| 单词 | minx |
| 例句 | She’d call me minx and try to hem me in with more specific instructions, which I would find new ways to evade. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z As the magnificence and originality of my worldview became explicit through conversation, the Minkoff minx began attacking me on all levels, even kicking me under the table rather vigorously at one point. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the guests was an elderly gentleman with a white beard and pointed hat, and the other was a handsome minx with an olive complexion and plucked eyebrows. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She was not a minx, not deceitful, not designing and heartless. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “There will be a place for you in heaven, my minx. Now we must dash.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This time the minx would be totally confounded. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But I suppose that’s the way with such women: They wouldn’t be minxes if they weren't masters of artifice and fraud. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Why did you step out of my life, you minx? Your new hairdo is fascinating and cosmopolitan.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Shut up over there,” Miss Annie screamed through her shutters as Ignatius gathered his smock about him and swept into the hall contemplating his most important problem: organizing a new assault against the minx’s effrontery. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had to prove his superiority to the offensive minx. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition to minx, he called me flirt, harpy, siren, enchantress, temptress, and even monster. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The scheme is too breathtaking for the literal, liberal minx mind mired in a claustrophobic clutch of cliches. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Lauren, that minx, even threw in a few matching cocktail napkins. Critical Shopper: Milly in Manhattan Takes Contemporary to Extremes 2012-02-29T21:18:18Z Answer: Surprisingly hilarious, thanks mostly to the antics of Ron’s second ex-wife—a bespectacled, psychotic minx played by Nick Offerman’s real-life partner. These Are the 25 Best Minor Characters on 'Parks and Recreation' 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z One journalist referred to her as the “thinking man’s minx,” which was gross but not entirely wrong. ‘Guyville’ at 25: Liz Phair’s career-defining album still defines her. For better or worse. 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Once the scheme is set up, keeping it up falls to Robert, the fish out of water, a rube in a den of minxes. No Rules Theatre’s ‘Boeing Boeing’ bumps along with a few giggles Is this play just giving us the mythic free spirited little minx who improbably ignores a thirty years age gap? Review: ‘Heisenberg’ Features an Explosive Pairing of Actors 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z We also learned this episode that Willow is a little minx. "Sarah Palin's Alaska" recap: Sarah loves workin'! 2010-11-29T13:08:00Z Photograph: Ken McKay/Rex Features On Desert Island Discs, actress turned director Kathy Burke described her younger self variously as "a minx", "a horrible little so-and-so" and, best of all, "a grumpy eejit". Desert Island Discs; Robert Winston's Musical Analysis; Ziggy Stardust Came From Isleworth 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z Is this play just giving us the mythic free spirited little minx who improbably ignores a thirty years age gap? Review: ‘Heisenberg’ Features an Explosive Pairing of Actors 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Even the most outrageous minxes lose their nerve, wrestling with the first twinges of existential angst: fear of dying alone and being found three weeks later half-eaten by an Alsatian.” Our new era of hearbreak 2012-06-24T18:15:00Z Last week, in “The Golden Cockerel,” she was the funniest of four interpreters of the Queen of Shemakhan; this week, as Odile, a lively minx with nice timing. Review: In ‘Swan Lake,’ the Drama Depends on the Dancers 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z And Medea’s two sons helped their Mom: they trapped Creusa in a rope, and then stood by loyally while Mom strangled the little minx. Dance Review: Smuin Ballet Performs ‘Oh, Inverted World’ at the Joyce 2012-08-15T22:30:56Z No other young actress could project her feline seductiveness — part lynx, part minx. How Lauren Bacall Got to Dine with President Clinton at a TIME Gala 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z The mix of longtime star and minx on the rise is one tasty element in the success of a movie that approaches the modest goals and effortless allure of a 60-year-old Hitchcock. In 'Focus,' Will Smith Does His Best Cary Grant Impression 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z It takes a lot of sweetness to make over a matriarch into a minx. Review | ‘Minx,’ about the launch of a feminist porn magazine, is surprisingly timid on both feminism and porn 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z That saucy little minx flashed us his racist Freudian slip in his recent comment about minority voters. Coming Supreme Court battle: Moment of reckoning for Biden — and America 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Her journey from saucy minx in the Carry On films to the matriarch of the Queen Vic in EastEnders made her a national treasure. Obituary: Barbara Windsor 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z My most hated moment, however, has to be the part where Hugh Grant, as the prime minister, looks up at a portrait of Thatcher and calls her a “saucy minx”. There’s a lot to hate in Love Actually. But it’s also the ultimate Christmas fantasy | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z Why is it that the moment the friend you haven't spoken to for absolutely ages calls up, the little minxes start punctuating the air with dozens of irrelevant questions? The words you'd love to hear your children say 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z “Are you trying to make me lose my mind? You saucy little minx.” Caitlin Moran: everything I know about sex 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z Finally, there’s Harley Quinn, a character so heavily sexualized in Suicide Squad that she was barely recognizable as the troubled yet lovable minx introduced in the classic Batman: The Animated Series TV show. Sorry Batfleck, Lego Batman is the only Dark Knight that matters now 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z Absurd, impossible, a hoax perpetrated by an attention-craving minx who has turned herself into “as much of a paying attraction as any carved cross or standing stone.” Emma Donoghue’s Art of Starvation 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z In one, he refers to the university's chancellor Belinda Hutchinson as an "appalling minx". Sydney academic takes site to court 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Ronaldinho is the headline act, the enduring gaucho minx recalled to the squad a year after being dropped by Menezes and returning aged 31 as the incumbent Brazilian footballer of the year. Enduring bravura of Brazil ready to decorate the Wembley stage 2013-02-02T22:00:05Z “No, I really meant a grinx, which is rather like a Sphinx, but the father was a griffin—the mother in both cases was a minx, of course.” The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z "Proceed with your tidings, you saucy minx!" he said. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z Don't think," the little minx continued, tossing her head disdainfully, "that I ever wish to see him again, or would let him touch me with his little finger! Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z It was Jane's doings—the little minx actually boasted of it. Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 2012-03-11T03:00:12.927Z “You know perfectly well, you little minx,” said her brother with mock sternness. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z And what stabbed deepest was that Silver Heels found pleasure in his foolish company—ay, plainly preferred him to me—the ungrateful minx! Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Then the minx should be stripped of borrowed plumes and turned out upon the world, even as Jane Shore was centuries ago. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z The sweet lovely minx--brown as a berry--all the lovelier and the browner for long exposure to the sun and blustering blast and wholesome air. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Why, indeed," he echoed, "if half were true of what that naughty minx accuses me. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z A dishonest fellow who won't pay his tradesmen, a flirtatious minx who will make mischief, a spoilt urchin who insists on doing what he shouldn't—all rather attractive, aren't they? Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z Thy haunt must be Where there's wanton revelry, And the young minx with toss o' curls Opes her lips to show her pearls; Opes her lips, with some gross jest A foolish lover to arrest. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z The Colonel and his minx disappear in the direction of the terraces, and again Michael plunges into meditation. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z What an unexpected way had now presented itself of, at one stroke, making his fortune and revenging himself on this haughty minx! My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Impudent minx! —but the other thinks you are much younger than that; clean-shaven, with a very firm mouth. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z How can one resist a pretty minx who proposes rolling on the grass? Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z She had indeed changed from the shy and leggy little minx to this robust, ample-bosomed bachelor girl with the sorrows of the world on her shoulders and pity and courage warring in her resolute eyes. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z “Ah! captain,” the mate remarked, “had you taken my advice and given that pretty but sly minx the sack, ere she gave you the slip, that whaler would have been ours before now.” Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z Dumping her was out of the question, and I sank mid-thigh deep two or three times myself before I could persuade the sulking minx even to take the water. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z I doubt I han't looked after you, taken you to Melton Abbey, and prayed for you, minx, yes, prayed for you. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z "Just an ordinary face, I am sure; one of those affected little minxes—the grisette who wants to be followed; I know all about it." Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z Tom's face, as the minx said this, in a voice which was just loud enough to reach his ears, would have made a good photographic study. A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z Rose is a minx, Lady Frederick, and she's much too young to marry. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z And how I thanked Heaven that that sharp-nosed little minx Ruth wasn't there! The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z Her first reports made her uncle screw up his mouth, and rub his bald pate, and ask Elizabeth what on earth was to be done with a minx like that. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z "Ah! this time I have to do with a little minx who is not so easily brought to terms." Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z Poor old Tom! what a fool he was--and what a little minx was pretty Miss Mary! A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z I thought, "she sounds like a tiresome little minx; but at least it is a thing to know!" "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z “And never told, you sly minx!” they cried. The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z Dollar surveyed the radiant minx with eyes that needed rubbing. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z "You little minx!" said I, when I had spat out a mouthful of snow, "is not anyone free to trounce a child!—--" The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z “The girls refuse to come—I’ve just had a letter from Julie; she is the most independent, ungrateful young minx I ever heard of!” Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z Why, you little fool, I ain't never had a thought but for that minx since she was born. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z I always told mother that she might know better than to bring her to the table; and the pert minx, if she knew her place, would never try to stick herself into genteel company. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z No; but I figure that they will at least shut their eyes—I would then be able to dazzle the minx with presents, and proceed rapidly to my goal. The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z You deserve to have none, you young minx:—The company of the Warrington coach has stood in the hall this hour, and nobody to show them to their chambers. The Beaux-Stratagem A comedy in five acts 2011-08-26T02:00:26.760Z That is a way the minx has—of driving everything else out of my head. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z You lit the lamp, you brewed the tea, Pulled up the deepest chair for me, And set yourselves to guess and see— What ailed that minx, Christina? "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z It is that girl Covington's doing, I have no doubt, though it was not the minx herself, for the description does not tally at all. The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z "Oh, uncle!" said the colonel in anger, "Pay no attention, I beg you, to the insolence of that foolish little minx." The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z That insinuating minx, possessed of a convenient dog and an ingratiating manner, insinuated to-day that I was handsome. Helena's Path 2011-07-29T02:00:22.607Z The little minx did not like to feel that she was so warm and I so cold, so she laid the fire; she thought that I would indulge myself. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z “I could not injure the reputation of a couple of young minxes like these!” declared Miss Miggs, angrily. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z I wish you could have seen the minx. Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z I am convinced, creator dear, that there is a vein of wickedness in your composition, or you would never have imagined such a minx, good and amiable and butter-won't-melt-in-your-mouth though you may look. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Just as if she had not been showing ill-temper from the beginning—the minx! The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z "Satan fetch the saucy minx!" exclaimed the pirate chief, laughing. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z “There! you hear how the minx dares talk to me,” cried Miss Miggs, appealing to the ladies about her. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z A good riddance, say I, of the trouble of keeping minxes like you in order! The Princess and Curdie 2011-07-06T02:00:49.480Z They export too no inconsiderable quantity of beaver, racoon, otter, fox, minx, and wild cat skins, and in every ship a good deal of live cattle, besides what they vend in Virginia. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Look here, you minx, that’s nice sort of feminine language to use to your father, isn’t it? The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z A forward, bold, masculine minx, tramping the countryside, fishing and shooting. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z “Let go of me, you impudent young minxes!” she cried. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z "And the little minx so innocently asked me if I knew!" Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z Miss Mellish was, of course, fully persuaded that the latter was a designing minx, who had deliberately set her cap at Mr Mactavish. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z Rebecca is handsome, Rebecca is rich, Rebecca is minx enough. The Ghetto A Drama in Four Acts 2011-06-04T02:00:13.903Z "There," she added, as I reddened indignantly at what I considered an imputation on my devotedness,—"there, did you see the look the little minx gave me?" Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z I would have made an end of him long before this, but that minx Alice has taken him under her protection. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z I did not wish you to know this, but you are such an inquisitive monkey, such an arbitrary minx, that nothing less than the whole truth will satisfy your exacting reason. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z All is not yet lost, and if you are skilful we may defeat the minx yet. The Blue Rose Fairy Book 2011-05-03T02:00:18.777Z Well, I declare with her sword in her hand, she is as fine a creature as ever I saw!—Oh you audacious minx. The Widow's Vow A Farce, in Two Acts 2011-04-27T02:00:23.207Z The old ladies were already triumphant; this intriguing minx, this person from nowhere, who had tried to force herself into society, should be made to feel their power and her own insignificance. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z Eh! eh! this gallant Count!" he said jovially, "par ma foi! to think that the minx deceived us and our Court all these years, with her prim ways and prudish manner. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z A general titter ran immediately around, only arrested by the fat lady exclaiming aloud, "Shameless minx!" The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z What I want, and what I am determined on, is that we are not to be dragged into Chancery, and made town talk of, because a cunning minx has turned an old rake's head. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z What think you hath come to the little minx?” Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas 2011-03-10T03:00:48.177Z Most likely she didn't feel sleepy, and rode off before you were out of your bed this morning, just like the young minx. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z Gaston had spoken of pitfalls, he owned to having been deceived, and there is no woman living who will not readily admit that her successful rival is naught but a designing minx. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z That's the treachery of men; but there's one comfort,—they are well paid off for it when they marry—as they always do—some young minx of nineteen or twenty. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z "A most artful, designing minx!" whispered Georgina to Grenfell; "but I suspect that her scheme will not have the success she anticipates." Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z “You vain little minx! do you think Cupid wasted all his arrows on you and Eustace?” Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas 2011-03-10T03:00:48.177Z I do believe that little minx will be the death of me yet—I know she will! Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z He was doubtful of the reception Mrs. Bolland might give the minx who had nearly caused him to break his neck, and, for his own part, he wanted to avoid Angèle altogether. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Who could," she exclaimed, with sudden gusto, "when there are such fools as Mrs. Darrow and minxes like Hilda Marsh to be found in every parish? A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z A shrewd minx in her own way, but a very small way it is. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z And he's apparently persuaded that little minx that he's intellectual! The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z Dr. Wiseman, minx, has done you the honor to propose for your hand. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z "You minx!" he cried to the girl accusingly. Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout 2011-02-07T03:00:22.570Z And you have three times the brains of that minx. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z Rickards was right; that artful minx has won them all over. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z The minx will get out of the house by some way we don't know of, and must get down the corn-path. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z Go on and love your little cabin minx if you want to! A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z I don't wish the insinuations made against my daughter that one hears about that impudent young minx, Miss Fitzgerald.— Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z But if he choose the other—the brainless, shallow minx with whom he thinks he is in love, then will his downfall be more rapid a hundred times. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z Keep quiet, you minx!" she cried savagely, "or I'll have you shut up. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z This is the second time to-day that minx of yours has slipped through my fingers! The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z Look at that wise young minx with the garters there; I'd have him to heel as she has her boy. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z The little minx will not expect you a night like this—Marie-Louise is too sensible a girl to be piqued for that. The Belovéd Traitor But a side-glance informing her of this pursuit, Miss Marsh thereupon resolved to punish this young man for his all too-patent admiration of the governess—"that red-haired minx," as she called her. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z As for love," said Mrs. Tappitt, "we all know who is in love with him,—nasty little sly minx! Rachel Ray He brought her down to Hardingham, and I saw then that she was a minx. Sinister Street, vol. 2 "And why not, if they are pretty!" impudently answered the minx without lowering her eyes before Brunhild, who listened to and contemplated her with a pensive air. The Branding Needle, or The Monastery of Charolles A Tale of the First Communal Charter The little minx did not treat me so very well when I came this way on my last visit to my uncle. The Firebrand Our ball queen, you must know, proud minx! found me all at once too mean for even the meanest services of her slaves. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales Cut a dash, eh! the minx must fan herself, thus. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern And, after a pause, the minx added, with an impudent moue at her lover, "on the whole." A Traitor's Wooing For the rest, Harry was a wholesome, lovable little minx with the kindest heart that ever beat under a mussy white shirt-waist and the quickest temper that ever went with red hair. The Crimson Sweater Ah," commented Etienne, half to himself, "so I owe it to that minx, do I? The Firebrand "Please tell the minx to mind her own business." A Man in the Open The minx! she will not have the impudence to appear before me. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern He was quite aware of the personal element the minx was endeavouring to import into their relations. A Traitor's Wooing For the fleetingest second I found myself wondering whether Miss Disbrow, deep down in her hidden heart, might not be a minx. The Book of Susan A Novel Good man ... it embarrassed him to meet the eyes of one of his own womenkind whose wedded husband had actually embraced an "abandoned minx" under their own roof. Shadows of Flames A Novel I explained that my dear husband can not see the minx, that my servant dare not look. A Man in the Open For the present he is gone and lost," he murmured, as he went back; "the minx has outwitted me"—here he chuckled, and all the soft childish dimples came out—"yet why should I complain? The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion "A forward minx!" said the lady, veering suddenly to heat. East Angels And that designing minx, niece, daughter, or whatever this Miss Belloo—what a shocking name!—may be? Jack Hinton The Guardsman Yes, Graves," Lady Betty screamed, "pack up the minx's things; I am well quit of her. Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days I am to tell you from my lady, that she is not the minx. A Man in the Open And all the time there was not a line of their features, not a kink in their neckties, that that minx Delia did not see with the minuteness of a microscope! What a Man Wills My lads, I can guess what it was that deceitful varmint said to his minx of a sister. Seven Frozen Sailors “Little minx,” said the “dear boy” to himself. Sir Hilton's Sin Not to mention beavers, otters, musk rats, minxes, and an infinite number of other wild creatures. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts The old Agency, too, seemed to become suddenly dilapidated, almost ruinous; the boys were undeniably rascals, and Tita "a little minx." Anne How that old drunken fox will chuckle over your simplicity, and the minx Tintefleck indulge herself in caricatures of your figure and face! A Day's Ride A Life's Romance Hink, minx! the old witch winks, The fat begins to fry: There's nobody at home but jumping Joan, Father, mother, and I. The Nursery Rhymes of England She had become forgetful of time and place, and was muttering to herself— "What a little baggage—what a little minx!" and other remarks unheard by Bingham. The New Warden You have red hair yourself, you minx!—See those tiny flecks through your black coat? The Case and Exceptions Stories of Counsel and Clients This is some minx’s token, and I must take out the work! Folk-lore of Shakespeare I own I found it exceedingly difficult to be generous, and in particular to that young minx of sixteen who had dared to make a jest of my pretensions. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance Just so, minx," rejoined he; "such ripeness as portends falling from the tree! The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life "I love not such as those minxes of the tower, nor any of their sort," said Marhaus. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur In fact, he did not even let her make the acquaintance of other girls, for fear she should get a liking for the frivolous ways of the gossiping minxes. Pretty Michal THE Café Molineau is where A dainty little minx Serves God and man as best she can By serving meats and drinks. Second Book of Verse "I begin to suspect you are a minx!" Ancestors A Novel There also sifted down to him from aloft, whisperings that were evidently protests, from persons unseen; but the minx who was the cause of them merrily bade her counsellors be quiet. A Prince of Good Fellows But she is ignorant, monstrous in her behaviour, flying out in all directions; calling people such names that I was forced lately to make use of the term ‘minx.’ Life of John Keats Well, Admiral, it may be the case; but still there is no excuse for your folly: and mark me, Sir Gilbert, I will not have that pert minx, Lucy Bargrove, closeted with my daughter Agnes. Olla Podrida At this time the crows, the minx, and the foxes, come in for their share, but, not content with the eggs, these last often seize and devour the parents also. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 Don't tell me that, you little minx; you who have never half noticed how sick your mother is. John March, Southerner "Do you think it unsafe?" asked the minx, seeing through his idea and encouraging the development of possibilities. Banked Fires “To your knees, minx,” commanded James, grimly, “and crave mercy of your prince.” Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time The sly minx has made a fool of you, and you will be insane enough to marry her; but she does not love you. Dainty's Cruel Rivals The Fatal Birthday Let me whisper you Harriet—sure you proud maiden minxes think—But I did once—I wonder in my heart oftentimes—But men and women are cheats to one another. Critical Remarks on Sir Charles Grandison, Clarissa, and Pamela (1754) Even the Frau Professorin, who at first had put her down as an artful little minx, began to forget her grudge against her. Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 "Of course I led up to it," the minx said to Joyce on describing the meeting. Banked Fires "Oh! but can't you come down, dear, until this minx is slumbering?" Anxious Audrey I don’t know what there is in the little minx. Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 "I wonder Miss Eliza don't pull off them ribbons from the little minx," said she, as she marched home in the "intermission," locked commandingly to the arm of the Deacon. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 Come and kiss me, you little minx"—— "Really, pa, how provoking—just as I am in the middle of the Cries of the Wounded! Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. If it weren't for the journey, I should have been glad enough to be rid of the minx. Miss Cayley's Adventures How if some minx—Lutwyche's expression—had bewitched him and slighted him? When Ghost Meets Ghost "Do you know that your father and that shameless minx, Miss Arminster, have just eloped?" His Lordship's Leopard A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts You saucy minxes!" began the lady, but one of the girls said, quickly: "Oh, no. The Girls of Central High on Lake Luna or, The Crew That Won This puts the minx entirely in my power; le tour est jou�; she will now go steady in harness, or I will know the reason why. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) There, this minx tried to set her cap at my nephew Harold, who can be caught at once by a pretty face; and Harold was bowled over—almost got engaged to her. Miss Cayley's Adventures I suppose the minx is on the premises. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) He was angry with her: the confounded little minx to betray him. The Son of His Mother An ungrateful minx, I will be bound for that!” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) “A minx, sir,” he said, not in anger, rather in amusement: and he cordially drank her health upon the back of it. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI And then she added: “Doctor, that girl is a minx.” In the Heart of a Fool Of course the little minx is in trouble, the second she touches land. The Missourian As saucy a little minx as there it in the Colonies. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 Fanny herself appears, as he has described her at their first meeting, an absolute minx. A Day with Keats Our little minx in a white dress was an absolute sensation. Letters from my Windmill But I believe I know who this girl may be,—I have met such a one in Paris, and avoided her as a pert little minx. The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire Then, thickly from a ghastly hole The turbid dyes of blood doth bloom From minxes bold, crouched with giant fear, Provoke a sage who could not see, With feelings for her impeached soul. Betelguese A Trip Through Hell I have heard you before, and found you a sly minx––when my back was turned––but this time it is not I alone who will watch your actions. Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West Look, they pretend that the little minx was robbed of her string of pearls last night on leaving the hall. Carmen Ariza She must be a saucy and jaunty little minx, whoever she is! Orphans of the Storm “Why, you dreadful little minx, you!” cried Helen. Officer 666 I told him then to wash his hands of the whole matter; you would grow up a willful, impetuous minx, and turn out at last like your mother.” Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love I suppose she wanted to better herself, as those minxes always say. Name and Fame A Novel Command the minx to bring forth all her fascinations and allurements. The Pirate Woman These Russian and Bavarian minxes were neurotic, fickle, shifting as sand; the daughters of Judæa were sane, cheerful, solid. Dreamers of the Ghetto And all by a little minx of a girl! Hidden Hand I have brought worse tempers than hers into subjection; still I never dreamed the little minx would dare openly defy me in that manner. Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love And instantly the minx in her rose up for mischief. The Heart of Thunder Mountain Oh, melody is a wayward minx and vouchsafes her treasures of song to few. Rodney, the Ranger With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield Oh, it appears that Lotty Carr, that stuck-up little minx who is jealous of her and everybody else, heard something about this business and asked Walkden, who, to save himself, told a lot of lies. Australia Revenged “The minx!” said the countess aside to me. The First Violin A Novel “Then you were actually thinking of going against our interest in that way,” cried Gertie, white to the very lips, “you insolent little minx!” Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love He also lets us know that the pale-faced lady was an unwholesome and treacherous minx. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland "It would be a very fine sight indeed," said this ill-bred minx, "to see me go draw water!" The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault As long as he is here I might as well not lift a finger, and it looks as if that impertinent minx of a child's nurse would be my best help. The Squirrel Inn Yes, she’s a niece of a cobbler up the track yonder, and as pretty a little minx as walks Paradise Road. Rose O'Paradise "My dear," said the Queen, "what can you expect from such a set of giggling, empty-headed minxes?" In Brief Authority And even the critical Aunt Annie had to admit that the little minx was managing the whole matter with consummate skill. The Beloved Woman But to surprise your friends was always one of your greatest delights, you sly little minx! Dorothy's Triumph Never; but I should like to hear it, Barbara, while you hook on the diamonds those careless minxes scattered so heedlessly. The Buccaneer A Tale Don’t ye recollex the trick that ar minx played on him? The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness It is from this circumstance, undoubtedly, that the nursery rhyme derives its authority,— “Hinx minx, the old witch winks, The fat begins to fry,” etc. Old New England Traits I caught her back there in the grass—the little minx. It, and Other Stories “Tiffany is a minx, but I am an honest woman; and as I am an honest woman, there are honest qualities in this honest Puritan.” The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel It isn't so much that your fingers may be burned ... that's what you need, you married minx. The Art of Disappearing And yet she’s a pretty minx, too, if she hadn’t such a vixenish temper!” Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 "I thought Georgy was going to marry his cousin—that awfully proud minx," said one young fellow. Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite I didn’t twig what the little minx was up to, until she said we could go on the same steamer that took the baseball party. Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour Did you see how the little minx was dressed? Fibble, D.D. The minx would find means of coming out. The Jealousy of le Barbouillé (La Jalousie du Barbouillé) “I’ll look after the minx, and tell her some useful truth now and then, too.” Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 Goethe's sublime unconsciousness of ordinary moral qualms is never better observed than in the story of this extravagant young minx. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions "By Jove, I'll go after them, and set myself right before the little minx has time to think it over!" Tom Brown at Oxford With all her preserving borax- or formalin-like touch of "good form," she is something of a minx. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 Would you believe it? the minx objected to taking lessons in dancing, because her sister had taught her that dancing assemblies were not good places to go to! The Old Helmet, Volume II What more likely than that the dashing little minx would undertake to rally her lover about Aileen, and that the adroit baronet would worm out of her the information he desired? A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 Then I thought of Germaine!—that little minx, badly in debt—perhaps? A Village of Vagabonds For all she sets up as a learned Sphinx, She's nothing but a sly, conceited minx. Turandot: The Chinese Sphinx But, alas! there is no more room, except to salute her as the agreeable ancestress of all the beloved coquettes and piquant minxes in prose fiction since. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 “Will you be still, minx?” demanded the older sister. The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City I want no eavesdropping," he muttered; "and that minx might listen if she had time. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter Yes, I know, but I'm so angry with that little minx! The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives "Mr. Stanley for instance," suggests a mischievous little minx with hazel eyes and laughter-loving mouth. Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier Gad, I never thought I'd ever see you do the lady's man, all in your own queer way, of course; but, hang it all, she seems to like it, the little minx! The Light of Scarthey Why should he fling his rich treasures at the feet of a proud minx who in taking them swore that she could not love him? The Bertrams I could feel happy now without it could I but believe that you would forget the heartless minx who has dared to gain your love then spurn it. As We Sweep Through The Deep Once—he took me to Madame Tussaws; and once to the Colonial Exhibition; and once——" "You minx. The Creators A Comedy If ever there was an artful little minx," she said, "that Beggar-maid was one. Vagabondia 1884 When her father died she would speak to no one; and then it had been settled among the captains, lieutenants, and Colonial secretaries that she was a proud, cold, meaningless minx. Ralph the Heir That trollop!—that minx! that—and daughter of that sot, too, that old rip, that rowdy blatherskite—that——And my own son is to lift his hand to cut his throat! The Manxman A Novel - 1895 "It would be a very fine sight, indeed," said this ill-bred minx, "to see me go draw water!" Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes At which, when she desired her fee, “You base, ungrateful minx,” says he, “Whom I so kind forbore to kill, And now, forsooth, you’d bring your bill!” The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes "The minx finds you agreeable," he observed; "why?—God knows!" The Reckoning As far as it had been possible she had kept herself aloof from it, and though run after for her beauty, had been unpopular as being a "proud, cold, meaningless minx." Ralph the Heir I was a sad little minx, so everybody kindly informed me, and so I fully believed. Aunt Madge's Story Let me at least tell you what I think of you, you minx. Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century And as for Robert, I saw him looking—looking at that little minx Rose while she was playing as if he couldn't take his eyes off her. Robert Elsmere Then comes the Canada otter; the vison or minx; the clever little tree-loving raccoon; the American badger, differing from his European relative; and the pekan. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The young minx has been working at them like a Trojan for the last fortnight; so, as a reward for her extraordinary industry, I have allowed her to ride over and present them herself. Through Veld and Forest An African Story That ought to give the key to their characters, but if it does not, let me boldly add that Gertrude was clever and sedate, while Doris was a queen of minxes. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 25, 1914 "Cuss her!" he said angrily; "a pretty bog she's led me into, she and that minx, Ada Parkinson!" The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance Here a girl was being pushed forward into the inner circle with apparent reluctance, and there a loud laughing minx was finding a way with her own elbows. Romola Old Tollerton was sniggering about the club in the most disgusting way the day before yesterday, and telling every one that you were financing the minx. Lalage's Lovers When Œdipus her riddle solved The minx—I mean the Sphinx—dissolved In tears. The Mythological Zoo Cats as lissome merry minxes, Or impenetrable Sphinxes— Leonine, aloof, impassive, topaz-eyed— Leave our staid professor chilly, For he clearly thinks it silly To regard them from the decorative side. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 12, 1916 "Yes, and I have spoken to her; but she is an obstinate minx." How It All Came Round It was then Handassah put in a word; the minx was ever ready at that. Rookwood I raced by his side in a mood of profound self-derision, and infinitely vexed with that minx. Chance A Tale in Two Parts What if the minx wasn't particularly young and pretty. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 16, 1916 Now shall the proud minx be brought to lower her lofty head! The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time She behaved as if she didn't hear—I think that minx often had fun with her deafness—and inclined her head to one side. A British Islander From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 Certainly, oh, most certainly, men of all ages would put me down as a designing minx! The Lady of the Basement Flat Because dead or alive I thought of her as a minx...” Chance A Tale in Two Parts She is a flirt and a conceited little minx. A Love Story Reversed 1898 As for the three men who were encouraging and abetting the little minx, it would have been a pleasure to push them separately and singly overboard. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa We know that Turpin and Mrs. Dane and that minx Am�lie are in jail. The Tale Of Mr. Peter Brown - Chelsea Justice From "The New Decameron", Volume III. “Oh! you—you—you minx!” he gasped loudly. The Lady of the Basement Flat I sent one of the American chorus girls, a little minx for mischief. The Lure of the Mask The good lady had meant to be forbidding and severe in her reception of the “forward minx,” whom she had settled it in her mind the prospective secretary would prove to be. The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn "Silence, minx!" exclaimed Robeckal roughly, and pulling a cloth out of his pocket he held it in front of Louison's face. The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II A minx stood by and put in her word. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 After which he immediately turned his attention to Patsy, who, on her side—the shameless minx!—seemed to like nothing better than meeting him half-way. Patsy If that minx hadn't told you she had a lover loitering in the background, you'd probably have thrown yourself into the breach and eloped with her yourself. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! “You are a saucy minx,” Miss Jemima was saying, in her sharpest tones. The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn D' ye know what the extravagant minx has upon her back, Charles? Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia From Sir Richard's manner Anstice gathered that there was no case against the pretty young minx; and the next words confirmed his supposition. Afterwards I believe the very sight of you would make him forget about that minx. Patsy "What a little minx that girl is!" he said to himself as he turned to light the lamps. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes "Perhaps for a fighting man," retorted the young minx with no contradictory twinkle in her eye; "but I could never trust a red-headed person: all that I know are deceitful." Some Everyday Folk and Dawn "I hope Pipa Lannu will agree with her health—the stuck-up minx—I do!" the younger remarked spitefully. A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta You knew that, proud beauty that she was, she might have to lower her colors to her little sister before that young minx got into the first class and—comparatively—long dresses. Jersey Street and Jersey Lane Urban and Suburban Sketches I remember my cousin Southwald getting hold of an Italian girl—a little minx from Apulia, fine as silk but dusky as a Brazil nut. Patsy You deserve to have none, you young minx! The Beaux-Stratagem That minx Joan has twisted me round her finger, and you have suffered for it. Pixie O'Shaughnessy I told Rosalind, in effect, that she was a conceited doll, and she replied that I was a consequential minx. More About Peggy But a child, the minx—fifteen, perhaps sixteen, years, no more. Roger Ingleton, Minor Shepherdess.—I watched them go—him and the hateful minx. Boycotted And Other Stories In tone of color minx comes next to Canada sable. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 So, I suppose the little minx dressed herself and put on the long cloak and walked off. Patty Blossom And this the saucy minx chose, jocosely and drolly to vow to the gods. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus "Oh, Mistress Polly, you are a minx," said that reverend gentleman. The Tory Maid A flirting, husband-hunting little minx, she had fallen honestly in love with this big, blond, good-humoured Life Guardsman; and, incredible as it might seem to the world she lived in, remained so still. Belles and Ringers Not a bit of it, my dear fellow; I saw the young minx at Elm Grove, and knew her directly. Isabel Leicester A Romance by Maude Alma "So Jenny's bent on having Christmas, no matter what the town decides, is she?" he added, "it's like her, the minx." Christmas A Story Who put you up to such a trick as that, you young minx? Tabitha's Vacation I knew the little minx had warned you in the Park, but thought nothing of it. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV There was something about the minx that forced even a suspicious and reticent old lady into trust and confidence, and as her trust and confidence increased so did her affection for the brilliant young peeress. Mary Gray "What a destructive little minx!" she exclaimed, glaring on the offending Susey. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems "You little minx!" he said, lifting an accusing finger. Quin You hope to get rid of us, do you, you minx? Everyman's Land Would you have me give her them now to turn her minx’s head with?” The Waif Woman He would have been sure that the girl was a minx, and the man a fool. The Heather-Moon "And don't you notice how the minx tries to put on the lady?" Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems "The impertinent minx!" she said, "that was when I had clouted her, no doubt." By What Authority? Rather too proud of her good looks, and a selfish minx. Forty-one Thieves A Tale of California Did Susie think he only thought her a forward little minx? The Judgment of Eve "There's a minx for you!" thought Moore, who was plain, and had been chosen by Mrs. Keeling because her teeth stuck out more than the lady's own. The Heather-Moon Well, then, the minx, I shall scold her. The Third Violet Charmian, who was looking her best, her most self-possessed, a radiant minx, with fleeting hints of depths and softnesses, half veiled by the firm habit of the world, seemed to tower morally above the composer. The Way of Ambition She must lead a beastly life, between a silly, overdressed woman and a pert minx. My Friend the Chauffeur Hardly anything of the pert minx remained in me, I used to think sometimes, and comparatively little of the pig or cat. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley There was that little minx of a sister with her curls. In the Yule-Log Glow, Book II Christmas Tales from 'Round the World Pretty!" reflected Bella scornfully, "I never could see it myself; a painted up minx, dragged up from the gutter. The Silent House The minx peeped up in her and repelled him. The Way of Ambition If she did wear them, she was a minx who got no more than she might have expected, prancing about lonely mountain roads in such shameless things. My Friend the Chauffeur "A picker up of unconsidered trifles!" the scotched, not killed minx in me couldn't resist quoting, at the suggestion that I was welcome to Di's leavings if I could bag them. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley "Hold your tongue, you impertinent little minx!" said Lady Beauleigh sharply. The Admirable Tinker Child of the World The tantalizing minx knew very well that Miss Thorne could only judge by observation. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy No. There always was a touch of the minx in you, and I suppose it is ineradicable. The Way of Ambition "You minx!" he cried, shaking the sprite gently. Flood Tide At least I suppose it was jealousy, the jealousy of an artful little Mona-Lisa minx who didn't even class in with the demigods. The Prairie Wife He was too big to give offence to an impudent little minx like me. The Swindler and Other Stories The islands are generally uninhabited, except by wild ducks, deer, foxes, raccoons, squirrels, musk-rats, and minxes, and also by partridges in abundance. First Impressions of the New World On Two Travellers from the Old in the Autumn of 1858 The minx was evidently uppermost in her as they approached the others. The Way of Ambition I'd pick 'em to pieces, the minxes; and the papers don't want that. The President A novel She was a designing minx, none the less. The Land of Promise I have seen the vulgar, made-up minx, without education, fortune, or modesty, trying to carry off her gentleman cousin! The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma I dare say," she finally concluded, "that if one could tear the veil from the face of that impudent little minx one would discover the smartest of the objectionable Smart Set. The Shield of Silence At times there was a hint of the minx in her. The Way of Ambition Curiosity is an idle minx, and a soul laden like the clerk's has no entertainment for her. The House by the Church-Yard "Your brother Laurence for one," replied the minx, for no other purpose than to see the flush of disappointment tinge his brow with sudden red. The Black Douglas "This will be ours to walk through, will it not, Colonel Tarleton?" she said, playing the sprightly minx to the very climax of perfection. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady Oh, that saucy little minx, with her grand assumptions of proprietorship, as if she owned him, forsooth! Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life Under that triumphant composure, that almost cruel banter, that whimsical airy contempt, that cool frivolity of the minx, there was emotion, there was love for him and for his talent. The Way of Ambition Ah, do I not remember the little minx, when she came in, after dinner, among all those men, with her 'Eljen a haza!' Sunrise "She would probably be worth half a dozen French minxes who would amuse themselves by getting up intrigues with your footmen," was Lady Maria's astute observation. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" "I should like to see myself going to the fountain to draw water," said this ill-bred minx. The Tales of Mother Goose As First Collected by Charles Perrault in 1696 Miss Carmichael inwardly called her cousin a saucy little minx, resenting her familiarities with a man who was, of course, nothing to her, in a way that startled herself. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life "So the little minx was hinting at more mischief to come, was she?" demanded the shipbuilder. The Submarine Boys and the Spies Dodging the Sharks of the Deep And a daughter, too," he said, lightly; "if the wicked little minx would only listen. Sunrise Fire and powder are better kept apart, and she is powder, a minx! The Disentanglers Each young minx had on her Sunday go-to-meeting air, and the boy stood with his hat on one side of his head, as though for a sixpence he would fight all creation. A String of Amber Beads Indeed, indeed, I shall do no such thing, you saucy little minx! Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers "A born wheedler," the colonel called her; but his wife thought "saucy minx" a more appropriate term, and wondered how Major Merryon could put up with her shameless trifling. The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories He saw you coming out of the tree-door, then he met you once or twice, and after that he lost his head; and you—minx!—you lost yours. Charred Wood The form of "the minx," long since dissociated from her thoughts and life, seemed to rise, like Banquo's ghost, and stare at her with cold, disdainful eyes and supercilious curl of the lip. Queen Hildegarde They are a couple of alluring wanton minxes. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 The old-fashioned would have condemned Joan Whitworth as a minx at this moment, but would have softened the condemnation with a smile forced from them by her winning grace. The Summons Hush, minx! the business is mine, and none of yours.—Hark you, Mark. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia She had seen Mrs. Wedmore's eyes over the half blind of one of the windows, and the minx thought this little scene would be a wholesome lesson. The Wharf by the Docks A Novel "It was her feelings, her confidence, the little love wanted,—not her secret: that lay bare already to the shrewd young minx,—I beg her pardon,—lynx." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 So; let but little minx go proud, and the dogs in Covent-Garden have her in the wind immediately; all pursue the scent. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 He was a nice and right-minded young man and she was an utter minx. The Palace of Darkened Windows The minx looked archly up into my face. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow "Indeed I will, sir," replied the roguish minx, tripping away; "particularly that you promised to marry me for nothin' if I'd give you a kiss!" Going to Maynooth Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three "Indeed, sir, he was, and is, very handsome—and the impudent minxes of the parish are throwing their caps at him in dozens." The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One From groves and glades come meadow-sweet maids, None of your saucy minxes or jades; The poet is there Without a care. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, November 19, 1892 He had known that this girl could be a very minx when piqued. The Palace of Darkened Windows That reminds me—that ungrateful minx gave two dances rightfully mine to Mr. Howard Hunter last night. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man That little minx, Cornelia, has been complaining of me to him, I am sure. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. That girl; that minx, with her innocent eyes and placid face! A Splendid Hazard Another matter: Virginia, the circumspect, the caste-bound, the intolerant, the emotionless, was displaying the astounding symptoms peculiar to the minx! The Firing Line Here's a minx that's all but murdered me, and yet has the stark effrontery to blather about temper! A Woman Named Smith But this girl was a little minx if not altogether a flirt. The Rustlers of Pecos County A brazen minx I had once thought her, but tonight in her plain white frock and sober conventional surroundings she seemed to show something of the quiet poise of a nurse or a nun. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment "You minx!" growled the admiral; "to scare your old father like that!" A Splendid Hazard Shiela, you little minx, what makes you look so unusually pretty? The Firing Line That little minx of a nurse was flirting somewhere with one of the internes. Love Stories "An amusing little minx," he laughed to himself, as he passed out of the house. The Lever A Novel Less than a year ago I had turned her out of this garden, fearing for the boy the first woman he had seen, and to my ascetic mind because a woman, a minx. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment Yet I would not make the little minx unhappy. The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times Hold your tongue, you impertinent little minx!" said Miss Calista; "I really hope the prinky old governess who is coming will be able to whip a little manners into you. Lewie Or, The Bended Twig The little minx was pretty; in fact, he acknowledged for the first time that she was distractingly pretty. The Honorable Percival Still, it were better to safeguard both exits to the house, and Alice was an amusing little minx, after all. The Lever A Novel She might, after all, be just an ordinary charming woman, enlivened by a streak of minx, and eager enough to catch the heir of Jervaise if he were available. The Jervaise Comedy Shall I, their lover, Still discard them for yon minxes, Harpies with the eyes of "lynxes"? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, August 6, 1892 Well, my niece Unity is a pleasing minx—yes, by gad! Lewis Rand "But, my good Ellen," said I—the minx had actually been in our service a couple of years before!—"suppose the place were on fire, what would you do?" Jaffery "Isabel, I hope you see now what your minx of a child is—the little spiteful fury!" The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill Without doubt there was a delicious strain of minx in her! The Jervaise Comedy But there is no animal more alive than a minx: and you will certainly not find a specimen of the species in any English novel before. The English Novel Sadly this minx I mistrust— Her manners I strangely mistrust— She'll distance us, dear, if we linger! Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, April 2, 1892 "Say, did you ever think what aggravating minxes women are after they been married a few years—after the wedding ring gets worn a little bit thin?" Somewhere in Red Gap The mischievous little minx was piqued at his refusal, and determined that he should drink it, or decline to do so at the peril of losing her smiles. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Every morning you make the thirteen signs of hell over that minx of yours! Abbe Mouret's Transgression "A pretty little minx—I must have it out with Victoria." The Mating of Lydia "Just oblige me and touch With your scourge that minx Chloe, but don't hurt her much." The Marriage of William Ashe You didn't see what the unscrupulous minx was after. The Belfry "That girl is a sly minx," she said. Gordon Keith Out you get; out you get, you minxes!' Abbe Mouret's Transgression You treacherous hussy!" said Mrs. Markson, stamping her foot—"you scheming little minx! Romance of California Life Alack! how becoming were these concoctions to minxes with fair hair and sylphlike frames! The Marriage of William Ashe P---- has been writing to her, the little minx. Lady Rose's Daughter Wasn't he worth a dozen of the impertinent French minxes! One Day A sequel to 'Three Weeks' Catherine lifted up her head, and began to laugh, with the shamelessness of a little minx. Abbe Mouret's Transgression As to the little minx herself, she was inscrutable. Marcella Then the ruthless and calculating minx in her shut tight those pretty lips and coldly determined that nothing should stand against ambition. Leonora All one could say was that she had turned out as the child of such proceedings might be expected to turn out--a minx. Lady Rose's Daughter For myself, I almost believed, that there was malice enough in the minx to give us our henbane broth. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I I cannot imagine," said one, "what Ali can see in this little minx to be so infatuated with her. The Pacha of Many Tales The minx herself was well enough, but it was absurd in his fellow-townsmen to look owlish and uplifted about her. Youth and the Bright Medusa But now he suddenly realized that she was an engaging minx after all. Greatheart It was quite clear that Miss Fanny was a vulgar little minx, and that Beechcote would have no peace till it was rid of her. The Testing of Diana Mallory And then the minx looked at me, just as sweetly as ever, and her voice had that little caressing tone of hers. Sweetapple Cove Well, he'll get his deserts yet, if he gets you, you deceiving minx. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 A Salome from him would have been a delightfully decorative minx, set blithely dancing in some many-hued and enchanted garden of Armida. Promenades of an Impressionist You'd think these minxes were prepared for a tour of the world. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work I'll be in Odessa in 48 hours unless that veiled minx of the Métropole sticks a knife under my fifth rib…. Rescuing the Czar Two authentic Diaries arranged and translated A girl so excellent, so lovable, so trustworthy, to be guilty of the wanton caprice of a minx! The Price of Love I'll soon put a spoke in that wheel, my proud minx. A Young Girl's Wooing "I do not think he will," said she; "with your good leave, talk of what you know something about; tell him I want him; why does the minx dilly dally so?" Two Ghostly Mysteries A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family; and the Murdered Cousin The other girl, a red-haired minx who walked with her arm about my girl's waist—how jealous I was of her! The House of Mystery An Episode in the Career of Rosalie Le Grange, Clairvoyant Nevertheless at intervals she could savour a fashionable restaurant as well as any harum-scarum minx there. The Pretty Lady Those were his words; his tone and his grim look meant, So in spite of all my care you are being beguiled by a minx— It was his tone that I answered. Spanish Doubloons Yet before many months he was writing to the "minx," "I will imagine you Venus to-night, and pray, pray, pray, pray to your star like a heathen." Old and New Masters What! do you dream I would ruin my nephew's life for a self-willed, undisciplined minx? The Purple Heights "Their politeness is put on to order," thought Geoffrey, "they seem forward and inquisitive minxes." Kimono She is sharper than she affects, and a proud minx! A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago The jade turns like a fox in his tracks, and it would be easier to convict a merchant who values his reputation, of a false invoice, than this minx of nineteen of an indiscretion! The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas His destiny was not to be a happy lover, but the slave of a "minx." Old and New Masters And she, too, was looking into my eyes, while we whispered together, and the sly minx read my thoughts, I know, by the look of her. D'Ri and I What a pink, what a pink, little minx, little minx! Byways Around San Francisco Bay There was an extremely pretty girl—a fair-haired, conscious minx—drawing in the same room with him at the British Museum. Fenwick's Career "Old or young, my mind is made up; and so to your Cour des Fées, and tell the lazy minx as much.—Thou hast ridden that innocent, thou scowling imp of darkness!" The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas It seems this sly minx has arranged a surprise for all of us. The Case and the Girl Now, Mrs. Carroll, Mr. Grey's sister, had long since shown that she was not submissive enough, nor were the girls, the eldest of whom was a pert, ugly, well-grown minx, now about eighteen years old. Mr. Scarborough's Family I judged therefore that my lady knew well that I was working out there in the heat, and was glad of it—being a spiteful pretty minx. Red Axe This is the proud minx, that sought shelter in my house this afternoon, Mr Justice. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 Holes and corners!" he muttered, after a long silence; "the wilful minx cannot be playing at hide-and-seek with her friends! The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas I see it plainly, you minx, and I acquiesce because, it delights me to give you pleasure, even at the cost of some dignity. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 I declare she is the most engaging little minx. Ailsa Paige A moment ago, warming his hands in the surgery, he could have sworn that she, the little maneuvering minx, had laid a trap for him. The Three Sisters I'm glad with all my heart this minx is prevented of her design: the gentleman had got a great catch of her, as they say. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 As for the black minx, who should have been up and at her duty this hour, there will be a balance to settle between us. The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas Its story turned upon the marriage of the elderly Lord Brumpton to a designing young minx who estranges the nobleman from his son, Lord Hardy, the gentlemanly, poverty-stricken leading man of the piece. The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield "Oh, you pretty minx!—you and your dozen words!" Ailsa Paige She was no more than a poor little frightened minx, caught in his trap, peering at him from it in terror. The Three Sisters "But, surely, not after the way that minx probably believes you treated her?" said Niafer. Figures of Earth A girl of the sweet type, endowed liberally with virtues, is produced as an antidote to the minx, but is no match for her. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 18, 1917 This "fashionable lover" promises marriage to a vulgar, malicious city minx named Lucinda Bridgemore, but is saved from this pitfall also.—Cumberland, Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Of course he turns up again, but such a physical wreck that the minx whom he was to have married breaks off the engagement. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 14, 1917 The minx had read his secret without an effort! The Slim Princess That little minx sitting up there in the corner looking so innocent, stopped to pour oil on her clean steps. Trial and Triumph If she would be quiet I should like to keep the little minx. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself "I think," said one, "and my husband thinks That she's a prying, inquisitive minx!" The Devil's Dictionary The minx, Bel Alison, is so scathingly drawn that from sheer perversity I found myself hunting for one good point in her character; but without a find. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 14, 1917 ‘And the cream of the jest,’ continued Mr. Huntingdon, laughing, ‘is, that the artful minx loves nothing about him but his title and pedigree, and “that delightful old family seat.”’ The Tenant of Wildfell Hall To dream of a minx, denotes you will have sly enemies to overcome. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition If she threw him over it would be into the arms of some designing minx. The Philosopher's Joke "That's good," he murmured, hopeful that a separation from the minx might restore his friend's reason. Baby Mine “They are impostors!” he cried, rising to his feet, “turn the deceitful minxes out.” The Gray Brethren and Other Fragments in Prose and Verse But bless you! ma'am, she is as pert and flouncing a minx as ever you met with in all your days!' Holiday Romance For a young woman to dream that she is partial to minx furs, she will find protection and love in some person who will be inordinately jealous. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition P. I'm no saucy minx and giddy— Hussies such as them abound— But a clean and tidy widdy Well be-known for miles around! The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan Alfred stopped in sheer amazement at the cleverness with which the little minx turned his every statement against him. Baby Mine And that minx, Catherine Linton, or Earnshaw, or however she was called—she must have been a changeling—wicked little soul! Wuthering Heights Such silly little fools, and the little minxes begin it already in the First Class. A Young Girl's Diary And how dare you encourage him, you insolent minx? Oliver Twist It was Raffles and that Colonial minx on her way home from school. The Amateur Cracksman Couldn't you have done what you had to do, without appearing in your favourite part of the crocodile, you minx?' The Old Curiosity Shop "What an artful little minx" said a third. Vanity Fair I must say she behaved like a shameless minx, for she kept on writing to him to an address he had once given her in Paris, and suddenly she got an answer. Mr. Standfast "It would be a very fine sight indeed," said this ill-bred minx, "to see me go draw water." The Blue Fairy Book "You little minx!" he said—or, rather, gasped—a tenderness quite maternal in his eyes. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise She was a pretty, laughing, coquettish little minx and quite baseball mad. The Redheaded Outfield Miss Clapp, grown quite a young woman now, is declared by the soured old lady to be an unbearable and impudent little minx. Vanity Fair This puts the minx entirely in my power; le tour est joué; she will now go steady in harness, or I will know the reason why. Prince Otto, a Romance The little minx!” exclaimed Mrs. Stossen when she was safely on the high road. Beasts and Super-Beasts We have a child here, the daughter of a chorus girl, and she is a conceited, selfish, vain, posing, morbid, lying little minx, but she has eyelashes! Dear Enemy "Stop that, you minx!" said the salesman; "no whimpering here,—the sale is going to begin." Uncle Tom's Cabin "Ssh! behind us—on the other side of the hedge—clever minx!" The Amateur Gentleman My niece I believe has much more prudence than is usual with the young minxes of the present day. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor "No, I am not either a minx, or a wild-cat!"—she thought, as though she were angrily arguing with someone. Delia Blanchflower The "minx" had lost her colour, and, for the moment, her prettiness. Sir George Tressady — Volume II "Well—a—minx!" said Betty, with innocent slowness, opening her blue eyes very wide; "a mischievous—rather pretty—hard-hearted—flirting—little minx!" Sir George Tressady — Volume I And as for that wild minx Hester!—she has positively taken a fancy to her. The Case of Richard Meynell Don't you shudder at the effrontery of the minx? The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking "I'll take you minx with that cajoling tongue of yours" she cried, "and…." Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books I see it plainly, you minx, and I acquiesce because it delights me to give you pleasure, even at the cost of some dignity. The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages The other nautch-girls, jealous, had no pity for her; they chuckled at her disgrace, turning up their pretty noses, as they whispered,—"Serve her right,—the brazen minx!" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 Well, she was a handsome daredevil little minx. The Case of Richard Meynell It did not seem worth while, of course, to answer the minx; I decided, at a pinch, to say that the Fairhaven mail-service was abominable, and that her letter had never reached me. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking The neighbourhood, in fact, held her to be a calculating little minx, ripe for plots and Papistry, or anything else that might suit a daring game. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II The minx and her governess retired, still disputing, after Angela had been desperately hugged by Henriette, who brimmed over with warmest affection in the midst of her insolence. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger "The minx sees my game, and is playing into my hands," thought he. Charlotte's Inheritance Ah, minx, 'tis a procession of one you would be spying for! The Forest Lovers That's neither lute nor harp— Your mark is not the minxes. Poems "Which of those minxes has been making up to you?" says Anaïtis, her eyes snapping. Jurgen A Comedy of Justice And as for Robert, I saw him looking—looking—at that little minx Rose while she was playing as if he couldn't take his eyes off her. Robert Elsmere Bind that minx first, who speaks so prettily! The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 She is just like her sister, that minx of an Adèle, who stays away from the shop two days out of three. L'Assommoir That you should get involved in roadside brawls with competitors for the possession of the minx is worse yet. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire "I suppose you already have your eyes upon some minx or other?" Jurgen A Comedy of Justice "Directly," he said; "I only wanted—" His eyes wandered searchingly over the dancing-ground, then he heard a man's voice behind him, saying: "Just look at those two little minxes, mad after men." Dame Care Let us punish the minxes, every one of us that has a man's appendages to boast of. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 At which Uncle Ted called her a saucy minx, and sent them all to bed. Patty Fairfield "I mean," she said, "that minx who made eyes at you and all your country neighbors and certainly tried to marry you and most of your Sabine friends." Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire She's a proud little minx; see how she holds up her head, and looks about, with her old brown rags on. The Magician's Show Box and Other Stories Men want them for sisters, daughters, friends—and then go and fall in love with some minx that has a way with her. The History of David Grieve He looked at him affectionately and roguishly, and went away into his own room: and then, when he was alone, he began to laugh quietly, and laughed until he cried: "Little minx!" he thought. Jean-Christophe Journey's End |
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