| 单词 | courtesan |
| 例句 | “Surely a famous courtesan like yourself is accustomed to the ministrations of handmaidens,” Theodora said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z The rest was of the Kukukuku, a hostile and murderous tribe with a homosexual ritual in which preadolescent boys were required to serve as courtesans for the male elders of the tribe. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z "We're Belles, not courtesans. They already have plenty of those girls at court—ready to be kissed—tripping over themselves and their high pianelles to get to titled courtiers from high houses." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The courtesan bent over him and looked long at his face, into his eyes that had grown tired. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z He spent wonderful hours with the clever, beautiful courtesan and became her pupil, her lover, her friend. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z A beautiful courtesan was my teacher for a long time, and a rich merchant and a dice player. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “Destined to be inseparable friends, in fact. A courtesan, a pilgrim, a princess, and a bullfighter. Hill House has surely never seen our like.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Social note: Nothing today; Mother gone again, looking like a courtesan; one of her cohorts, you might like to know, has revealed his hopelessness by revealing a fetish for Greyhound buses. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One day, when very many people were making a pilgrimage to the dying Buddha, Kamala, once the most beautiful of courtesans, was also on her way. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z We flipped through the pictures, looking at women who were fat, thin, long-haired, short-haired, dressed as nymphs, amazons, nuns, and courtesans, but I was unable to decide because they all looked like trampled banquet flowers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I learned the sordid inner workings of the royal court in Modeg from a ... courtesan. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We are for breeding purposes: we aren’t concubines, geisha girls, courtesans. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z An American author named Frank Scoblete once wrote that slot machines “sit there like young courtesans, promising pleasures undreamed of, your deepest desires fulfilled, all lusts satiated.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She was the only one forced to assume the pose of courtesan and concubine. An Unnamed Girl, a Speculative History 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z And yet, as the worldly-wise courtesan determined to recapture the buzz of her youth, her performance adds to the opera's poignancy perhaps more than intended. La Rondine Royal Opera House review 2013-07-08T09:38:21Z A London merchant and a courtesan are brought together by the discovery of a dead mermaid in this debut novel. New in Paperback: ‘These Truths’ and ‘There Will Be No Miracles Here’ 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z After he remarked on the work’s naked white courtesan, Ms. Murrell was curious how he would address the figure of the black maid, Laure. How a Businesswoman Became a Voice for Art’s Black Models 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z The courtesan pictures are all poignant in their different ways, none more so than the images of the newest arrivals from the country, with voluptuous milk-white bodies and the fresh faces of children. Artists have always glamorised prostitution. Manet savaged all their delusions 2011-02-06T22:36:01Z "If I must," Arthur retorted on being told of his parents' plan, "though I have no intention of relinquishing my courtesan, Flora." Digested read: Habits of the House by Fay Weldon 2012-08-12T18:00:00Z Perhaps Lady Castlerosse might have been something other than a society courtesan. Three Wealthy Women and Their Venetian Mansion 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z And a Venetian courtesan's shoes witness the city's reputation for sleaze. Is Shakespeare Britain's greatest contribution to world culture? 2012-08-28T12:54:58Z And when the Parisian crowds rolled into the Salon of 1865, they too went berserk in front of Édouard Manet’s painting of a courtesan, her maid and her high-strung black cat. The 19th Century’s Most Scandalous Painting Comes to New York 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z An early instance of this fragmentation is that image of the naked woman stretched out across the screen like one of art’s innumerable courtesans, a bent leg demurely obscuring her pubis. Movie Review: Philippe Garrel’s ‘Burning Hot Summer,’ With Monica Bellucci 2012-06-28T23:21:23Z They think everything is going to be fine when one of the daughters is chosen to be a royal courtesan. Review: ‘A Dream of Red Pavilions,’ a Love Story Born in the Spirit World 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Enticing Spartacus’s men with courtesans and wine, Ms. Zakharova wrapped her long limbs around a staff covered with a floral vine. The Bolshoi’s ‘Spartacus’ at the Lincoln Center Festival 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z One day, it will slink out of the door: a heartless courtesan, in search of a better prospect. Claws out! Why cats are causing chaos and controversy across Britain 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z One was a courtesan, the other a divorcée; both flouted the conventions of their milieux. They were both humbly born, dependent on men, and, one suspects, frustrated artists. A Tribute to Women Who Reinvent Themselves, in Two Wardrobes at the Met 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Matt Smith makes a meal of Prince Daemon, a one-man sex-and-violence machine spiked with self-doubt that he shows only to his courtesan girlfriend. ‘House of the Dragon’ Premiere: Another Game of Thrones 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z At the same time, he falls in love with a Chinese courtesan. Zhang, Bale blossom together on "Flowers of War" 2011-12-22T13:34:28Z Though Ms. Kent’s long auburn hair hangs in beautiful sheets, and though she has cornered the market on noble suffering, she is not especially believable or engaging as a high-society courtesan. Dance Review: Dreams of a Dying Courtesan 2011-06-05T22:09:55Z “Nana” is a French slang term for a woman, something like “chick” or “broad,” though it also evokes Émile Zola’s fictional courtesan Nana, painted by Édouard Manet in the late 19th century. Niki de Saint Phalle: Nothing More Shocking Than Joy 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z In “Pretty Woman,” Julia Roberts goes to the opera and tears up at the story of another courtesan with a heart of gold. Perspective | When classical music becomes another character in a movie 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z She was actually a famous, high-priced courtesan, most likely the model for Zola’s Nana. Hemingway the Museumgoer at the Met 2011-09-15T22:52:42Z What we see around the banqueting table are characters of all shades and degrees of shadiness – from sinister thugs and a pale courtesan to Jesus Christ himself. Mattia Preti, the artist that makes me hungry 2010-05-21T06:15:00Z Dolce & Gabbana showed velvet Mary Janes perched on mosaic wedges nearly as high as the chopines worn by 16th-century Venetian courtesans to protect their elaborate gowns from the filth of the streets. | International Velvet 2013-08-23T22:31:07Z Her father was out of the picture and her mother, a Parisian courtesan, had shuttled her daughter around France — to a boarding school, a countryside nursery, a nunnery. Before Taylor Swift or David Bowie, There Was Sarah Bernhardt 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z "She is not your usual courtesan," says Dr Marinus, "Yet if you let me blow smoke up your backside I can arrange a rendezvous." The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell 2010-05-10T23:05:00Z Marked Andante religioso, the “Méditation” is played as the title character ponders giving up her life as a courtesan to enter a convent. Music Review: George Manahan Conducts ‘Thaïs’ at Manhattan School of Music 2012-12-10T22:50:19Z When I was 13, my most literary friend, Amy, recommended that I read Colette’s novel “Chéri,” about an aging courtesan’s relationship with her young lover. A Not-So-Young Audience for Young Adult Books 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z It’s important to remember that he wasn’t thinking only of the milk-white flawless flesh of Titian courtesans but also flesh that bruised, bled, rotted away. Art Review: ?De Kooning: A Retrospective? at MoMA - Review 2011-09-15T11:00:58Z In traditional productions, this courtesan’s popularity with the Parisian set can give a false impression. Opera Review: A Modern ?Traviata,? Where Time Keeps Ticking 2011-01-02T17:15:26Z When the hedonistic Aristippus was unexpectedly observed entering the house of a courtesan, he commented, “It’s not hard to go in; what’s hard is not being able to leave.” Review | Aristotle’s lisp, why Socrates loved dancing and other tales of ancient thinkers 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z There were no other first-class courtesan houses that catered to both Chinese and Western clients, many of whom were among the wealthiest in foreign trade. Exclusive: An Excerpt from the Upcoming Novel by Amy Tan 2013-05-31T17:10:57Z Centuries later, Venetian courtesans clopped around in towering chopines, while during the reign of Louis XIV, red heels were a mark of nobility. Makers: Who Made That Stiletto? 2012-04-13T18:26:02Z There are insights into the rigours of the caste system, the employment of courtesans, advice on grooming, on elegant living and dining, where "questions of poetry and art" are discussed with courtesans. The Kama Sutra's lessons for modern lovers 2011-02-14T11:31:31Z Paris in the 1840's, a tragic love story and the life of a beautiful courtesan who dies young of TB - this has to be a recipe for success. World literature tour: France 2011-03-28T11:30:33Z Jade, sold as a young girl to a school for courtesans in Pyongyang, forms a bond with JungHo, a Seoul orphan who wants to fight for freedom. 10 books to read in December 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z There is also something a touch gratuitous about transforming a courtesan into a chanteuse who appears at the Cafe Americain in a gorilla suit before launching into Cole Porter's At Long Last Love. The Comedy of Errors 2010-06-30T20:31:00Z In “Flowers of War,” Bale portrays and American posing as a priest in war-torn 1930s China who tries to defend convent girls and courtesans from the invading Japanese army. Christian Bale Roughed Up in Failed Attempt to Visit Chinese Activist 2011-12-16T16:21:49Z Based on the 1945 novella by Colette, “Gigi” is about a Parisian girl who is being trained as a courtesan and becomes the romantic object of an older man, the playboy Gaston. "Gigi" -- This One a Play -- to Have an Off Off Broadway Run 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z She found a photograph of her maternal grandmother, a concubine who died of a possibly intentional opium overdose, dressed as a courtesan. Amy Tan, the Reluctant Memoirist 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z The Met is filling galleries with clothing for firefighters, courtesans, actors and children in patterns including lobsters, demons, clouds and dewdrops. At the Met, Honoring Kimonos and a Scholar of the Same 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Jennifer, resplendent in white wig, lavender contacts and a green courtesan dress, was attending the Medieval festival at Fort Tryon park in New York for the 10th time. New Yorkers take ye olde trip uptown for annual Medieval festival 2012-10-01T14:24:54Z It contains information about hygiene and sexual positions, and advises how not to cause havoc in a harem, how to deal with courtesans and how to behave towards "the wives of others". Kama Sutra: A Guide to the Art of Pleasure, translated by AND Haskar ? review 2011-03-25T13:00:01Z Nudity could pose a problem for a show focused on clothing, but the satin undergarments worn by the young courtesan in Manet's "Nana" offer related titillations. Impressionist nod to fashion on display in Paris 2012-11-08T10:23:08Z Titian is too great a painter not to build darkness into even his most seductive courtesan images. Artists have always glamorised prostitution. Manet savaged all their delusions 2011-02-06T22:36:01Z “Jeanne du Barry” is directed by and stars the French actress and filmmaker Maïwenn, who plays the title character, a working-class woman and courtesan who becomes the favorite of the king. Johnny Depp Film About Louis XV Will Open Cannes Film Festival 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z It's much more than a ripping yarn liberally peppered with earthquakes, typhoons, potions, portents, secret scrolls, beautiful courtesans and evil abbots because Mitchell is such a good writer. Sue Arnold's audiobook choice - reviews 2011-07-15T21:55:06Z The title track is about a 19th-century courtesan called Lola Montez, a mistress to the King of Bavaria, who was famous for allegedly inventing a dance in which she revealed she was wearing no underwear. Joanna Newsom: 'Is it time for a glass of wine?' 2010-05-09T20:30:00Z Caravaggio would ultimately choose many of his models from the streets he strolled through each day, and from his circle of friends and acquaintances: swordsmen, painters, commoners and courtesans. Cultured Traveler: Rome?s Soft Spot for Caravaggio 2010-05-28T14:26:00Z Another shows a woman, a courtesan perhaps, stripped to the waist, and standing among stylised trees. The Begram ivories: Rescuing Afghanistan's lost history 2011-02-27T00:05:25Z Samir’s wife and his mistress are feminist disasters: Both women are gorgeous, brilliant and completely bamboozled into fulfilling Samir’s fantasies of domestic goddess and pliant courtesan. ‘The Age of Reinvention’ review: A novel of Islamophobia and deception 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Demoted from courtesan to housekeeper, Madeline continues to hover on the edges of the film, a stoic, nearly silent presence. | 'House of Pleasures': ?House of Pleasures,? Directed by Bertrand Bonello - Review 2011-11-24T20:57:57Z “Gigi,” which began previews on March 19 and opened on April 8, is about a teenage girl who chafes at her family’s expectations to be a courtesan. With No Tony in Hand, 'Gigi' Will Close This Month 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z A less sceptical observer might say Gheorghiu is trying to impart a fragility and hysterical quality to the doomed courtesan. La Traviata 2010-07-09T20:31:00Z Her first book, “The Smart,” an 18th-century true crime story involving an infamous courtesan, was based on an obscure pamphlet she came across in the collection. For Sarah Bakewell, Nothing Human is Alien 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z The most high-ranking of these courtesans presided over salons attended by philosophers, poets, writers, artists, musicians and incognito aristocrats. 2010-01-08T19:00:00Z She's found her favorite courtesan and is willing to pay big bucks to transform him into a kept man. A feminist reckoning for six Beyoncé songs 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z In “Traviata” or “Camille” it’s the singular features of this story that matter: the heroine’s fatal consumption, the social stigma of her work as a courtesan, the brutal conservatism of Armand’s father. Dance Review: John Neumeier Makes a Feminist Point 2010-05-26T21:24:00Z I then asked Mother if I spoke Chinese as well as the courtesans did. Exclusive: An Excerpt from the Upcoming Novel by Amy Tan 2013-05-31T17:10:57Z An appropriated mansion in Lucknow, in northern India, was refashioned into the salon of a Muslim singer and courtesan named Saeeda Bai. ‘A Suitable Boy’ Finally Finds Its Perfect Match: Mira Nair 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z She made less impact as the courtesan Giulietta, but blame Jones for concocting an unconvincing ending for this scene, which Offenbach left unfinished at his death. Munich's hit 'Hoffmann,' far-out 'Fidelio' 2011-11-28T14:46:10Z She was a French courtesan whom Edward visited during the first world war, a money-grabbing social climber who traded her charms for position. The Wright Way; Edward VIII's Murderous Mistress; Keeping Britain Alive: A Day in the NHS – TV review 2013-04-24T06:00:10Z This was the era of that notorious quarterly, the Yellow Book, and of the grotesque Pierrots and courtesans depicted in its pages by Aubrey Beardsley. Review | The ’90s are having a literary moment. That is, the 1890s. . . 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Prominent cultural anthropologist Roland Girtler also doesn't understand the excitement, noting that throughout history, courtesans and highborn ladies of dubious repute were always welcome at balls. Ruby's presence shakes up staid Vienna Opera Ball 2011-03-03T14:17:28Z It would be in how they depicted courtesans of their time. Critics? Choice: New CDs: New CDs 2010-06-27T21:17:00Z Often characterized as the first work of modernism, “Olympia” depicts a naked white courtesan and her handsomely clothed black maid as near equals, formally and psychologically. A Long Overdue Light on Black Models of Early Modernism 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z The successful courtesans in her fiction, and in her circle of friends from the Belle Époque, were nothing if not entrepreneurs. Good, Clean, Fun: A Revival of “Gigi” 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z The title song, which muses on the international intrigues and inner desires of the 19th-century courtesan Lola Montez, runs 11 minutes. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-02-22T13:57:00Z Who else could come up with this remark about a dowager courtesan: "Her beauty is sadly now passé/ And not perhaps your tasse de thé"? The Misanthrope – review 2013-02-21T17:43:00Z The women who posed nude for him would furtively take the side entrance to the back staircase and wait for him beside a black stone fireplace embedded with Chinese porcelain scenes of courtesans. Antiques: Leighton House Museum Reopens in London With New D?cor 2010-04-08T21:51:00Z Scholars had known little about the mural, which includes images of Whitney, the founder of the museum that bears her name; Mr. Cushing’s wife, Ethel; and assorted courtesans, musicians and slaves. This Century-Old Mural Was Rescued From a Whitney’s Stairwell 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z It was a trajectory not unlike that of Gigi, the titular heroine of her 1944 novella, who climbs through Paris’s social strata, from a world of courtesans to that of society hostesses. The Essential Colette 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Manon and Marguerite are supposed to be torn between the life of a courtesan and the life of a woman sincerely in love. Dance Review: John Neumeier Makes a Feminist Point 2010-05-26T21:24:00Z Dramatically, the German soprano worked hard to fulfill Decker's vision of an exhausted, consumptive courtesan compelled to put on her red dress and high-heel shoes to entertain her savage admirers. Damrau dazzles in debut as Violetta at Met 2013-03-15T14:42:09Z One thing that links the vast body of art and literature about courtesans is an almost exclusively male perspective. Bertrand Bonello?s ?House of Pleasures,? Set in Brothel 2011-11-20T01:53:02Z The exhibition also explores the world of courtesans, the top of the hierarchy. ‘Splendor and Misery: Images of Prostitution,’ Captures a Profession in Paris Through Artists’ Eyes 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z From the start, Dumas presents Richelieu as a man of cool analytic intelligence, who is nonetheless devoted to France and beloved by those who serve him, including his next-door neighbor, the courtesan Marion Delorme. Newly translated, a sequel to ‘The Three Musketeers’ is as fresh as ever 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z She had a breakout role as a courtesan in Joss Whedon’s short-lived space Western “Firefly.” Actress Morena Baccarin Cooks a Brazilian Stew 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z History does not tell of a single courtesan, however fêted in her heyday, who died rich. Artists have always glamorised prostitution. Manet savaged all their delusions 2011-02-06T22:36:01Z All dying Parisian courtesans should declare “the greatest thing you’ll ever learn” — and repeatedly change their minds about what that is. The New York Musical Theater Festival Features Joy and Purpose 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z But it inadvertently brought to mind how thoroughly the musical, about a young woman being groomed for a life as a courtesan in turn-of-the-20th-century Paris, has been scrubbed of anything even remotely naughty or distasteful. Vanessa Hudgens in a Squeaky Clean ‘Gigi’ on Broadway 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Necklaces worthy of Theodora, who started as a courtesan and ended as a regal ruler with her husband Justinian I, were worked in delicate filigree encompassing the double “C’s” of Chanel. Rocks of Ages: Blings of the Past 2010-12-13T14:00:00Z Here you will see more than 100 of Hokusai’s prints, paintings and manga — literally “whimsical sketches” of bathers and courtesans and birds and beasts, which Hokusai published in 15 best-selling volumes. How Hokusai’s Art Crashed Over the Modern World 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z An adaptation of the Colette novella ran on Broadway in 1951, starring Audrey Hepburn, in her first major role, as Gigi, whose relatives try unsuccessfully to prepare her for life as a courtesan. Vanessa Hudgens To Star in 'Gigi' at the Kennedy Center 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z On the way he becomes involved with a high-class Chinese courtesan, finding both love and personal redemption. China unveils rare star power of Oscar entry 2011-12-11T13:31:11Z Many female dancers in Russia were high-class courtesans, feted by generous admirers, whose gifts of jewels then adorned their costumes like trophies. The Ambiguous Sexism of Marius Petipa, Ballet’s Towering Master 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z A reference to Cleopatra as a famous courtesan could also have been a reference to “Cleopatra,” the famously expensive Elizabeth Taylor film from a few years before. ArtsBeat: 'Mad Men' Watch: Girls, You Really Got Him Going 2012-05-28T14:25:49Z He didn't strive to paint the court and the aristocracy – he was painting the courtesans and the street people, the hookers and the hustlers. Caravaggio and me 2010-07-24T23:04:00Z I countered to Clara, “In some ways the courtesans were better off than we are. They had the leisure to write. Their time wasn’t taken up having children, or working, or managing households.” My mentor, Anaïs Nin 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z From the well of the House floor, Rep. Wayne L. Hays — an Ohio Democrat whose career unraveled decades later over his own sex scandal — called her “the most expensive courtesan since Madame de Pompadour.” Zsa Zsa Gabor, high-living actress of outrageous wit, dies 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z But she used it to optimum effect Sunday to depict Violetta, the courtesan with the heart of gold who sacrifices her love for the sake of honor. La Traviata in Vienna shines but staging weak 2011-10-10T13:33:08Z On the other panel, a dragon smiles smugly while a courtesan sits on the ground and a sketchy horse — composed of a few simple, perfectly placed brushstrokes — gallops into the background. Review | Even a year’s worth of Hokusai may not be enough to display his genius 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z He usually depicted her alone, absorbed in some ordinary activity like sewing or fixing her hair or, more often, posing nude in the manner of a Greco-Roman Venus or a Titianesque courtesan. Art Review: Artist in Retreat: ?Late Renoir? in Philadelphia 2010-06-17T21:18:00Z Yet, perhaps because she was trying to bring out the dignity of her character, a courtesan, Ms. Mitchell’s performance was at times dramatically reserved and curiously flat. Music Review: City Opera Returns With Jonathan Miller?s ?Traviata? 2012-02-13T23:38:27Z Meanwhile, in a parallel story, a beautiful courtesan named Angelica Neal, penniless after the death of her aristocratic patron, has decided to abandon the protection of the madam whose top attraction she once was. The Malevolent Little Mermaid: Not Your Usual Fantasy Heroine 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z She takes as her cue the courtesan, who charms and titillates in reward for money. Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombay's Dance Bars by Sonia Faleiro ? review 2011-07-29T10:30:01Z Wearing a man’s tuxedo, she made a striking contrast to Ms. Sullivan’s voluptuous courtesan of a certain age. Music Review: ‘Vienna to Weimar,’ K T Sullivan and Karen Kohler at Triad 2012-10-22T04:20:05Z My mother took a Chinese name, Lulu Mimi, which sounded like her American one, and her courtesan house was then known as the House of Lulu Mimi. Exclusive: An Excerpt from the Upcoming Novel by Amy Tan 2013-05-31T17:10:57Z The story of a 19th-century courtesan is accepted as grist to the mill of opera composers. Mark-Anthony Turnage: A life in music 2011-01-22T07:59:00Z One hundred years ago this October, the Dutch dancer, courtesan and German-paid secret agent known by her stage name, Mata Hari, was executed by a French firing squad. Review: ‘Mata Hari,’ a Different Kind of Queen of the Night 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z The dramatic fortitude required to pull off a good Manon — the troubled courtesan drawn between greed and love — is fairly attainable. Julie Kent Stars in American Ballet Theater’s ‘Manon’ 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z But her life and earnings were controlled by a female relative who was also a courtesan there. The remarkable story of a fiery Indian courtesan 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z As the 18th century French commoner turned royal courtesan of the title, the movie’s director and star, Maïwenn, mugs and vamps and leers up a storm. Cannes kicks off with controversies and chuckles as it returns to full force 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z The film, by French actor and director Maïwenn Le Besco, known as Maïwenn, chronicles the life of French courtesan Madame du Barry, who climbed the social ladder at Versailles to become the king's favourite. Johnny Depp on Cannes comeback: I didn't go anywhere 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z “Despite the difficulties in her life, starting as a courtesan, trying to break out in a man’s world. Despite all that, and then being an amputee, she continued on,” Cantarutti said. Paris exhibit celebrates ‘first celebrity’ Sarah Bernhardt 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Under blossoming cherry trees — a signature motif in Floating World pictures — scores of statuesque courtesans parade about in sumptuous garb, flanked by smaller members of their entourage. Perspective | An artist’s fantasy or the real world? In another place, Rekhabai recounts the abuse she faced from courtesans who were jealous of her success. The remarkable story of a fiery Indian courtesan 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z In a story with drowned pregnant slave girls, sumo wrestler-like courtesans and virgin djinn queens with legs covered in fur, the heroine’s experiences of her own body aren’t incidental. Page-to-Screen: 'Three Thousand Years of Longing' Byatt minus the feminism (and genie sex) 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z In that scene, a courtesan challenges an emperor in court by declaring her love for a prince. Lata Mangeshkar, Bollywood’s Most Beloved Voice, Dies at 92 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z It starts at the dawn of her career: A handwritten log in the official Parisian Register of Courtesans from the 1860s with a photograph of her and descriptions of the activities of this young “courtesan.” Paris exhibit celebrates ‘first celebrity’ Sarah Bernhardt 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z No longer an allegory of idealized femininity, as previous nudes had been, Olympia is a real woman, a courtesan. Opinion | I Once Loved Chuck Close. That’s Why I Want to Tell My Story. 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z His book - written from the memories his mother narrated to him - gives the reader a shockingly honest look into the life of an Indian courtesan is the mid-1900s. The remarkable story of a fiery Indian courtesan 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z This is where a 10-year-old girl named Jade begins training to be a giseng, or courtesan, after her impoverished family decides it has too many mouths to feed. Review: A debut novel strives to capture the paradoxes of Korean history 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Ms. Gruberova found a calling card in Verdi’s “La Traviata,” a tragedy about a self-sacrificing courtesan who discovers true love just as she expires from consumption. Edita Gruberova, dazzling operatic soprano, dies at 74 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Bernhardt was after all born into her life’s first role: her mother was also a courtesan, and the mistress of Napoleon III’s half-brother. Paris exhibit celebrates ‘first celebrity’ Sarah Bernhardt 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z She introduces us to explorers, pilots, warriors, spies, writers, queens, traitors, courtesans, athletes and politicians we’ve not heard of before. Review | Meet the forgotten rebels and quiet revolutionaries of women’s history 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Before India came under British rule, courtesans were viewed as respected performers; they were highly trained in the arts, wealthy and enjoyed the patronage of some of the most powerful men of their times. The remarkable story of a fiery Indian courtesan 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z For her part, Ms. Sheehy crafted long, deeply reported articles about streetwalkers, courtesans, the Black Panther party and the “golden men” of New York’s commuting class. Gail Sheehy, journalist and author with an eye for human behavior, dies at 83 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z In his famous years as a Hollywood courtesan, the movie captures the man as a welcome relief from the oppressive and conservative moral conduct of the industry. Scotty Bowers, the golden age of Hollywood's sexual matchmaker, dies 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z In 1890s France a courtesan falls in love with a young writer but strings along a duke who can finance improvements to the night spot. Movies on TV this week: Sept. 29: 'Almost Famous' and more 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Library shelves sag with stories that New Orleans likes to tell about itself: pirates and courtesans, voodoo rituals and parlor parties. Review: Sarah M. Broom shows her New Orleans in 'The Yellow House' 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z The practice has completely died out now, but stories of famous courtesans and their fascinating lives live on in books and films. The remarkable story of a fiery Indian courtesan 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z Over the centuries transgender people have assumed different roles in society, from royal courtesans to participants in birth ceremonies and other auspicious occasions. Indian transgender couple tie knot in landmark 'rainbow wedding' 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Marguerite is a well-kept courtesan of the rich and influential Baron de Varville, but when a promising young man falls in love with her, his sincere adoration causes her to question her comfortable life. TV Listings: Here are the feature and TV Films airing the week of July 21 - 27, 2019 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z He’s even more useless this season as a spacefaring courtesan, a parody of Firefly’s Inara. Archer is weirder than ever in season 10’s space adventure 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z Above the coatrack hangs a portrait of an ancestor Anna-Maria calls “the family prince,” a rake who married a French courtesan and built her a castle in Silesia, which was bombed by the Russians. An Artist’s Life, Refracted in Film 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z The older women are taking her in hand, imparting the rarefied etiquette of the high society courtesan, not least how to avoid “ordinary people, that is to say, useless people”. Wild, controversial and free: Colette, a life too big for film 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z The Musical, the ahistorical tale of a flaneur, a courtesan and quite a lot of marmalade. The Clintons, Tootsie and Beetlejuice: what to expect on Broadway in 2019 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Along the way, he experiences the extremes of deprivation, as an ascetic, wandering monk, and of satiety, as the wealthy lover of the beautiful courtesan Kamala. Hermann Hesse’s Arrested Development 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z A waist-length figure of an unidealized young woman, perhaps a courtesan or poetic muse, she has pulled aside her fur-trimmed red mantle to expose one nurturing breast. Review: In 'The Renaissance Nude,' bare skin speaks with startling eloquence - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z La Traviata Pacific Opera Project joins forces with Occidental College Glee Club and a large orchestra for a full-scale production of Verdi's tragic tale of an ill-fated courtesan; in Italian with English supertitles. The week ahead in SoCal classical music, Oct. 28-Nov. 4: 'Nosferatu,' 'Vampyr' and more - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Chéri for instance, begins with a beautiful ageing courtesan preparing to take her leave of the gorgeous, selfish young man who has been her lover for six years. Wild, controversial and free: Colette, a life too big for film 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z La Traviata Pacific Opera Project joins forces with Occidental College Glee Club and a large orchestra for a full-scale production of Verdi’s tragic tale of an ill-fated courtesan; in Italian with English supertitles. The week ahead in SoCal classical music, Oct. 21-28: Isaura String Quartet, Seong-Jin Cho and more - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z At the end of her life, Queniaux’s courtesan past was almost erased. French scholar names model for artist Courbet’s famous nude 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Camellias were the flowers most closely identified with courtesans, and Aubenas told AFP news agency she believed the painting was a gift from Courbet and his Ottoman patron. Mystery nude's name uncovered 150 years on 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Camellias were strongly associated with courtesans at the time thanks to Dumas’s novel The Lady of the Camellias, which was adapted into Verdi’s opera La Traviata. Mystery solved? Identity of Coubert’s 19th-century nude revealed 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z When he proposes, her response causes consternation to the worldly courtesans, who are unable to understand her refusal to play the game. Wild, controversial and free: Colette, a life too big for film 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Cat Chengery’s courtly courtesan seductively adapts her pillow talk formula for lovers and targets as she gathers intel for Robin’s team. Robin Hood was a she? 'Criminal Minds' actress Kirsten Vangsness leads the laughs of 'Marian' 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z She subsequently responded to those criticizing her on Twitter that “I’m not on the clock here. I’m not your emotional courtesan just because I’m a dev. Don’t expect me to pretend to like you here.” Guild Wars studio fires two employees after clash with streamer 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z In Strong’s assured performance, the aristocratic, apolitical Lysistrata cycles through grief, rage, rebellion and transcendence as her protest movement unites Athens’ bifurcated female populace — first her fellow housewives and then the courtesans. In 'Lysistrata Unbound,' the women go to war against war 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z On one side of the street, azaleas — official shrub of the Mid-Atlantic — were just starting to peep out, each blossom a courtesan’s sly smile. Perspective | In spring, a middle-aged man’s fancy turns to blossoms and batteries 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z I’m writing a piece about Veronica Franco, a 16th-century Italian courtesan and poet. Spotlight on: Elise Thoron, adapter and director of ‘The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao’ at Book-It 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Everyone wants to see this creature and Jonah finds himself thrust into the whirl of high society, where he meets courtesan Angelica Neal. A book lover's guide to 2018 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z But she still possessed abundant charm and was fluent in several languages, and was able to find success as a courtesan, seducing the wealthy and powerful from multiple nations, including high-ranking government officials. Was Mata Hari Really a Spy? 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z The ones in black lingerie, he added, opening another drawer, were representations of courtesans. The Ghosts of Turin 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Zola’s courtesan heroine, Nana, behaves like a virus, rising from her working-class origins to infect the upper classes with her lust for sex. The fallen woman: prostitution in literature 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z From a distance, the crowd around her could look like courtesans. Hillary Clinton’s Powerful Concession 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Her father commends her on her portraits of courtesans, but explains that she won’t be able to depict sensuality until she’s experienced it. ‘Miss Hokusai’ imagines the life of an artist’s daughter 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z A self-described East Indian courtesan in New York said she loved “playing a role, developing a fantasy we can both walk into out of our mundane lives.” Should Prostitution Be a Crime? 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z It was Brown’s contention — vouched first in her 1962 bestseller “Sex and the Single Girl” and then in the pages of Cosmo, which she reinvented — that the ideal single woman was part courtesan, part grifter. The woman who encouraged women to be girly on the path to equality 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Can the words we use to describe women avoid the fate of hussy, mistress and courtesan? Eight words that reveal the sexism at the heart of the English language | David Shariatmadari 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z When Manet created Olympia in 1863 he set out to parody the revered nudes of Renaissance art by clearly implying that, far from being a goddess or nymph, his model is a contemporary courtesan. No sex in this city: the bare-faced cheek of Paris's most sensual museum 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Each Friday, Ms. Grudet dispatched several courtesans on a flight to Tehran, where they were reputedly welcomed in style by the shah of Iran. Fernande Grudet, who presided over exclusive Paris brothel, dies at 92 2015-12-25T05:00:00Z Then there was another profession open to me and that was a courtesan. Corsets, ostrich feather hats and 1890s brothels: A style maven spins stories of classic L.A. vice 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z He decided the famous courtesan must have felt a pimple coming up. Why do so many people want their moles removed? - BBC News 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Master for mistress; sir for madam; governor for governess; bachelor for spinster; courtier for courtesan – whereas the male list speaks of power and high status, the female list has a very different set of connotations. Eight words that reveal the sexism at the heart of the English language | David Shariatmadari 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Kings and courtesans fled the info-babble of their own day to this soothing oasis of flower power, centuries before the hippies were even thought of. The lost art of getting lost - BBC News 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z The girl’s feet are bound and she begins her transformation to courtesan. ‘The Courtesan’ is masterful debut by Alexandra Curry 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Like their merchant clients, courtesans liked to put on high-class airs while perhaps making fun of them at the same time. Why “The Tale of Genji” Is Still Seductive 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Ross may not realize it yet, and may even sound ambivalent about the match when he speaks to his mining friends and Margaret, the local courtesan, but he’s found a worthy mate. 'Poldark' Episode 4 Recap: Ignominy vs. Constancy 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z She and the other courtesans at Sheri’s Ranch seemed genuinely happy with their arrangement, which allows them to take extended vacations since they have to work a minimum of only 10 days a month. Survival of the freakiest: how some of Nevada's brothels are staying afloat 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z A swashbuckling merchant sailor, he supposedly spent a fortune to buy the freedom of a favorite courtesan in Egypt—an act, Herodotus reports, for which Sappho “severely chided” her sibling in verse. How Gay Was Sappho? 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Hundreds of soldiers and courtesans scheme to become favorites of Kublai Khan, the indisputable leader. Neflix's Marco Polo: Martial Arts & Steamy Sex In An Oriental Palace (Part 1) 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z A girl is sold to a courtesan house in early 20th-century Shanghai. - The Washington Post But the courtesan did not get a chance to jerk tears in Montpellier on June 4th. Luvvies up in arms 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Sheri’s courtesans are lucky too, they say, not to be struggling to save money to do something different with their futures, working in some dusty hovel off a lonely stretch of desert highway. Survival of the freakiest: how some of Nevada's brothels are staying afloat 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Here among handsome princes and nobles, dark-skinned princesses languish love-lorn, while heavy-breasted dancing girls and courtesans are shown nude but for their jewels and girdles, draped temptingly amid palace gardens and court buildings. The sacred and sensuous in Indian art 2014-04-04T16:11:42Z This image, from the 1780s, depicts the courtesans of Tokyo's Tamaya House The pictures were sometimes sold in albums of 12 images, showing a range of different sexual situations. Historic Japanese erotica comes to London 2013-10-01T06:59:10Z My favourites are the Paris Hilton lookalikes, who totter across the flagstones on vertiginous heels that would have been a challenge to the stilts worn by Venetian courtesans 500 years ago. Sporting spectacle on the piazza 2013-07-12T16:22:30Z The woman's exposed breast and revealing garb, as well as the Utrecht setting, suggest that she is a courtesan and the man her client. Painting seized by Nazis fetches more than $3.3 million at auction 2013-06-06T16:39:26Z Some men write scripts for courtesans to memorize and act out – and even mail in costumes. Survival of the freakiest: how some of Nevada's brothels are staying afloat 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Mlecchita-vikalpa is from the Kama Sutra, which includes a section on cryptography - secret writing being one of the erotic arts a courtesan is supposed to learn. 7 questions on code and ciphers 2012-11-14T12:03:32Z Art of the time - both erotic images and more mainstream depictions of women working as courtesans - presents a different picture, according to Professor Screech. Historic Japanese erotica comes to London 2013-10-01T06:59:10Z Topics range from opium addiction to an unlikely relationship between a courtesan and a wrestler. India Ink: Sixteen Nominees for South Asian Fiction Award 2012-10-17T18:38:49Z Once you sneak past the guards, you need to tiptoe around the courtesans and their patrons, eavesdropping on their conversations until you can figure out where the targets are hanging out. Review: 'Dishonored' serves revenge up stealthily 2012-10-11T16:41:44Z The Roman courtesan who writes metaphysical treatises, or the Venetian one who defends herself in court against charges of witchcraft. What is history's role in society? 2012-10-07T01:09:26Z Although Venice was famous for its courtesans, it was not easy to distinguish them by their dress from wives. Get Thee to a Museum 2012-08-06T05:00:00Z He razed Persepolis to the ground following a night of drunken excess at the goading of a Greek courtesan, ostensibly in revenge for the burning of the Acropolis by the Persian ruler Xerxes. Alexander the not so Great 2012-07-14T23:09:26Z One was as a French courtesan before the Revolution—my mom thinks that’s why her French is so good. Maile Meloy: “The Proxy Marriage.” 2012-05-14T04:00:00Z Socrates himself has owned his deep obligations to the instructions of a courtesan named Diotima. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z Women, inflamed by his words, gave up their jewels and luxurious apparel, and young men married courtesans in the hope of reclaiming them. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z The great courtesan Clarimonde died a few days ago, at the close of an orgie which lasted eight days and eight nights. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z The pander and the courtesan are the leading characters of Plautus, and the more modest Terence never attained an equal popularity. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z Few very minor variant episodes in a long novel of the French courtesan Ninon l’Enclos. Checklist A complete, cumulative Checklist of lesbian, variant and homosexual fiction, in English or available in English translation, with supplements of related material, for the use of collectors, students and librarians. 2012-03-19T02:00:24.597Z But, in Greece, a concurrence of causes had conspired to bring a certain section of courtesans into a position they have in no other society attained. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z She was not made of the stuff of courtesans, she refused to go to the devil. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z Were I to descend from the height of my throne, would I even have the celebrity or the popularity of Bacchis or Archianassa, of the first courtesan from Athens or Miletus? One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z Newport as a British garrison was the resort of numbers of courtesans, many of whom had followed the army from New York. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The beautifully written story of an Alexandrian courtesan also includes the story of two young Greek girls, Rhodis and Myrtocleia, no more than children, who wish to marry one another. Checklist A complete, cumulative Checklist of lesbian, variant and homosexual fiction, in English or available in English translation, with supplements of related material, for the use of collectors, students and librarians. 2012-03-19T02:00:24.597Z The cases of unnatural love, and of mothers who had made their daughters courtesans, were punished by perpetual exclusion from communion, and a crowd of minor offences were severely visited. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z The teahouse was started after the war by her mother, an accomplished courtesan in prewar Okinawa who became an American citizen after marrying her father, an American administrator in the occupation government. Naha Journal: In Okinawa, Some Still Toast Era of U.S. Control 2012-02-20T22:52:24Z Hast thou afflicted me thus for having rejected the love of Lamia, the Athenian hetaira, or of Flora, the Roman courtesan? One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z The book before us is a historical novel based on the legend of the conversion of the courtesan Thaïs of Alexandria by a monk of the Thebaïd. The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports 2012-02-19T03:00:17.513Z As a courtesan Mary Magdalene is a bore; as a convert she is still a bore. Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck 2012-02-19T03:00:16.920Z The courtesan was often the queen of beauty. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z The fifth is about extra-marital relations, and the sixth on living as or with a courtesan. Rethinking the Kama Sutra 2012-02-14T15:45:51Z Based on a novel by Geling Yan, it tells the story of a group of Catholic schoolgirls whose lives were saved by unlikely heroes -- a dozen courtesans and an American wastrel posing as a priest. Pot-Smoking Kevin Bacon Wrangles With Car-Crash Addict Dad: Film 2012-02-15T00:34:25Z Patriarchs and primates were excommunicating and anathematizing one another in their rivalries for earthly power—bribing eunuchs with gold and courtesans and royal females with concessions of episcopal love. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z This fondest of hopes of all of us has been shattered in a manner to which history furnishes a parallel only in the behaviour of its most famous coquettes and courtesans. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z "The London Merchant," in prose, tells the story of Barnwell's downfall through the courtesan Millwood, his murder of his uncle at her instigation, and the final execution of both criminals. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z All that he had with him he had flung into the open coffers of the great courtesan. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z A stained glass window and the courtesans’ richly woven fabrics offer bright splashes of hope in the bleak gray city, still burning. Pot-Smoking Kevin Bacon Wrangles With Car-Crash Addict Dad: Film 2012-02-15T00:34:25Z That the Roman courtesans wore the male toga and were therefore called togatæ. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z Davis reached Jamaica in safety with his plunder, which was soon put into wider circulation by the aid of the dice, the tavern keepers, and the courtesans. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z He takes a good-natured ironical delight in his slaves, courtesans, parasites, and sycophants. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z This was the ordinary town courtesan, who, eschewing the penny and twopenny rabble of the pit and gallery, frequented the cheapest of the better-class seats, or main body of the house. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z Like sceptic monk, or ugly courtesan, No hopes have I above, no joys below. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z One day there came to his cave a beautiful courtesan, covered with jewels. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z The love of courtesans grew colder as the pieces of eight diminished, and men were refused charity by the very wretches whom their foolish generosity had lately enriched. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z He had his friends and confidants among the youth of Verona, and he records his intrigues both with the married women and courtesans of the place18. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z One thinks the brushes that painted this fair dove could never paint a courtesan. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z It is of a lovely courtesan who falls deeply in love with a jeweller, young, and a devoted follower of Buddha, and solicits his company. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z There are those in whose enlightened eyes, purity herself is only a courtesan in fancy dress. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z A faction apart from the wives and mothers—although many among them were courtesans, they stood apart too from the courtesan class. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z This great art, as it now lives in opera, tragedy, and music—have we a right to be angry with it, because of its perilous fascination, as we should be angry with a cunning courtesan? Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z Especially since we are told, at the same time, that even the courtesan plies her trade only from direst necessity. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z It was done for foreigners; it was done for Papists, for Jesuits, for Dominicans, and their courtesans, Popish nuns. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z In India the occupation of a Bayadere is not regarded as dishonourable; hence, the drama of "Vasantasena," the heroine of which is a courtesan, is there not at all considered immoral. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z "I don't know, monsieur, whether she will have that good fortune; but I have seen many courtesans in the highest vogue who did not equal that young Italian." The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z Yes, yes; but rapture, for your mind severe, Lies in the nearness of wise and powerful men— As once for famous high Leontion, That philosophic courtesan your mother. King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z But when it is shown to us as the mere province of courtesans, small wonder that we turn from it to the hero who will have difficulty in feeling or inspiring it. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z I have struggled hard against it, but it seems that I am doomed to end in being a courtesan. The Princess of Bagdad a play in three acts 2011-09-15T02:00:11.723Z Proserpine, a courtesan, is in love with Sabatino, a young nobleman, who is engaged to be married to Angiola, the sister of his friend. Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z "Be merry while you can Before you're gray; With some wild courtesan Drink care away." The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics 2011-09-11T02:00:09.677Z I have, myself, seen the man in the company of courtesans; and, apparently, under the influence of drink. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z Johnson said they taught "the morals of a courtesan, and the manners of a dancing-master." English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z It is the story of a courtesan in love. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z Laïs, a celebrated courtesan who lived at Corinth, and ridiculed the philosophers. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z It is not the old, old subject of the courtesan in love, but that of the mistress raised to the dignity of wife. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z Thou wilt call a courtier's grimace polite, a courtesan's fashion elegant! Modern Society 2011-06-23T02:00:27.897Z The men loafed in the bazaars, were taunted by courtesans with lack of courage, and either drowned their troubles in strong drink or drew together in knots to talk treason. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z It was a simple village with barely three hundred women, and one of them had become a courtesan in order to protect the virtue of the others. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z Magicians, sorcerers, miracle-workers, impostors, buffoons and courtesans were in high favor with all classes. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z She is a courtesan, but with an elegance of manners which imparts to her an air of poetry, and which makes her more akin to a Gladys Harvey than to a Marguerite Gautier. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z Carrying bouquet, and handkerchief, and gloves, Proud of her height as when she lived, she moves With all the careless and high-stepping grace, And the extravagant courtesan's thin face. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z The characters in comedy are chiefly old men, slaves, courtesans, all in humble station or from small villages. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z On all sides, between tree-trunks and bushes, a thousand courtesans, huddled together like frightened sheep, advanced slowly, their masses quivering with a unanimous shudder. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z Now and then were occasions when the motive was different or rather the attraction—when, instead of the steamer, it was some distinguished individual aboard of her: prince, patriot, singer, or courtesan. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z It is difficult for us to form a proper conception of the social position of courtesans at Buddha's time in India. The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus 2011-04-19T02:00:18.493Z And you shall be loved of my lovers, courted of my courtesans. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z He listened accordingly to the courtesan, and went with her to Erech, “the seat of Gilgames, the giant in strength, who like a wild ox is stronger than the strongest men.” The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z And I have others with me who have had more lovers than the sacred courtesans and are expert in love. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z There are only five characters, and a chorus of lords and courtesans. Shakespeare and Music 2011-04-01T02:00:29.867Z And the courtesans, Lord, ridicule the bhikkhunīs, saying, 'What is the good, ladies, of your maintaining chastity when you are young? The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus 2011-04-19T02:00:18.493Z The impossibly naïve “I’m Lovely” is sung by a beautiful young virgin trained to be a courtesan. | New Jersey: Where the Paths to Love and Freedom Cross 2011-03-27T00:09:43Z She seemed either a superb courtesan, or a repentant Magdalen. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z The courtesans did not hide their envious satisfaction. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z Again and again, as we had marched across Russia, the throats of our fellows had been cut in many a lonely farmhouse, and many a courtesan had lured honest men to their destruction. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z Then the Blessed One proceeded with a great number of brethren to Vesālī, and he stayed at the grove of the courtesan Ambapālī. The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus 2011-04-19T02:00:18.493Z My senses wait for thee in these bright bowers, Where they are flowering with the soul of flowers, O mother of fables and of lyric lies, O courtesan! Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z Among the Naires there are neither courtesans nor virgins, for the two extremes are equally unnatural and equally detrimental to the state. The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z The temple was too well guarded for a courtesan to be able to enter it. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z "It certainly cannot be unknown to you that Zingarelli was a quite common courtesan." Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z When the courtesan Ambapālī heard that the Blessed One was staying in her mango grove, she was exceedingly glad and went in a carriage as far as the ground was passable for carriages. The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus 2011-04-19T02:00:18.493Z I have given Desire his cloudland palace, And on my courtesan's bare breast Love lets the hope of his diaphanous flight Languish, and softly rest ... Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z He thence accounted for the excessive admiration which there prevailed of courtesans from Ionia, &c. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z But with what incense, with what golden poesy," exclaimed the gentle Philodemos, "should we not praise to eternity the beneficent courtesans! Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z Massinger's widow is a lady of birth and title; Middleton's is a courtesan in disguise. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z You would rather treat your cousin as a courtesan than abate one fragment of the pitiful power which shall some day fall from your body like a rag. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z The French priest and ci-devant French courtesan exchange secret, but significant, glances; a pleased expression showing on the faces of both. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z Flanders, the romance of a London courtesan, by Defoe, 127.Morris, Comfort Found in Good Old Books 2011-01-31T03:00:11.907Z Thirty courtesans advanced, bearing baskets of flowers, snow-white doves with red feet, veils of the most fragile azure, and precious ornaments. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z All Lola’s period of make-believe, during which she had played the celebrated courtesan in her little back bedroom, had taught her precisely how to conduct herself in her new surroundings. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z Paris runs over with lost women and courtesans of all degrees. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z The great courtesan seeks to queen it among us with unveiled face and lofty brow. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z I would rather a hundred times that she were a courtesan and gave herself for money. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z The one on the right, the "chambre exposée," was the place where the courtesan sat bedecked with her adornments upon a lofty cathedra at the hour when the men arrived. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z You inherit the courtesan nature; you must let it have its way. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z It will be the confessor of Kings and lackeys, of the mendicant monk and the cardinal, of the courtesan and the princess, the female bourgeois and her cook, of the concubine and the empress. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z A town is always somewhat of a courtesan. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Thus San Francisco, as many travellers observed, had the prettiest courtesans, the truest guns and pistols, the purest cigars and the finest wines and brandies to be found in the United States. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z He recognised by her jewels that she was a courtesan. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z These are the "courtesans" to whom Luther afterwards refers. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z The royal courtesan cast from time to time a look of superb triumph upon her two rivals—the Queen of France, and Catherine De Medici, the wife of Henry, the King's son. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z He believed in courtesans advising diplomatists, in wealthy marriages brought about by intrigues, in the cleverness of convicts, in the capacity of strong men for getting the better of fortune. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z She was what he had determined she should be: his courtesan, his creature. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z I desire to enter thy gardens and die a courtesan of the temple. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z The next evening Madrid was afforded the spectacle in its most fashionable drive of a parade of courtesans, in ancient Spanish costumes, fanning themselves, and smirking at their acquaintances from the vantage of luxurious chariots. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z Ms. Odehnalova — dubbed by the media the “Czech Mata Hari” after the Dutch courtesan accused of spying and executed in France during World War I — declined to comment. Russian Spy Tale Rattles Czechs 2010-12-24T02:38:03Z She appeals less to the senses, but more to the heart; she subjugates the spectator less, but touches him more: it is the courtesan redeemed, purified by love, as M. Alexandre Dumas conceived her. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z He was of low origin, his mother being a courtesan and his father a dealer in salt fish, with which he combined the occupation of smuggling. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z The procession seemed at an end, and the other courtesans were about to retrace their steps when another woman, a belated arrival, was seen upon the threshold. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z Welcome home. — petert New York, like a courtesan, is best admired from a distance—and most thoroughly enjoyed on short visits, when in funds. — suidas So beautiful! City Room: Goodbye, New York. Thanks for Breaking My Heart. 2010-10-13T16:40:00Z A longstanding victim of change is the old profession of the devadasis, the temple courtesans once honored as divine bearers of fecundity. Book Review - Nine Lives - In Search of the Sacred in Modern India - By William Dalrymple 2010-07-16T18:18:00Z It is an immense storehouse of miscellaneous information, chiefly on matters connected with the table, but also containing remarks on music, songs, dances, games, courtesans. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" And Bathsheba, who was very beautiful, and from crown to heel a courtesan, began to weep and wail and cover her face. The Undying Past Former revolutions had accustomed the citizens to violent deaths, and no one would have troubled about the disappearance of a courtesan. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z His works on Athenian courtesans, masks and proverbs were the results of his study of Attic comedy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" The function of Aphrodite as the patroness of courtesans represents the most degraded form of her worship as the goddess of love, and is certainly of Phoenician or Eastern origin. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" ASPASIA, an Athenian courtesan of the 5th century B.C., was born either at Miletus or at Megara, and settled in Athens, where her beauty and her accomplishments gained for her a great reputation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The courtesans sell their wares at a high price, for they stroll about attired in velvet, damasks, silks, and resplendent in gold. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster Lovers boasted of their vigour, or detailed the charms of the little courtesan, or poked fun at her girl-friends. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z To her first lover she is actually married on his death-bed, and now begins her career nominally as an honourable widow, but in reality as an accomplished courtesan. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim "The Grand Prior of Chavagnac entertains daily in Paris many courtesans at his table." In the Day of Adversity It will be seen that the courtesan qualities may find play as well within legal marriage as without, and that the transgression of certain moral customs is only incidental to the type. Women as World Builders Studies in Modern Feminism She must go down into the market, stand against the wall as a courtesan of Alexandria and nail a wreath of roses against the highest bid. A Bed of Roses Go," said he, "to the Queen's prison; hand the gaoler this lump of potter's earth, and tell him to place it in the death-chamber of Chrysis the courtesan. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z Your conversation has been very instructive, for, until to-day, I was not aware that she who took the place of a divorced wife was no better than a courtesan. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. Then I offered my services to the courtesans; but they don't take anyone without the stamps of the courts, and they see at the first glance if one's related to the guillotine or not. Pandora's Box A Tragedy in Three Acts But she has been, it will be perceived, a courtesan all along. Women as World Builders Studies in Modern Feminism They have all been treated with chemicals, and their beauty of complexion is just as artificial as any rouged and bepowdered courtesan’s. The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors. The courtesans of the temple crowded by hundreds along the paths of black olive trees. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z It was stormed and taken by the Athenians in 415 b.c., and the inhabitants, among them the famous courtesan Lais, sold as slaves. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" It isn't so easy to transport an Egyptian courtesan to a German prison,—first, on account of the mere expense, and second, from fear of coming too close to eternal Justice. Pandora's Box A Tragedy in Three Acts But the woman who sets her love above everything else I would gently dismiss from our present consideration as belonging to the courtesan type. Women as World Builders Studies in Modern Feminism Under the stars, the Piccadilly courtesans affect the onlooker less atrociously. Carnival The latter were forbidden to have more than a dozen of these poor creatures in their service; but twenty-two courtesans were quoted as having attained the maximum. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z Subsequently she lived as a courtesan under the name of Mdlle Lange. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" She confessed to me with tears that she had been in her day a provincial courtesan, and that she had been overcome by desire to have a child, "just to see what it was like." The Last Generation A Story of the Future It is not very well understood what the courtesan really is, and so I pause to describe her briefly. Women as World Builders Studies in Modern Feminism The Piccadilly courtesans move like tigers in a tropic gloom with velvet blazonries and a stealthy splendor that masks the hunger driving them out to seek their prey. Carnival Do you think I shall accept any sort of silver mirror, bought of a merchant of Smyrna, or some stray courtesan. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z It may be described as a comedy of middle-class life, treating of the courtship and marriage of a ruined Brahman and a wealthy and large-hearted courtesan. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" What made the subordination of the troops, in the present instance, still more worthy of notice, was the great number of camp followers, especially courtesans, who hung on the skirts of the army. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 It is not necessary to transgress certain moral customs to be a courtesan; on the other hand, the term may accurately be applied to women of irreproachable morals. Women as World Builders Studies in Modern Feminism But even more numerous and decorative than at the stadium, the gladiators and courtesans were present, reinforced by a larding of vidar stars visiting or entertaining in the capital. The Ambassador You know that she is a very celebrated courtesan. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z It had its defects as everything earthly must have, but such were its delights that the courtesan had no place in its parks. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern The phrase is not without its meaning; it meant that the male was seeking not a wife, but a courtesan who, her courtesanship done, could become a perfect housekeeper. The Intelligence of Woman The ladies of Eudoxia's court were so immodest, and had such bad taste, as to adopt this fashion from the courtesans. Women of Early Christianity The gladiators and courtesans alone seemed to find joy in living. The Ambassador Demetrios and the child advanced a few more paces beneath the trees, whilst the courtesan receded into the distance, turning her head as she walked. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z All would have gone as his mother desired, had it not been for the fact that he had formed a strong attachment for a courtesan named Hispala Fecenia. Roman Women If man had not so much desired that woman should be housekeeper and courtesan, she would not so violently have rebelled against him, for why should one rebel until somebody says, "Thou shalt"! The Intelligence of Woman We are interested not in the courtesan but in the empress, and, for the incidents and the influence of her reign, we have fortunately other information than that of the Secret History. Women of Early Christianity He envied the painted courtesan, and the face of bronze of the professional ruffian. Toilers of the Sea And a young courtesan of joyful mien elbowed her way through the crowd to join a friend of whom she had just caught sight. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z The only women who were allowed the disposal of their own persons were the courtesans. Roman Women These courtesans made an art of the life of pleasure. Greek Women Was Theodora the grand courtesan she is represented to be in the modern drama, or was she a great empress, worthy of the respect and admiration of Justinian and of succeeding ages? Women of Early Christianity Priest-like on one side, he resembles the courtesan on the other. Toilers of the Sea But he had spurned the courtesans of the temple that evening, because a glimpse of a couple beneath the branches had stirred him with disgust and revolted him to the soul. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z Though of the highest type of that class of women, she was a courtesan; which accounts for the fact that the poet could not, as he desired, make her his lawful wife. Roman Women As young girls they acted as musicians or dancers at the banquets of the men, and as they developed into womanhood they entered upon their careers as regular courtesans. Greek Women The professional courtesan, with all the accomplishments of the actress, was the centre of attraction for the habitués of the theatre; and she was even allowed to contaminate fashionable weddings with her presence. Women of Early Christianity Although many glimpses are afforded in the gossipy news of the corrupt court of this courtesan's imperious domination of Charles, nowhere is the story told more simply than by Pepys in his Diary. Women of England It glinted with a russet sheen, almost metallic, and had procured her the name of Chrysis, given her by the courtesans of Alexandria. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z The handsome pagan courtesans of the old time were much wiser. Specimens of German Romance Vol. I. The Patricians Pir�us, the harbor of Athens, had its demi-monde quarter, and the number of courtesans in Athens and its harbor town was only surpassed by that of Corinth. Greek Women The Empress Euphemia flatly refused to accept the reformed courtesan as a niece; Justinian's own mother, Vigilantia, feared that the vivacious and beautiful worldling would corrupt her son. Women of Early Christianity The Geneva cloak was no fit covering for the courtesan, and was instantly thrown aside that the butterfly which had hidden in this demure chrysalis might emerge fluttering in all its gay and brilliant colors. Women of England Finally, her Hindoo slave had taught her patiently, during seven years, the minutest details of the complex and voluptuous art of the courtesans of Palibothra. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z There were also courtesans, spies, apparitions, scullery slaves, oracles, cutthroats, lepers, priests and men-at-arms in magnificent profusion. Special Delivery Homicides, courtesans, barbarians, all who had any stain upon their lives, were excluded from these rites; only Hellenes "of pure soul and pure hands" were eligible for initiation. Greek Women The mother virgin, the mother courtesan, my mother began discourse. Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms The courtesan, reclining on the Greek's breast, fondled his hair. Sónnica The young men looked at the philosophers, and the philosophers looked at the courtesans. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z Philosophically she reflected that the history of every courtesan always contains at least one tragic chapter. Their Son; The Necklace The Cyrenaic School, founded by Aristippus, the forerunner of the Epicurean in its doctrine of pleasure, naturally attracted women, especially courtesans, into its membership. Greek Women According to Luke, a courtesan visited Jesus and had her sins remitted. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal The name of that opulent woman, whom some called "the rich," and others "the courtesan," was in every mouth. Sónnica When the necessity of going to the palace was more distasteful to him than usual, he went off at night to the garden of the sacred courtesans. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z The courtesan denounces him to a policeman who happens to be there, and the pseudo-captain, who is no other than a colonel in the Japanese army, is arrested. Contemporary Russian Novelists This riot eventually did good, for it led to the abolition of London sanctuaries, those dens of bullies, low gamblers, thieves, and courtesans. Old and New London Volume I His conny-catching literature is full of exact descriptions of the sordid life of the sharpers and low courtesans of Elizabethan London. The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare The name of Bacchis, which had been given her when she was little, had been borne by many famous courtesans of Greece. Sónnica Her youthful body was arrayed in a daring open-worked costume which she had had made before her eyes by a Phrygian courtesan, and which exposed the twenty-two places where caresses are irresistible. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z The yells of the infuriated and deriding populace filled the air, as they danced exultingly around the aristocratic courtesan. Maria Antoinette Makers of History In the reign of Edward II. the Dean and Chapter, finding the precinct a resort of thieves and courtesans, rebuilt and purified it. Old and New London Volume I Greene is particularly bitter in his denunciations of the professional courtesans of London, about whom he knew probably more than any of his contemporaries. The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare In broad daylight the great courtesans appeared there, almost nude, wearing purple sandals, wrapped in flowered mantles, wearing crowns of fresh roses on their hair, powdered with gold. Sónnica The courtesan proceeded: "It is like a purple flower, full of perfumes and honey." Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z The husbands keep for their pleasure and physical desires hetairae—styled among us courtesans or mistresses—who live in elegant abodes, in the handsomest quarters of the city. Woman under socialism The galleries are filled with silk-clad pages, and courtesans flitting from group to group seeking some whisper of news…. Letters from my Windmill Alcippe hears of it, and wants at least to be able to see her husband; she enters the service of the courtesan, and there suffers a moral martyrdom. The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare The courtesan was attracted by his sweetness, which contrasted with the rudeness of the other merchants brutalized by their contact with the great ports. Sónnica Standing upon the steps of the threshold, with her hand leaning on the white wall, Djala watched the courtesan's retreating form. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z The power of such courtesans as Titian and Paris Bordone had painted was waning. The Venetian School of Painting I am certain, however, that it is present in those courtesans whom I have known. The Truth About Woman Mistresses and courtesans have always played a considerable part in political intrigue. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study I have heard of her, a Greek as famous for her beauty and her talent as the courtesans of Athens. Sónnica Marya may take the veil ... or nurse lepers ... or she may become a famous courtesan.... The Crimson Tide A Novel To Giorgione, too, belongs the honour of having created a Venus as pure as the Aphrodite of Cnidos and as beautiful as a courtesan of Titian. The Venetian School of Painting This seduction of men by women is often the starting-point of a young man's association with courtesans. The Truth About Woman Condemned criminals were often kept till Shrove Tuesday, and keen was the disappointment when there was only the whipping of courtesans caught masked. Dreamers of the Ghetto Few managed to gain entrance to the famous courtesan's house. Sónnica But she wondered whether courtesans do not hate the men who pay them, more than they hate themselves. The Paliser case But to-day, profane and wan, Camped between two fountains wide, I behold the courtesan In her carriage lounge with pride. Enamels and Cameos and other Poems It was then that I realised the immensity of the gulf which separated my outlook from that of this successful courtesan. The Truth About Woman He wondered if the Christian courtesan he picked tonight would be able to match the accomplishments of the women who served the Mamelukes in El Kahira. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel The navigator, reared among barbarians, in a remote colony scarcely retaining traces of its mother Greece, began to interest the courtesan more than the young Athenians and opulent merchants who surrounded her. Sónnica She might stand revealed as a coarse and selfish courtesan—a worn and haggard enchantress whose failing life blazed back to youth only when on the stage. The Light of the Star A Novel For whomsoever idly scans, Baring their treasures to entice, Like fair and sumptuous courtesans, They stand for sale at golden price. Enamels and Cameos and other Poems Chaumette, a leader in the convention, came before the president “leading a courtesan with a troop of her associates.” The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, May, 1880 "She is a skilled courtesan and was Manfred's mistress," he said. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel The old-time courtesan, as she awoke, admired her body with the adoration inspired in her by the eulogies of the artists of Athens. Sónnica Venus was a dissipated and abandoned courtesan, and therefore she was enrolled among the goddesses. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete But they agree in the courtesan essence—the readiness to exchange for other things that commodity of theirs which should be given only for love. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century If, in ransacking history, they are lucky enough to discover a courtesan who can be billed as a “king’s favorite,” they appear to smack their lips exultantly. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 His mission is to enter Europe's powerful and treacherous realms of king and pope, conspirator and courtesan—and to single-handedly turn the tide of battle between continent and continent. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel The courtesan freed his father, who was a slave, and he does not wish to hear anything said that might annoy S�nnica. Sónnica When the daughter of a courtesan is thus given to a man, the ties of marriage should be observed for one year, and after that she may do what she likes. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks But her want of decency and sense takes the more commonplace line of becoming an actual courtesan of the "Imperia" kind in Italy. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century As soon as the playwright has excavated a courtesan, he begins to think of the best way of whitewashing her. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 In the city streets women of the town wore a distinctive costume as courtesans did in certain parts of Europe in the Middle Ages. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era She lived like the free, poor courtesans whom the Athenian youths called "she-wolves" on account of their howling. Sónnica Old authors are of opinion that when a courtesan can get as much money as she wants from her lover, she should not make use of artifice. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks The mothers of the brides, painted like courtesans and hung with jewels, were borne by in sedan-chairs, in which they sat cross-legged on silken cushions. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China Just the same, this mania for resurrecting defunct courtesans seems a trifle neurasthenic. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 There was another courtesan named Cleopatra, who, it was arranged, should be at hand when Calpurnia made her communication, to confirm the truth of it, should any confirmation seem to be required. Nero Makers of History Series Frequently they fled in mad race on recognizing the official whose duty it was to collect the pornikontelos, a tax imposed by Solon upon the courtesans and one which constituted the largest revenue of Athens. Sónnica Such is the mode of temporary marriage among courtesans, and of increasing their loveliness, and their value in the eyes of others. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks Like the blush on the cheek of the courtesan, it deceives no one, but is none the less a truthful expression, not of the thing it simulates, but of the character of the simulator. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 See yonder pretty Madonna: 'tis the portrait of an Italian courtesan; but the bigots praise my piety when I cross myself before it. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 Finally, after much hesitation and debate, they concluded to employ a certain female for the purpose,—a courtesan named Calpurnia. Nero Makers of History Series The offices of the Bank in the Rue Quincampoix were daily besieged by a motley crowd of princes, nobles, fine ladies, courtesans, generals, prelates, priests, bourgeois and servants. The Story of Paris The details of the domestic and social life of the early Hindoos would not be complete without mention of the courtesan, and Part VI. is entirely devoted to this subject. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks The first great Railroad Lobby, with continental empires at stake, thronged the Capitol with its lawyers, agents, barkers, and hired courtesans. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan In the course of this he adverted to the appearance of courtesans on the Roman stage, and, by a satirical reference in his index, seemed to range all female actors in the class. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 It shall be your task to make her into a courtesan like yourself, shaming and staining the flower of her girlhood into a flaming rose of vice. The Proud Prince Wilhelmine turned to her and, bending, kissed the old courtesan on the brow. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg Now when a courtesan takes up with a man from love, the action is natural; but when she resorts to him for the purpose of getting money, her action is artificial or forced. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks I'll make sure you have adequate access to decent, reputable courtesans, or you can find yourself an informal wife; that's up to you. The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel It is best described in the simplest phrase, as a man's meditations on the life of a courtesan whom he has met at a dancing-garden and accompanied home. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti Thou hast seen the sovereigns of the world; thou hast seen tyrants surrounded by their parasites and their infamous courtesans; and thou hast seen priests who make use of religion as an instrument of oppression. Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom She might have dared it, for none would have remembered her, or recognised in the tall, white-haired woman the beautiful young courtesan who had held mock court in the ancient university castle. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg "A courtesan leading in this manner the life of a wife is not troubled with too many lovers, and yet obtains abundance of wealth." The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks It is in the dialogue between Socrates and the courtesan Theodote. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 Of sensual love between her and Ralegh there is not a tittle of evidence which will be accepted by any who do not start by presuming in her the morals of a courtesan. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography All actresses seemed to him very much the same kind of courtesan, and all courtesans very much the same kind of actress. Renée Mauperin She had followed the old courtesan's coffin to Neuhaus, and had seen her laid to rest beside the little mound of the child's grave. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg When a courtesan abandons her present lover after all his wealth is exhausted, she may then consider about her re-union with a former lover. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks There is nothing dearer to the heart of the English middle classes and working men than the belief that every woman with a dress allowance of more than �200 a year is a courtesan. Gossamer 1915 Citizens of acknowledged respectability often walked, more often perhaps rode side by side on horseback, with noted courtesans, in open day, through the crowded streets, and seemingly suffered no harm in reputation. The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado For ten years they lived as courtesans to the profit of the state. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Here the old courtesan left her Highness, while she withdrew to make arrangements for the Duke to be summoned. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg A courtesan should be agreeable to the man who is attached to her, and despise the man who does not care for her. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks Nobles, virgins, soldiers, courtesans, flock to the Tribunal, dragging their condemnation from dilatory judges, claiming death as a right which they are impatient to enjoy. The Gods are Athirst The insolence of a great lady, the dangerously primitive instincts of a great courtesan, filled her with an enormous pride, a reckless self-confidence. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance The courtesan gives to the Brahmin's son a toy wagon of gold for his own made of clay. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals While the courtesan—alas! a ridiculous garish absurdity, a grim ghost of past merriment, a horrid relic of forgotten debauches, a painted harridan at whom the boys jeer when she passes down the street. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg When a courtesan is living as a wife with her lover, she should behave like a chaste woman, and do everything to his satisfaction. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks I’ve been 187 The instrument of all these joys I’m glad, Though other courtesans would not be so; Nor is it for our profit and advantage That lovers should be happy in their marriage. The Comedies of Terence For whatever her sins and lapses, Helen de Vallorbes had the fine æsthetic appreciations, as well as the inevitable animality, of the great courtesan. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance She gained honor and profit by the life of a courtesan, and always found a grand marriage when she retired on account of age. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Madame de Ruth looked at her; indeed, the Duchess's tragic face was enough to soften even a harder heart than beat under the old courtesan's padded, beribboned corsage. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg A courtesan should also consider doubts about gain and doubts about loss with reference both to wealth, religious merit, and pleasure. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks He shaded his eyes with his hand, and having looked in the direction indicated, replied: 'It is the ancient palace which the Prince Concini has given to the courtesan Clarimonde. Clarimonde Better, far better, you had offered him courtesans for companions; better you and he had been open thieves and robbers. The Reign of Mary Tudor In the Clay-waggon the story is that of a Brahmin of the noblest character, who marries a courtesan, she having great love for him. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals He knew his austere old friend too well, and he could not picture him in the ridiculous rôle of husband of a cast-off courtesan. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg When a courtesan consorts with men she should cause each of them to give her money as well as pleasure. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks Wan-faced courtesans, with death and hate in their eyes, despairing thieves, murderers, and would-be suicides, listened to his words of hope and began life anew. The Arena Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891 We may contrast the scene between Jesus and Mary Magdalene with that between Socrates and the courtesan Theodota. The Chief End of Man The most typical modern books are those in which the central figure is himself or herself an exception, a cripple, a courtesan, a lunatic, a swindler, or a person of the most perverse temperament. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens For Dawson was at this time the Mecca of the gambler and the courtesan. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance The following kinds of men are not fit to be resorted to by courtesans, viz.: The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks What was overheard of it acted as a stimulus to pleasure, added point to the rhetorician's speeches, excitement to the circus games, and a halo to the beauty of red-haired courtesans. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance The courtesan may scourge it with a whip of nettles back into life; but the innocent woman may wet it for ever with her tears, she will find no resurrection. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida Do you prefer the novel of the day, on the lives and habits of courtesans? revelations of the boudoir, where all is impure, venal, and degrading? French and Oriental Love in a Harem Many courtesans were born to be virtuous women, they say; and many women called virtuous were born to be courtesans—is that not so? The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories Such is the manner of a courtesan living with a man like a wife, and set forth here for the sake of guidance from the rules of Dattaka. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks Pierre is a miserable conspirator, as Otway first painted him, impelled to treason by his love of a courtesan and his jealousy of Antonio. Venice Preserved A Tragedy in Five Acts From adventuress to evangelist; coryphée, courtesan, and convert, each in turn. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert All this was skillfully and discreetly wrapped up, but each word of the pious woman in the big white cap made a breach in the indignant resistance of the courtesan. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories Under the coarseness and flippancy of the courtesan were glimpses of an unhappy woman, a human being conscious of her own irretrievable degradation. The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life But Vatsyayana decides that desire of wealth, freedom from misfortune, and love, are the only causes that affect the union of courtesans with men. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks The paper intimates their rendezvous To be at the house of the famed Grecian courtesan, Called Aquilina; see that place secured. Venice Preserved A Tragedy in Five Acts These qualities raised the courtesan to a singular position. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert You are now a legal wife, while I am still a courtesan. The Little Clay Cart Mrcchakatika A cold-blooded courtesan of the most brazen and unscrupulous type, she was, notwithstanding, one of the most popular women in the upper Tenderloin. The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life Now a courtesan should not sacrifice money to her love, because money is the chief thing to be attended to. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks Premeditation might throw her out of balance, conscious art might exhibit her a scheming courtesan; just in her artlessness lay all her magic. Little Novels of Italy This heroine was once familiar to the eyes of all Paris, and notorious as a courtesan. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert In it were to be found many merchants and the bankers from Florence, Genoa, and Siena, while numerous papal office-holders, as well as the most famous courtesans dwelt there. Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day Silent, engrossed, he was intent watching the gay crowd around him, studying with deep interest the faces of these painted courtesans, who brazenly came to this place to offer themselves. The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life The same things can be done when several men are sitting in company with one courtesan, or when one courtesan is alone with many men. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks And so that great artist with the glorious name, that pure, wild beauty, the mere sight of whom had agitated him like a supernatural apparition, was simply a courtesan. The Nabob, Volume 1 "It is a paradox," was the expert opinion of Archbishop Diepenbrock, "that the more shameful she is, the more beautiful is a courtesan." The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert So, too, in Greece, the practice of music was given over to the Hetæræ, or courtesans. Woman's Work in Music In a bad sense, yellow means inconstancy, and the æsthetic Greeks, fully carrying out this meaning, compelled their public courtesans to distinguish themselves by mantles of saffron color. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy And Balzac's best women give us the impression that they are courtesans acting the character of virgins, and showing admirable dramatic skill in the performance. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) The Berlin that they know is a Berlin of French champagnes, Italian confetti, Spanish dancers, English-trained waiters, Austrian courtesans and American hilarities. Europe After 8:15 He looked down and across and saw her sitting there fair as a flower and robed like a royal courtesan in flame and snow. Wayside Courtships Another famous courtesan, though less well endowed mentally, and evidently on a much lower plane of character, was the famous flute-player Lamia. Woman's Work in Music They obeyed everybody and anybody—kings, mothers, wives, sweethearts and courtesans. Fair to Look Upon His other women, though they are not simply courtesans, after the fashion of some French writers, seem, as it were, to have a certain perceptible taint; they breathe an unwholesome atmosphere. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Three or four courtesans, with gowns and tunics torn from their white shoulders, were being dragged along, half laughing, half resisting, and wholly possessed by Bacchic frenzy. The Lion's Brood All the courtesans were banished from Venice; but their absence was not enough to reclaim and bring back good morals to a whole people brought up in the most scandalous licentiousness. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 And suddenly he became aware of something excessive, almost—it might be—a touch of the courtesan, defacing the manners of the great lady. The Child of Pleasure The most distinguished women were courtesans, and the wise Socrates would be justly called, in modern times, a libertine. Plain Facts for Old and Young Finally the desert flung wide the secret portals of her treasure-house and gave royally like a courtesan of kings. Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail Pushed forward, the courtesan fell upon the young man's neck, almost bearing him to the street and overwhelming him with drunken caresses. The Lion's Brood The cards of courtesans and the advertisements of houses of ill-fame might as well be put up in the panels of the street cars. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City Ideally he felt himself attracted by those courtesans of the sixteenth century, over whose faces there would appear to be drawn some indefinable veil of sorcery, some transparent mask of enchantment, some divine nocturnal spell. The Child of Pleasure Physiology shows conclusively that thousands of parents whose sons have become libertines and their daughters courtesans, have themselves implanted in their characters the propensity which led to their unchastity. Plain Facts for Old and Young Greece and Rome paved the way for their ultimate annihilation when their beautiful women ceased to bear children and their men sought the companionship of courtesans. The Eugenic Marriage, Volume I. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies First I hated you, when I dreamed you to be but a courtesan traitress. The Lion's Brood They become mere shams, governed by ministers, favorites, or courtesans, like those old Etruscan kings, slumbering for long ages in their golden royal robes, dissolving forever at the first breath of day. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry A beautiful courtesan, beholding Him pass by, breaks from her lovers, and follows Him into an alien house, where she bathes His feet with tears and wipes them with the hairs of her head. The Empire of Love Every army is flanked by bands of courtesans. Plain Facts for Old and Young I am a princess and a courtesan, and the fairest woman that ever be. In the Yule-Log Glow, Book II Christmas Tales from 'Round the World They were banished the theatre of Athens, and from Rome hissed, that brought parasites on the stage with apish actions, or fools with uncivil habits, or courtesans with immodest words. The Growth of English Drama |
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