due South or Cuba Past and Present Only slaves and women remained, and Pascherette ran to her mistress's side and whispered, with a sidelong look of coquettish allurement at Venner and his friends. The Pirate Woman The more eager the male, the more coquettish is the female. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study "Now what are you up to?" she inquired, curtly, for she220 was sometimes a little scandalized at her younger sister's coquettish airs. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals The reader's interest is at once centered in the heroine, Laurente Macintosh, a pretty and coquettish Scotch girl. The Dominant Strain The fan is a positive necessity to her, and she learns its coquettish and graceful use from childhood. Due South or Cuba Past and Present And she assumed a coquettish demeanor, while Saint-Prosper coolly studied her through the wreaths of smoke from his weed. The Strollers Elizabeth threw the coverlet over her head, so that only the tangled fringe of her hair was left to see; and she began to laugh––a coquettish trifling. The Cruise of the Shining Light Excitement had brought back the youthful color to her face, and a spirit of benevolent mischief kindled all the old coquettish fire in her eyes. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals She stood there mighty sullen as I sized her up, and admired her splendid black hair that was bound by a red ribbon at the nape of her neck, very coquettish and attractive. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas “Oh, no! if it were that,” and her glance was almost coquettish, “I should ask you to remain as my champion.” The Bondwoman Very different she appeared in this picturesque Spanish attire from the lady of the lane, with the coquettish cap of muslin and its “brides,” or strings. The Strollers There was nothing very wicked surely about that coquettish bending of her head, those playful escapes from her husband's embrace, that heel-and-toe tripping, that lithe elusiveness, that joyous psalmody of youth. In a Little Town "Never mind," she said, with one of her old coquettish gestures. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals "It's a pity you had not captured the washing millionaire, instead of pretty, bewitching, coquettish Sally," he went on, with a fit of harsh laughter. Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife She donned the hat, twisting it to a coquettish angle, and Baxter unctuously assisted her to place the wrap about her shoulders. Traffic in Souls A Novel of Crime and Its Cure The passengers, among whom were several ladies, wearing coquettish bonnets with ribbons or beau-catchers attached, were too weary even to view with wonder the odd-looking theatrical caravan. The Strollers Jean was coquettish, and affected a somewhat youthful manner and style of dress, which contrasted ill with her time of life. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 As they thus pass in single file, the customary mode of walking with the Guaranian women, nothing can be more coquettish than the pose of the jugs on their heads. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 He strode at once to Klara, who greeted him with an ironical little smile and a coquettish look out of her dark eyes. A Bride of the Plains “Tell me! tell me, good capitaine,” said she, turning in a pretty coquettish way to the skipper, “when shall we get in port?” Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life She came down the steps clad in a long, brown coat, and a little toque with a coquettish bronze wing on it, the color of her hair. Treasure Valley "I promise not to," was the answer, and she arose to change the coquettish cap and morning-gown for her street costume. Harper's Young People, June 22, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Beneath that coquettish veil, under the aureole of hair, gleamed the piquant eyes he had kissed so often. Ghetto Comedies The slender form, the graceful movements, the long thin fingers, the wonderful management of that terrible skirt, the coquettish movements! Round the Wonderful World He wheeled round to find a pair of big, blue eyes looking at him from out of the coquettish rim of a fur-trimmed hood. The Silver Maple A waistcoat of rich tissue of silver and a pretty little cap of velvet completed his coquettish and charming costume of majo. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 Upon my word, thou art so good-looking, with the coquettish bow under thy chin, that I am half afraid some saucy redcoat may stop thee. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia With a coquettish little laugh and toss of the head, she tossed her fan to Captain Forest who caught it and held it in his hand as he would a flower. When Dreams Come True She had recovered her smiling, coquettish self, and declared that Señor Ellhorn had frightened her. With Hoops of Steel She encountered Scotty's eager gaze, and returned it with a brilliant, laughing glance; then her eyes met Callum's and she instantly turned away with a coquettish toss of her head. The Silver Maple But when with the assurance which has never yet known disappointment, Reuben applied at the window, Mintie gave him a rather coquettish— "No, Mr. Taylor—you're not in luck to-day,—there's nothing for you." Say and Seal, Volume II The soft yellow hair was blown about her like a cloud, and the great bow under her chin gave her a coquettish air. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia She carried her head high and with a coquettish air which plainly showed she had by no means relinquished her hold upon life. When Dreams Come True Lest I should be thought coquettish, I will act with you as I have already done; and endeavour to say something which may gratify you as before. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance They are clad just as they should be; and yet, on gala days, they know how to make themselves as coquettish as any girl on Portsmouth Downs. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 The potatoes are spoiled by the water that helps the grass, and the coquettish strawberry will not thrive on the regimen that suits the grosser crops. Our Italy "But we have had no chance to refuse," said saucy Miss Mifflin, raising her coquettish eyes. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia She wore a red rose in her black hair, while a partially drooping eyelid gave a piquant, coquettish expression to her face. When Dreams Come True Women never disliked her because she created no jealousy and always unconsciously put herself at a disadvantage; men did not mind her prattle and coquettish airs, being well aware that nothing was expected of them. The Limit From all this it may be inferred that Alice was just a little coquettish, and that verdict is no doubt true. Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast The gestures, the roll of the eyes, the coquettish turn of the head was the daintiest thing you ever saw. A Modern Cinderella In every trousseau you still see some of these confections, and on the stage the young wife who has to cajole her husband in the coming scene usually appears in a coquettish one. Home Life in Germany His manners are entirely too coquettish to suit me; he does nothing but shrug his shoulders and roll up his eyes—perhaps it is a Virginia custom. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century Madame, before whom was a small table covered with the unfinished portions of a corset, was very agreeable—rather coquettish, indeed, we should have said in England. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France It was the first little coquettish word she had uttered, and it amused Albert. Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast Mademoiselle Elven also departed tip-tap! up the terrace in her coquettish wooden shoes, leaving me alone with the Countess under the trees. The Maids of Paradise There was another coquettish glance and a toss of the pink roses in Auntie Jinit's bonnet. 'Lizbeth of the Dale “If you wish,” said Aurora, throwing him a coquettish glance. Dorothy's Triumph I went back to eat a hearty breakfast at the London Tavern, where I found the mistress gracious, and the handmaid very chatty and coquettish. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France Germain, by his journey's end, has his heart so well engaged in the right quarter that he is proof against the dangerous fascinations of the coquettish widow. Famous Women: George Sand I think it is very nice of me, Major Counsellor, for is not the rose the emblem of England?' said the girl, with a coquettish smile at the older man. A Modern Mercenary The table and chair of Jean Guiton have been restored, like everything else, and are very elegant and coquettish pieces of furniture—incongruous relics of a season of starvation and blood. A Little Tour of France But, while she said much that was graceful, coquettish, and characteristic, the Duke felt unable to regard it as an acceptance of his offer. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange Everything is round in the coquettish face, shaded by a hat that is an expensive triumph of Parisian millinery, trimmed with a whole branch of wistaria in bloom. The Dop Doctor She was too honest to pretend anything herself, and possessed too fine a nature to cover what might have held embarrassment by a coquettish taunt or feigned pique. The Rhodesian Miss Johnson gushed approval with her usual air of coquettish superiority. Making People Happy The lady leaned with coquettish heaviness upon the arm that supported her hand. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 No, she had her own style—although she was coquettish enough. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange For weeks she tortured the wretched, knavish fellow with coquettish tricks, and having rendered him miserable in many ways, made him ludicrous by jilting him. A Book About Lawyers Unfortunately the coquettish girl praised the beautiful eyes of Giulio d'Este, the Cardinal's younger brother, whereupon this prince of the Church hired assassins who waylaid his brother and tore out his offending eyes. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) She was well aware of Cicily's deep-seated aversion for the coquettish older woman, who had not scrupled to employ all her arts to win away another's lover. Making People Happy Formerly she had had the one coquettish and luxurious instinct of poor women, a love for clean linen. Germinie Lacerteux The curiosities of her old boudoir were quite sufficient to give to the three rooms a coquettish air. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man The deep violet eyes under the long lashes were 232 beautiful without the flashing and sparkle of Jo Bennington’s coquettish gaze. Winning the Wilderness A great crowd is collected on the quay as the steamer warps up, above which rise sunshades coloured and coquettish, pith helmets and sweeping puggarees, and more orthodox white "stove-pipes." The Sign of the Spider “That’s not at all strange,” interrupted the little widow, in a coquettish, sentimental tone. Major Frank Roger, blas�, Disillusioned with life as he was, felt the sway Of her strong personality, there as she sat Looking out 'neath the rim of her coquettish hat With dark eyes on the sea. Three Women She thought it gave her a coquettish look to dress entirely in green, a colour which contrasted horribly with her red hair. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man “All right,” she said smiling, and went away, with a rather coquettish kiss of the hand to him. Bird of Paradise She has her own coquettish charms, Knows no sorrows, no alarms, And dozes in her mistress’ arms— A sleepy Spitz. My Father as I Recall Him As he faced the depression of it, he was more than ever determined to end it, conclusively, that evening, but Mrs. Feverel's gloom and Dahlia's little attempts at coquettish gaiety frightened him. The Wooden Horse Anne was vain of her beauty, naturally coquettish, and very romantic in her views of life. Louis XIV. Makers of History Series Their graceful and coquettish ways were most attractive. An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet She was attempting to defeat him—she was trying to be coquettish—poor thing! Bird of Paradise One was that it was no bill she was making out; the other, that the red hair under her coquettish little cap matched oddly with the great black eyes that were bent on her writing. With Haig on the Somme It was really a little pitiful, with her gorgeous colours, and her trembling assumption of a coquettish youth that had left her long ago. The Wooden Horse Three long curls hang from the imposing mass, and could be worn before or behind, and be made to perform—as I witnessed—all sorts of coquettish tricks. . . . Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) Vast numbers of ladies join the processions as Tapadas, indulging in all sorts of coquettish airs, and with thoughts evidently bent on any subject but religion. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests She hopped first on one foot and then on the other, in curious imitation of a polka dance, tossing her head on one side in a most coquettish manner. Minnie's Pet Parrot P.S.—As to my spelling, that is a coquettish licence I take with the genealogy of words. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance "Perhaps," said Bessie, with a little coquettish glance at Tom, whom she privately thought a very good-looking boy; "perhaps this young gentleman will look after me." Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success Sometimes the panting bridegroom has to run her down—no slight task if the adorer happens to be stout, and the adored one coquettish and fleet of foot. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) Calvin is a coquettish student, who loves to parade his reading and his memory. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 "There is a bond between us!" she went on, half coquettish, half serious. The Huntress Your apparent diffidence, your natural reserve, seemed to give me a coquettish advantage over the situation, and I was not slow to avail myself of it. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance Their laughter angered her, and whenever she glanced at them and detected Siona looking into Wayland’s face with coquettish simper, she was embittered. The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range She had a small pale face, brown eyes that sparkled with life and mischief, and a rippling mass of reddish-auburn hair falling down her back under a coquettish little felt hat. Vixen, Volume I. "Then you do not relax, even for an evening," inquired Peggy, with a coquettish turn of the head. The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution By and by the coquettish moon peeped between the tree-trunks across the creek and touched his face and his fair hair with a silvery wand. The Huntress She cared for him, I’m sure, but she was less demonstrative; more coquettish, I would say, if she hadn’t been too homely a beast to think of, in connection with such a word. How to Cook Husbands The mere absence of the coquettish ringlets made a considerable p. 463difference, and the pale colour of the hair, as it was plainly braided, increased the wanness of her appearance. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster In the suburbs of the large Dutch towns, notably Utrecht, one makes his way through miles and miles of garden walls, half-hiding coquettish villas. The Automobilist Abroad Her attitude was coquettish, and Jake regarded her with an ingratiating smile. Brandon of the Engineers It was natural that she should be somewhat coquettish, but the instant she caught sight of Ben Mayberry she almost ran to him. The Telegraph Messenger Boy The Straight Road to Success Her golden hair was clustered in becoming puffs and curls, tucked into a little net of gold mesh, with coquettish bunches of rosebuds above each ear. Patty's Social Season Then the old warden with his clanking keys admitted them, and they stood in rows, that the coquettish damsel might make a selection.” Patty's Friends Jet looks grey beside her tresses blacker than the murk midnight, While the little hand that presses each coquettish curl shines white. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 January 11, 1890 The women, who at Tonga, as everywhere else, are more coquettish than men, make aprons of cocoa-nut fibres, which they ornament with shells, and bits of coloured stuffs and feathers. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century She had never overstepped the actual bounds of propriety herself, but she had been coquettish and fond of admiration, and had delighted to hold her own against the world. Vagabondia 1884 On Patty’s head was perched a coquettish little cap of the style most approved for bridesmaids, and she carried a clustered spray of pink roses. Patty's Social Season Was it possible that the cow, more coquettish than her kind are apt to be, had hidden herself to provoke him? The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life The coquettish angle at which she carried her head was a mannerism surviving from a time when it was more becoming. A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays He appreciated it and fell to wishing that Tootsie would be more like her, less coquettish and more of a good comrade. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World There had been a new acquisition in the shape of a dress to don, and one or two coquettish aids to appearance, which were also novelties. Vagabondia 1884 You don’t need to put up with it, Gertrude,” she said in conclusion, making a sad attempt to look coquettish. The Goose Man "You can imagine it is my lips you are touching," added she, with a light, coquettish laugh, leaning provocatively close to him. Drolls From Shadowland The little room, perfumed and coquettish, was, it is true, partially illuminated by the gas lamps on the boulevard. Jack 1877 The language would have been an impertinence in any one else; yet, in the pretty and piquant Mariamne, it was simply coquettish. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 She exercised to its utmost her inventive genius, and lay awake at night to devise simple but coquettish feminine snares of attire to delight and bewilder him in the future. Vagabondia 1884 Rich, coquettish, and in love?—is not that enough for you, eh? The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul It is surprising how often the handwriting is pretty, coquettish, or affected, but almost half of my crank correspondence is typewritten. Psychology and Social Sanity "I shall not go," said the poet, dryly, when Moron-val handed him the coquettish perfumed note. Jack 1877 Brightly dressed women and children, coquettish girls, nuns, and beggars all assemble here. Travels in the Far East Despite all her pretence of brightness and coquettish attire, there was not one of them who had not been startled when their first greeting was over. Vagabondia 1884 She punctuated her remarks by frequent clucks, which, I suppose, were meant to be coquettish. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia There was nothing audacious in her manner of repeating it—no coquettish reference, in voice or glance, to him. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science For the first time she seemed to have lost all consciousness of self, and had laid aside her r�le of the coquettish, pretty woman. Jack 1877 She took the ribbon from her belt, and began to twist it in one coquettish knot after another about the hat, which she had set on her dark hair. Rita Dolly sobbing on his shoulder was so different from the coquettish, shrewd, mock-worldly Dolly other people saw. Vagabondia 1884 In the evening hours he had been wooing the coquettish Dame Law, and, wonderful to say, she had yielded easily to his advances. The heart of happy hollow A collection of stories With a low salutation, and a coquettish movement of the head that set all her ribbons fluttering, the femme de chambre made her exit. Fairy Fingers A Novel But Ida wished to make a toilet; to take out from her wardrobe some one of her pretty costumes of other days, too coquettish, too conspicuous for her present circumstances. Jack 1877 “Yes,” she said, and a little coquettish smile flitted across her face. The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle Once there was just such another,—no, the other was unlike her in all but youth and beauty, with a hundred coquettish ways where this one is honest, simple, and sincere. Floyd Grandon's Honor The young women were modest, often very pretty, and evidently felt the same necessity of attracting attention by small coquettish artifices as Eve's daughters of European race. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II That famous and coquettish town was now the center of a gay republican society in which Napoleon and his pretty sisters were important persons. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) With a coquettish glance toward the bridegroom, she hummed a little bit of the wedding march. The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play They shun men, but handle the veil in a coquettish manner according to artificial and excessive usages. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals He raises his hat, pauses, and with her coquettish instinct she stops. Floyd Grandon's Honor He could rely on our discretion, he said, laying his finger on his nose, and looking sly and coquettish, for all the world like some old roué of a Frenchman. Waring's Peril Elsa turned to me with a blush and the coquettish air that now and then sat so prettily on her innocence. The King's Mirror Her mind was as young as her body; she was very witty and coquettish, and the officers living in the palace were continually in her apartments, preferring her company to that of younger women. Valerie She laughed much, and practised, as prelude to her laughter, an impudently, coquettish, little stare. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance She is rather coquettish and vain and silly,—his eyes are pitilessly clear,—and she may afford him some amusement when her unreasoning adoration ends. Floyd Grandon's Honor If you wanted to be very coquettish, you had the bow rather on one side. A Little Girl of Long Ago She knew her to be a warm-hearted, honorable girl whose gravest fault, which, after all, might be only a foible, was her tendency to turn coquettish when she was in the society of gentlemen. The Governess The Rural, whose Rough Rider hat was now discarded for a black-velvet tam-o'-shanter adorned with a coquettish pink rose, rigidly resigned it to his eager grasp. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Her freshness and coquettish candor were constant surprises. A Midnight Fantasy |
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