| 单词 | prude |
| 例句 | He is not a prude, or judgmental, but he knows what he wants and lets nothing deter him. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Mom said her friends and family always called her a prude because she refused party with them. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z You’re such a prude, she would say to me, in a tone of voice that was on the whole pleased. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z They sound like prudes, which, considering their oeuvre at Truman, strikes me as more than a little ironic. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z When I had finished, he said, "I have you typed, baby. You'll be a prude at forty." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z But my mother wasn’t a prude; she was just afraid of what would happen if she let herself run loose, even for a day. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “And those people calling you a prude were prudes once, too,” she adds. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z But he told the joke well, and Perry, though he was in some measure a prude, could not help laughing, as always. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Today we like to view Lawrence battling against phalanxes of prudes, but most of the contemporary notices I've sniffed out are very favourable. Choose a DH Lawrence novel for the reading group 2013-05-28T10:44:26Z By day, they defeated planning officers to push through building schemes or run rent rackets; by night they defied moralising prudes in the cause of libertinism. An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo by Richard Davenport-Hines – review 2013-01-04T10:00:01Z I’m not a prude, but gratuitous blue material to me is not only not classy, it’s a cheap laugh. Carol Burnett Taps Into Her Inner Child for Adult Advice 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z What if that doctor, Edwin Matthews, was a bit of a prude, with pale skin and a pedantic way about him? ‘The Fever Tree’: a Victorian epidemic in South Africa 2013-07-24T22:06:30Z “I mean, I’m not a prude about this stuff,” Amy Lippman says, passing a box of chocolates across a conference table. Meet the Women Behind Masters of Sex 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Virginia unabashedly advocates sex for pleasure’s sake; the other secretaries call Peggy a prude. Working Women: Masters of Sex Virginia and Lillian Are the New Joan and Peggy 2013-12-18T16:22:15Z And the demands to shut them down tend to be led not by old-fashioned prudes but by radical online activists, the liberal media and even other comedians. It’s worse than Jerry Seinfeld says: PC is undermining free speech, expression, liberties 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z After all, the American public was at that time such a clean public, such a naïve nation of holier-than-thou prudes. Woody Allen Reviews a Graphic Tale of a Scandalous Starlet 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z I’ll make the season frightful myself with picks from around the world that include a prude mutant, a vengeful witch, a tortured musician and a demonic dinner. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Scratch a libertarian and you will find a prude. "Minx" is a breezy good time reminding the left to reclaim the lost politics of pleasure 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z If you oppose Trump’s ugliest lines, or call them offensive, you’re “politically correct,” oversensitive, a prude. The R.N.C. on TV: Another Unbelievable Evening 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a prude. How do strip clubs hurt me? 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I am stunned at the blue noses and gore prudes posting comments on here. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7 Premiere: Negan’s Victim Is Revealed 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z She gave me a hug and a little nervous peck on the cheek like a prude schoolgirl might. My first time scoring heroin 2013-01-01T01:00:00Z But perhaps you feel ambivalent about condemning such gags, because you don’t want to sound like a prude, and because it’s nice to see the Muppets back on prime-time TV. Dirty Sexy Muppets 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z “It seemed her purpose,” Mr. Simic writes, “was to intentionally terrify the prudes.” Review: Charles Simic Displays a Poet’s Voice and His Passions 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Some conversations get quite embarrassing, especially when people start to discuss their sex lives, or lack of sex lives, but that is probably because I’m a prude. ‘Passengers treat me like a therapist’: the cabbie, the hairdresser and others on the secrets they get told 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Is this misogyny or am I just being a prude? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Zooming in on misogynistics comments within the family 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Maybe I’m a prude or just not friendly, but when I am using the restroom, I am taking care of personal business during a scheduled break. Ask Amy: Niece terrorizes and bullies entire family It’s long been a cultural stereotype that Americans are prudes. Dance in NYC This Week 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z But the show doesn’t need a contemporary news peg to feel cynically brutal, nor do you have to be a prude about violence to think it’s cheaply shocking. The Following: Bloody Awful 2013-01-22T14:05:43Z Nor does she pretend to be a prude or indulge in false shame. Pride and Prejudice at 200: looking afresh at Austen's classic 2013-01-26T08:01:00Z Now, I am a senior lady, married for many decades and hardly a prude. Perspective | Miss Manners: TMI at the office 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z While abstinence has long been held up as some cultural and religious ideal, it also caused me to be perceived as a prude; a pariah. Why Amber Rose’s Slutwalk Was For Everyone — Even Prudes 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z “You are talking to two of the biggest prudes in the world,” Ms. Ashford said. The Carpetbagger: ‘12 Years a Slave,’ ‘American Hustle’ Take Top Honors at the 2014 Golden Globes 2014-01-13T05:14:45Z What about when they call you a hater or a liar or a bigot or a prude? Mike Huckabee: “we’re now even seeing television commercials portraying same-sex couples” 2013-06-11T12:52:00Z And the cheekiness of the choice implicitly painted those protesting Wallen as cultural prudes, as if he hadn’t been the agent of his own undoing. The Morgan Wallen Conundrum 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Ms. Merkerson, a hilarious prude at the start, blossoms beautifully, and the joy she gets in lifting a fancy wristwatch off a date is delicious. In a Summer Theater Weekend, Odd Couples and Immigrants on the Make 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z Georgians, we believe, were smutty, and Victorians were prudes and hypocrites. The truth about sex: we are not getting enough 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z The funny thing is, I’m the prude of the bunch, so I’m probably the least comfortable. Ed Helms on Saying Goodbye to The Office and the Hangover Movies 2013-05-25T09:45:35Z The first victim of the new piety was Michelangelo, whose painting The Last Judgment was said by prudes and hypocrites to be a gay romp full of male nudes. Barocci's drawings blow me away 2013-03-18T17:09:37Z Eventually she wrote just one line back to me: ‘Apparently you are more of a prude than I am’.” American Gods' Yetide Badaki: 'Why can't a black woman be a love goddess?' 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z By design, Melchor offers little vantage beyond this world of predators and violently prejudiced prudes. A Mexican Novel Conjures a Violent World Tinged With Beauty 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z But thanks to Madonna, the pro-sex, pro-pop wing of feminism rose with a vengeance in the 1990s and swept the prudes into the dust bin of history. Paglia on Taylor: "A luscious, opulent, ripe fruit!" 2011-03-24T02:58:00Z I don't want to be a prude or deny my boyfriend's desire, but I'm nervous about being out there "au natural." Perspective | Ask Amy: Girl pressed for nude photo should wear T-shirt, instead 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z Deborah’s wild sexual exploits disgust her husband — a Mailer hero as prude? — and drive him to demand a divorce. Eleanor Parker: More Than Just the Sound of Music Baroness 2013-12-11T03:11:54Z One rule’s let us run for years: Lure out-of-town prudes With ... nudes! Style Invitational Week 1078: Hyphen the Terrible — neologisms plus winning parodies I am not a prude, but this bothered me a lot. My BF’s BF is a cruddy lout 2012-07-23T00:00:00Z “I’m not a prude in any way – I love a good swear, but I thought: ‘OK, right, this is interesting.’” Simon Pegg: ‘I find it very hard to write for women’ 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Mr Jackson concurred: “We are not prudes but this was ridiculous.” Sex surprise at sea: when a dream cruise turns into a nightmare 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z It also seems likely that Ofcom has received a dividend from its policy of encouraging firm pre-broadcast warnings of content that is likely to move prudes to fury. Sex on television: what is the right amount? 2013-05-08T12:07:58Z We weren’t prudes, but it didn’t seem to be the ideal family spot. Seeing Africa by Road 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z It is a special kind of literary criticism that can make the reader appear to herself a prune, or a prude. The Deeply Wacky Pleasures of Jane Alison’s “Meander, Spiral, Explode” 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Perhaps I am being a bit of a prude about this — Tannen’s detective work does illuminate the sexual mores of the period. Review | Deborah Tannen’s ‘Finding My Father’ pays tribute to a man whose many jobs became his life story 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z Call me a prude, but having these covers splayed out on the kitchen table on Sunday morning seems like an X-rated experience. Letters to the Editor 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z During the years I partied, I rolled my eyes at prudes who made New Year’s resolutions to get healthier. New Year’s is a bad day to quit sniffing glue — or anything else: Make those resolutions, sure, but don’t dream of starting today 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z "I'm no prude, but it's a little much." The Carpetbagger: Sex at Sundance 2013-01-20T14:44:18Z He also didn't seem to care what people thought of him and was pushing against prudes and repression in French culture. Serge Gainsbourg, introduction to a provocateur 2011-09-02T20:20:00Z "If he had said I was a prude I don't think I could have stayed with him." The truth about the porn industry 2010-07-02T06:30:00Z Turns out the prudes are right, and too much screen time will fry you from the inside. How a TV Critic Turned to Podcasts During a Pandemic 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Call me a prude, but I didn’t realise there were sex toys that could talk. Keep it down! Why sales of silent sex toys are surging 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z If you’re asking an adolescent boy, a teenage girl is “insecure” or “slutty” if she sexts and “stuck up” or “a prude” if she doesn’t. Teenage Girls Are Damned If They Sext, Damned If They Don't 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Has he implied that you are a “prude” if you don’t do this? Perspective | Ask Amy: Girl pressed for nude photo should wear T-shirt, instead 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z I don't consider myself a prude, but I am not wild about dresses where you can see the whole contour of and almost the entire underside of a woman's breasts. Oscars 2011: Fashion royalty 2011-02-28T17:10:00Z Wearing a plush zip-up jacket with sunglasses hanging off the front, Murphy leaned back and shifted from a cool monotone to a comic impression of himself watching “Raw” as a snooty prude. Eddie Murphy Is Bringing Eddie Murphy Back 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z If you are a “prude and don’t want to be in that situation, you won’t last very long in the restaurant world in general.” Rape in the storage room. Groping at the bar. Why is the restaurant industry so terrible for women? 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z However, one of the most unlikely friendships came with the film industry’s chief censor, the staunch Catholic prude Breen. Review | The incredible life of ‘Handsome Johnny,’ a gangster worthy of the movies 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z If maintaining control over who gets to see your naked body makes you a prude, then let’s get some “Proud 2B Prude” T-shirts made — and own that, too. Perspective | Ask Amy: Girl pressed for nude photo should wear T-shirt, instead 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z Before you call me a prude or sexist, I would have the same uncomfortable reaction if Rickon Stark — rest his under-developed character's soul — got a sex scene as well before he died. Arya Stark is how old now? Why her "Game of Thrones" scene with Gendry is so controversial 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z One visitor commented: "Yes, we stumbled on a 'session' - I'm not a prude but I don't expect to see almost naked bodies while searching for the best blooms." Hayling Island sunflower farm's plea over naked photo shoots 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Anthony Comstock, a 19th-century crusader against sexual liberty, was mocked as a prude in his own time, but wielded real power. How a 150-Year-Old Law Against Lewdness Became a Key to the Abortion Fight 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z “Talking to Playboy was their way to prove he wasn’t some kind of prude.” Jimmy Carter and Playboy: How ‘the weirdo factor’ rocked ‘76 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z Over the centuries, the Wife of Bath has been swinging her hips through Western culture, knocking princesses off their pedestals, shocking prudes and clearing a path for savvy, witty women. Review | 600 years later, this ‘nasty woman’ is still stirring up trouble 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Rivera’s not a prude; he will utter an expletive into the microphone if the occasion calls for it. Perspective | Facing problems big and small, Commanders are doomed by their own mistakes 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z The pinched-face prudes of the GOP have deluded themselves for far too long into believing they speak for "real" America. Republicans learn the hard way that sex is still popular 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z That comes down to Trump's ability to pull in people who share the GOP's bigotry, but also don't want to be seen as prudes or killjoys. Ron DeSantis isn't a dirtbag. That's exactly why he won't beat Donald Trump 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z The Federalist’s Ben Domenech concurred: “The right has an opportunity to be the big tent party. Don’t be a bunch of prudes.” Opinion | What Comes After the Religious Right? 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z "Those who object are in danger of being labelled a prude or subjected to bullying." Online porn: 'My pupils ask me about violence' 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z The country music star called out the "prudes" in her Instagram comments who continue to slam her Playboy shoot from 2019. Maren Morris defends her 2019 Playboy shoot from ‘prudes’: ‘Get over it’ 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z The pinched-face prudes of the GOP have deluded themselves for far too long into believing they speak for "real" America. Republicans learn the hard way that sex is still popular 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z "He broke up with me the next day because he said I was a prude, which was a badge I've worn proudly ever since." Jennifer Garner recalls first kiss at 18: 'He broke up with me the next day' 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z But also, conservatives are a bunch of prudes. Stop feeding Joe Rogan's trolls: Progressives must reclaim the politics of pleasure 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z “I’m not a prude, at least not as a writer. I didn’t write anything here that I wouldn’t write with my name attached,” said Obioma. Sex writing as literary parlor game? Why 27 writers decided to bare (almost) all 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z From the goofy humor of X-rated spoofs to the beloved crassness of edgy comics who live to shock the prude out of us, both styles of entertainment require a certain level of fearlessness. Porn and comedy have a lot in common, so why is it so hard to go from sex work to stand-up? 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z But what conservatives are swiftly learning is Americans aren't the prudes and sexist they thought we were. Republicans thought the Supreme Court could stealthily ban abortion. They were wrong 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z "The right has an opportunity to be the big tent party. Don't be a bunch of prudes." "Conservative pornstar" derails Turning Point USA's right-wing youth gathering 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z She is not a professorial prude, however, oblivious to shifting realities. The Biden Team Wants to Transform the Economy. Really. 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z With the video nasties panic long over, it’s easier to have sympathy for the censor, a figure that was long derided as a heartless prude or comical scold. Censor finds eerie horror in an ‘80s moral panic 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z Britney’s 2007 breakdown revealed the cost of living as a virtuous cypher and being expected to repress her womanhood to sell to American prudes. New rules: the destruction of the female pop role model 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z “Often, white people don’t see Asian people as sexual beings. The perception is that we’re more modest, humble or prudes,” says Eslami. ‘We’re women with brown skin, talking proudly about sex’ 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z HARTFORD, Conn. — Reality, that prude, rolled in giant waves over Murray State here Saturday evening. Ja Morant is electric, but upstart Murray State is short-circuited by Florida State 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z If 2018 prudes want to interpret the lyrics as something else; the problem obviously lies in their own minds not in the original lyrics. William Shatner defends 1940s ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ from ‘2018 prudes’ 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z The canvas has never lost its power to shock – bringing out the prude in Facebook, which censored profiles using it as late as 2011. Mystery solved? Identity of Coubert’s 19th-century nude revealed 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Her mother, Fox insists, is just being a prude. “The Tale,” a Wrenching and Wise Story About Sexual Abuse 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z “He raised his voice, paced, implied I was a prude who didn’t know how to read or draw reasonable conclusions from text,” Machado wrote on Twitter. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz accused of sexual misconduct, misogynistic behavior 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z Harris often invited Henry into her office, closed the door and tried to kiss or press up against Henry, calling Henry a prude when she said “No,” or moved away, according to Henry. Her political dreams shattered after complaint against Seattle official. Decades later, it still haunts. 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Anybody who begrudged her that beer given the conflagration raiding her leg would qualify for a hall of fame of prudes. American Devin Logan leaves PyeongChang bruised but still a badass 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z It is in no way prude or puritanical to suggest that it should be a priority of Congress to finally address one of the most obvious failures of the Internet Era. What Teenagers Are Learning From Online Porn 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Mother Angelica is no prude but only speaking the truth and saying what must be said. Opinion | Let’s Ban Porn 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z As any regular reader of this column knows, I am no prude when it comes to sexual liberty, and I am not one who relishes exploring the details of marital indiscretion. The sovereignty and the soul of a nation 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Some politician-gropers may outlast the outrage, but the idea that sexual sophistication requires defending pigs from prudes has largely fallen out of fashion. Opinion | The Sterile Society 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z "I don't want you to think we're a bunch of prudes," he says. The US state that bans sparklers but not guns 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z I'm no prude; I absolutely will bet on other things. We Finally Got Mickey Wright! - Golf Digest 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z And to her credit, she’s never been much of a prude about how that money gets made, a trait that further distinguishes her from the cheesecake athlete who came before – Anna Kournikova, say. Nascar's Danica Patrick drove the lonely road to a feminist legacy 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Robins writes that “Radcliffe turned her into a prude,” not into an intellectual. The Feuds of Diana Trilling 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z To be against a president’s dalliances was to be a Comstock, a Babbitt, a pleasure-hating heartland prude. Opinion | The Sterile Society 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z She adds bread, so diligently carbonized that your average toast prude might be tempted to carry it to the sink and scrape it clean with a knife. ‘Uh-oh, somebody burned something!’ Why burning food isn’t always bad 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Yet whenever I've raised this issue in the past, there's always someone ready to call me out for being a prude. Planes, trains and McDonalds: Your stories of porn in public - BBC News 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z It’s a hymn to blue-collar America, to rebellious young people who insist on being free spirits despite the prissy elitists and censorious prudes who want to tell them what to think. Is America at its greatest what Trump has in mind? 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, the authoritarianism, which has turned left-liberalism into a movement for sneaks and prudes, was always going to play into the hands of the right. Only true liberalism can thwart the demagogues | Nick Cohen 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z The article insinuates that we're a bunch of prudes that don't believe in sex. Why Your Granola Is Really a Dessert 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z They did so in substantial part by depicting Mr. Clinton’s adversaries as prudes and hypocrites engaged in what the New York Times’s Amy Chozick just yesterday called a “Javert-like pursuit” of poor Bill. Trump, Cosby and the Clintons 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Lest his switch from tobacco leave him open to be called a prude, some of those grains went into the whiskey distillery he built in later years. Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Competing with the nuns as the evening’s representative for frowny-faced prudes was Kim Davis, the notorious county clerk from Kentucky who tried to become a martyr for the anti-gay cause this year. GOP’s special guests: The “sex police” were in full force at the State of the Union to shame us all 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Demoustier’s character is not a prude, but a conservative woman who nonetheless trusts her feelings. ‘The New Girlfriend’ explores an unusual friendship 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z I would feel like a prude criticizing the science too much. Awesome Dinos, Iffy Science Inhabit "Jurassic World" 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z They are an obvious target for officially sanctioned religious prudes. The couture-buyer beneath the abaya 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Anyone who criticizes him is a “prude,” or something unprintable in a family newspaper. El Bronco: Blunt, Frequently Vulgar, and Aiming to Run Nuevo León 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z “This was the age of the sexual revolution, and we were a part of that; we weren’t prudes,” Mr. McConnell said of their early years together. The Same-Sex Couple Who Got a Marriage License in 1971 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z Are you a prude if you ever admit to having seen too much? At Paris Fashion Week, a battle over breasts For a moment, Swift seemed in danger of typecasting herself as a victimised prude. Taylor Swift: ‘Sexy? Not on my radar' 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z "He's a very sensible man although he's a bit of a prude," Kavi says about the man he calls his surrogate father. The 90-year-old sex guru 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z A study in Journal of Children and Media found that teen girls who sext are labeled “slutty” while girls who don’t are “prudes.” Amazon Sets Phone Market Ablaze With 'Fire' 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Today’s puritanical, anti-commerce prudes—whether in the Massachusetts statehouse or the newsrooms of the nation’s elite journalistic outposts—would do well to reinvent the lessons of Gov. Shut Up and Shop This Turkey Day 2013-11-27T05:01:55Z Like the woman in The Drew Carey Show, the victim may be labeled a prude or “uptight”. "I'm Sick of Talking About Sexual Harassment!" 2013-08-06T14:45:00.577Z Besides, I rather liked my position as the panel prude.” Putting Jenny McCarthy on 'The View': Good Sex Over Bad Science 2013-07-18T15:39:58Z I'd have to be a right old prude to frown on such innocent amusement. Should I tell my girlfriend that I'm addicted to flirting online? 2013-06-09T08:07:01Z I am not going to play the prude little girl. Complex Napoleon Rivalry Heads for Its Waterloo 2013-04-08T02:36:02Z If there's an Inc.com prude contest, I am the guaranteed winner. Another Social Media Disaster: Should You Fire Someone for an Off-Color Joke? 2013-03-26T17:10:00Z Not being a prude but life itself is precious. Assisted suicide: 10 years of dying at Dignitas 2012-10-21T00:03:05Z "You are a prude! you are a prude!" cried De Rohan, putting spurs to his horse; "but I will tell you something more in your own way when we meet again." The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z She was determined not to be a prude. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z Go back to blush before the servants, and hear from the lips of that grim prude, her sister-in-law, many things, both true and untrue! Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Such fair ladies are not prudes, And seldom travel round the world alone. The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, Esmeralda 2012-03-15T02:00:28.817Z "There are brave souls in every land Who worship nature, grand and nude, And who with swift indignant hand Tear off the fig leaves of the prude." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z Most of the priests are prudes, and publicly denounce what they secretly admire and enjoy. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z She was not a prude and she was a woman. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z The severest prude, even that dreadful woman who had insulted her, could not object to that! Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z The provincial prudes, and others of like mold, pretend that love is a duty rather than a passion—a kind of self-denial—not an over-mastering joy. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z Ye prudes in virtue, say, Say, ye severest, what would you have done? Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z It made Him that most odious of characters, a prude. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z This, I could see, was true of its age in Havana: men—the real prudes—had been heavily whiskered at home with a repressed morality, and betrayed in another quarter by heredity and the climate. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z Ten to one she was looking to meet him, and that was why she played the prude, the little cat! Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z And like a prude thou art When he who loves embraces; Thou dost repel with thorns And she with sharper phrases. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z If you take her to dine at a restaurant, she will begin by playing the prude. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z "Oh, you're always so easily shocked—such a prude, so conventional!" What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z I believe I have a right to have known more than one; I'm twenty-four; I don't make any secret of my age, and I don't play the prude. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z The young officer was not a prude, but he never drank, did not know how to play billiards, and never visited a gambling resort. Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck 2011-11-04T02:00:18.377Z “Betty may be a ‘prude’ and a ‘preacher’ in Ruth’s eyes, but she sure does persist in anything. Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp 2011-10-21T02:00:19.027Z The young ladies were not prudes, by any means; they laughed heartily at every joke that I indulged in, and I indulged in a good many; I was in funds in that respect only. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z The Count's triumph was complete; the court prudes and parasites, who a moment before had looked down upon him from the height of their compassion, now rivalled each other in amiability. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z In the midst of abundance, her appetite was for plain food, yet she was no ascetic or prude, but a largehearted, sensible woman, sober and serious but genial too. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z She was sweet enough, but in reality a bit of a prude. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z She was not a prude or a prig. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z She's no light-footed nymph, but good, solid flesh and blood, and no prude, either. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z If ever I am driven away again I shall turn to England, and see whether that worthy prude Albion can help me to find myself at home.... Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z The provincial prudes, and others of like mold, pretend that love is a duty rather than a passion—a kind of self-denial—not an overmastering joy. Walt Whitman An Address 2011-09-26T02:00:30.337Z I have naturally no taste for a prude; so I always leave her to work her way out of a scrape as well as she can. The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z In his official capacity, the dog-collar gentleman is one of the most important personages in Turkey: policeman, pussfoot and prude in one. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z Mrs. Trotter, says Mrs. Manley, was a prude in public, not so in private; she was the first, "Cleander" said, who ever made him unfaithful to his wife. Olinda's Adventures: or the Amours of a Young Lady 2011-08-28T02:00:38.240Z And that person is scouted as a mawkish prude or a hypocritical fanatic, who scruples to go the whole round of these elegant amusements. A Discourse on the Evils of Dancing 2011-07-10T02:00:22.780Z I kant tell now which I admire least, an old coquett, or a young prude. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z I'm not a prude, but there are, for example, a lot of songs with explicit lyrics. 'A different world' 2011-06-04T12:08:53Z It is not necessary to be a prude or a skinny old harridan either, to inveigh against the custom. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z Know, then, that a certain widow, handsome, young, gay, and rich, and withal no prude, fell in love with a young man, handsome, well-made, and active. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z A prude, though she long to be marry'd, Endeavours her wishes to smother, I'd give you her nay, But, since in the way, I as well may have you as another. Fontainbleau 2011-03-30T02:00:17.797Z But prudes and coquetts never agree; two ov a trade seldom do. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z Although I am not a prude, I am glad our motel has more than a ninety-five percent tourist trade, rather than a big short stop trade, as many motels have. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z Had I doubted that my success was complete, I should have been assured of it by the faces of some prudes among the matrons, who affected to think that the waltz was too much. Leonora 2011-03-22T02:00:21.627Z When you owe a man eighty pounds, when he has paid rather than have you cornered, it would be churlish to spring aside, a prude, if he kisses you softly before you part. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z One was the pretty prude who had well nigh chased me out of the street; the other, the lovely being who had attracted me into it! The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z It seems to me, the more that I gaze at it, that a prude iz nothing more than a coquett gone to seed. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z Léon's friend was no prude; but there are things one prefers not to hear, particularly during a tête-à-tête with the man one loves. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z I’m not a prude; but the whole thing is shocking in a country like this. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z In this case the horse’s skull is an attention particularly bestowed upon prudes. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Yes, in the old days," he went on, "you played the part of the prude to perfection. Capricious Caroline A saucy little prude! she knows how to play her cards. A Little World It is not for prudes, nor for parsons, nor poseurs. The Home Life of Poe I have discovered some time ago that you are head over heels in love with a certain little prude. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers "No, I am no prude!" she continued, with a provoking smile, which displayed her teeth of dazzling whiteness. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 Even the good people who pray can't resist grab bags and fish ponds, and until a few ultra prudes guessed it was gambling, they were all the rage at church fairs. Rockhaven It was no wonder she found suitors enough out here in the country, and could play the prude toward the young boatman. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II To her the men were stupid slaves of business and the women narrow-minded prudes. With Edge Tools She said that there had been a certain young married Countess of the court, who was known as a great prude and was always boasting of her exaggerated wifely devotion. Confessions of an Opera Singer She is no prude, but simple and charitable in her conception of the problems of life. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) Remember, monsieur, and when I say remember, I mean never forget, I am excessively prude; not of that school of prudery that repels, but of that higher tone which declares a freedom impossible. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly I am a physician and a Frenchman and no prude. Pledged to the Dead The beauteous prude started back with a sinister expression, and, spoiled by indulgence, she suffered it to be plainly seen that she had no desire to obey the parental command. Tales from the German. Volume I. Arwed Gyllenstierna They were not masculine, and indeed might have been regarded from the standards of to-day as prudes. Women of England He wants me to listen to naughty bits of fun out of them; but I will not, and then he calls me a prude, and gets angry. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June A flirt may not indeed be an altogether lovely character, even with all her alluring faults; but she is something a great deal nicer than a prude. Maids Wives and Bachelors Some perhaps will look upon the boast of Madame de Bourignon as the utmost ostentation of a prude. The Tatler, Volume 3 She was by way of being a prude too, and held serious notions of women’s place in the scheme of things. The Silent Barrier It is true that he has been stupid enough to mangle and emasculate the letters that he was employed to publish; an officious prude unquestionably he was, but no fool, much less an idiot. Pot-Boilers She is divine, exquisite, nymph-like; but, alas, she is a prude! A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June Depend upon it, if all the flirts were turned into prudes, society would have gone further to fare worse. Maids Wives and Bachelors The fourth person who bore a part in the conversation was a prude, who stuck to the trial, and was silent upon the whole opera. The Tatler, Volume 3 Here is Goethe: the horrified squealing of prudes is not yet silent over pages of Wilhelm Meister: that high and chaste book, the Elective Affinities, still pumps up oaths from clergymen. Walt Whitman Yesterday and Today As for the so-called immoral ending of the composition, discovered by amateur critical prudes, to be forthright in my speech, it is all nonsense: it doesn't exist. Ivory Apes and Peacocks Then the Wild-Rose is a flirt; And the trillium Lily, In her spotless gown, 's a prude, Sanctified and silly. Weeds by the Wall Verses “O, it is not for a chaperon—I am not a prude!” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) Boys are such—— What? little prudes, like the old duennas in the books, and that is what you are. Sir Tom The Queen is a prude, and will not let the ladies come d�collet�es to her parties. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II You talk like a man of power, but model like a cursed niggling prude. Money Magic A Novel "Well, you're a gay old bird, George," he remarked, "and I dare say you think me something of a prude." The Romance of a Plain Man “You’re not going to be a little prude?” he said in a whisper. The Phantom Lover The prude is ashamed of the most natural things, and undergoes continual torment. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study She was old-fashioned; her friends called her a prude. Love and Lucy She had discerned and disapproved, and she had resolved that no squeamish delicacy should keep her from preventing Beatrix's playing the part of a prude. The Dominant Strain “What can there be in that little prude of a woman, that makes men so raffoler about her?” cries out my lady dowager. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges She thinks me a good woman and somewhat of a prude. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real Education had not made a prude of her nor tainted her clean purity. Rimrock Trail And among all the calicos, they are supposed to take the bun as prudes.” The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air She had been a wild thing, but always most self-respecting; a prude, in fact. The Beloved Woman Sneer not, ye callous hearted insensibles, ye fastidious prudes, if we inform you that their tears fell in one intermingling shower, that their sighs wafted in one blended breeze. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father He would be a prude who would not recognize that slang is sometimes right to the point; and that many of our strongest idioms were originally slang. English: Composition and Literature Something—perhaps the very slight spice of impropriety which certain prudes, who had not been asked, affected to see in such an arrangement—had made them the fashion; and, then, Sir Allan was undeniably clever. The New Tenant So long as we are going to fight, let it be because we hate each other, and not because we have both been deceived by the same prude.” Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange So much that people thought her cold, some even pronouncing her a prude. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley Even my father, who is a prude about bills, says that all the business of the country is done on credit.... It, and Other Stories With prudes for proctors, dowagers for deans, And sweet girl-graduates in their golden hair. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Undoubtedly the refusal was prudent, whether Mrs. Ponsonby were a prude or no, but it had its rise in quite a different cause. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 "And now, I suppose, he is laughing up his sleeve at me for having taken him seriously, and thinks he is punishing me by ignoring me for being such a little prude!" said Myra. Bandit Love You played the prude—I didn't know—Oh! yes, yes, now I remember; that's what it is—What was it you said to me about the little one? Germinie Lacerteux He had put up with it as long as he did only because she had worn an off-shoulder yellow gown, snugly fitted, that made the uniform seem like the design of a Mid-Victorian prude. A Fine Fix Why is it, then, we don't abhor This horrid little prude? Punch or the London Charivari, October 10, 1920 He wondered whether his friend’s wife were a prude. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Ah! poet," said Richelieu, "you are laughing; I suppose I have had the misfortune to offend that ridiculous prude called orthography. The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental This was the house which Nocé, in the innocence of his heart, had designated as fit for a prude. The Regent's Daughter Yes, one loses one’s bearings travelling about alone, taking jeunes filles to the theatre who live alone in Paris, say anything, have no chaperons, and are prudes all the time. Bird of Paradise Our women, on the contrary, whether prudes or flirts, old or young, stupid or clever, will intermeddle with everything. Political Women, Vol. 1 You see what a little prude like you can do. Hester's Counterpart A Story of Boarding School Life Is a married woman to be stinted of her "small pleasures" because prudes affect to think the means by which they are obtained unfeminine? Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) “Don’t be a prude, miss!” commanded the Dowager Countess sharply. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 Johnny was a good example to others, but no prude. Panther Eye The prudes of the Hôtel de Rambouillet, and Mademoiselle de Scuderi in particular, protested strongly against such an alliance. Political Women, Vol. 1 "My dear Ned, I'm no prude, but there's always some devilment in the blood in these cases." Simon Flirt or prude, prim or gay, foolish or wise, woman, once criticised, cries to her sisters, and is recognised and defended as woman. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) I hate you, ye cold compositions of art; Though prudes may condemn me, and bigots reprove, I court the effusions that spring from the heart Which throbs with delight to the first kiss of love. Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World By disposition as well as training Gertrude was a formalist and a prude, but she was human and she unconsciously obeyed a law of nature which ordains the union of the dissimilar. Prescott of Saskatchewan I'm neither a virgin nor a prude, though I sometimes find it useful to pretend the latter around civilians. The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel "Will you dine with me, Paullus," he said, "to-day, and meet the loveliest women you can see in Rome, and no prudes either?" The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 The Amazons were positive prudes, and would never have even spoken to man if they could have contrived to carry on society without him; yet they rode astraddle. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) It was generally in the presence of prudes that he referred to unnamable things; and he most affected low phrases when he talked to very superfine people. The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe Fear not, oh, prude, To see the Nude; For by the rood, She isn't there! The Re-echo Club Were we to attempt to do so it would make us prigs and prudes. Practical Ethics The prudes, too, seemed to have gained their point, for the skirt is considerably less scanty in the region of the ankles. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 30, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Whatever might be said of the latter, it was clear that she was no prude. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Her light, easy, sinuous figure, did not lend itself to the rigid deportment of a prude; and her gay laughing eyes, and dimpled mouth, were ill calculated to grace a dignified position. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. It would have been the proper way at first, with such a prude as she! The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Did they think me ridiculous and a prude, or did that blush for the moment obliterate the sham signs of age, and show them for the moment the face of a girl? The Lady of the Basement Flat I must be a prude at heart, for she wasn't wearing the usual cuirass-and-shorts of that year, but an iridescent four-paneled costume that all but concealed her dainty knees. The Ideal Only she's not as much of a prude as you are. Pagan Passions This does not imply that they are to be censors, or prudes, but with the vast field of literature before them from which to choose, they are bound to choose the best. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries She did not intend to set up for a prude, but she certainly did not mean to treat highgrading as if it were a joke. The Highgrader So the scientific reactionists, who have rabidly fought the preceding, because it was the preceding: and the scientific prudes, who, in sheer exclusionism, have held lean hands over pale eyes, denying falls of sulphur. The Book of the Damned Yes, I must be a prude at heart; despite Tips Alva and Whimsy White and the rest, my ideal was modest. The Ideal A female rake; but with the air of a very prude. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 And later, when she'd been just a little stiff with him, Quillan had had the nerve to tell her not to be a prude, doll! Legacy "For Heaven's sake, don't be a prude, Moya," Joyce snapped irritably. The Highgrader It long remained a popular favourite in the theatre, its verve, bustle and wit, utterly defiant of the modest Josephs and qualmy prudes who censured these lively scenes. The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I I say, Phoebe, you’ll be a regular prig and prude, if you don’t mind.” The Maidens' Lodge None of Self and All of Thee, (In the Reign of Queen Anne) Yet he was neither a prig nor a prude. The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life If you weren't such a little prude, I'd have suggested it tonight. Legacy Angioletto could not decide whether to think him rogue or prude. Little Novels of Italy David thinks Ruth ought to be more careful about those white lies and those extremely décolleté dresses; Ruth thinks David is rather a prude and mighty inconsiderate in the way he keeps picking on her. The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book A prig is a stuck-up silly creature, and a prude is always thinking everything wicked. The Maidens' Lodge None of Self and All of Thee, (In the Reign of Queen Anne) And apparently the girl was far from being a prude or a snob. A Soldier of the Legion “O, I am no prude, neither, I assure you, Mr. Cargill,” answered the Lady Penelope. St. Ronan's Well He looked a prude with a touch of freakishness in him; his pursed mouth seemed always to be strangling a smile, the issue of the strife always in doubt. Little Novels of Italy Add to this, that she was neither a fool nor a prude, nor even an ignoramus like girls brought up in convents. The Man With The Broken Ear An english prude would start to read these words. The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. He did this in a matter-of-fact, bourgeois way, however, which not even a prude or a snob could think offensive. A Soldier of the Legion They seem to have no modesty, though many of them are prudes; they have no consciousness of responsibility; they feel no kind of shame. Women's Wild Oats Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards Mrs. H. You confuse me!—But why should I play the prude? The Stranger A Drama, in Five Acts "Oh, I dare say they'd make a good team,—one's a prude and the other a prig." Under Fire Does some starched prude, or some lady interested in the bride's trousseau, exclaim against such unseemly haste? Evenings at Donaldson Manor Or, The Christmas Guest Venus is a flirt; Minerva a prude, who fancies she has a correct taste and a strong mind; and Juno a politician. Ixion In Heaven She was an evident flirt; and a solemn prude of a spaniel, with a black and tan countenance, who seemed a sort of duenna, evidently watched her with no little distrust. The Infernal Marriage Or, again, if I simply called him a Puritan, it might mean something about nude statues or "prudes on the prowl." George Bernard Shaw Oh, you dear old prude, it's so nice to be married, and Reginald is an angel! Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel I'm no sentimental prude to throw up my hands in horror at a perfectly natural emotion. North of Fifty-Three Whether I have a heart or not I will leave you to find out for yourself; but I won't be called a prude by you. Can You Forgive Her? Was he not a prude, a timorous man to be so afraid for his own safety, not of body, but of mind and soul? The Way of Ambition Perhaps, from the way you have played with the little prude below, it is a woman. The Long Night Surrounded with the noisy clans Of prudes, coquettes and harridans. The Little Tea Book Of the three measures the first one is the most important and still it will be the last one to come, because our prudes think it would lead to immorality. The Red Conspiracy "Of all things in the world, I hate a prude the most," said Lady Glencora. Can You Forgive Her? I am no miser, with women who are not prudes. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" Come, one and all, to Hoyden Hall, For there's the assembly this night; None but prude fools Mind manners and rules; We Hoydens do decency slight. Goldsmith English Men of Letters Series Ah! think not ye prudes that a sigh or a tear Can offend of all nature the God! History of English Humour, Vol. 2 Well, to tell the truth—she—er—she does things—I mean, I think her emotions are a little too volcanic to suit me, and I'm no prude. At Home with the Jardines He was no prude—no sissy—but somewhere every man had to draw the line. Winner Take All O how they tremble at the name of prude! The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 Cease, ye prudes, your envious railings, Lovely Burns has charms—confess: True it is, she had one failing— Had a woman ever less? The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham There are prudes in a world full of envy—and some of them thought it too strong To compare an earl's daughter by name with a girl at a French restaurant. The Heptalogia She was sorry for the poor, inept, unhappy prude. The Helpmate Blue Jeans was no prude—no sissy—but a man had to draw the line somewhere. Winner Take All Among the host of little prigs and prudes in story-books of the day, it is delightful to find in Catharine Sedgwick herself an example of a bookish child who was natural. Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book "I think, ladies, that the gentleman's craftiness was a match for the hypocrisy of the lady, who, after playing the prude so long, showed herself such a wanton in the end." The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. II. (of V.) If love had led him to such an inclination, he would, being no prude, have understood it as a perfectly natural and perfectly healthy thing. Bella Donna A Novel Mary would rather have been called a fool than a prude, and I think she was right. When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth In spite of all the prudes say against it, it is the divinest thing in the way of motion that ever was invented. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe Mr. More Adey assured me that there was nothing in the book to which any prude even could object, no arrière pensée of any kind, and so forth and so on. Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2 I would rather have Mary without a farthing than be domineered over by that pretty prude, and her hideous old aunt. Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers She was pleased that Mrs. Bailey was giving her a new guest, and it also amused her to observe what prudes Englishwomen could be. The Chink in the Armour Jane was not a prude, but I honestly believe she was the most provoking girl that ever lived. When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth It was heavenly—heavenly, Sis," said he, "And I don't suppose even the prudes could object to a man's waltzing with his own wife. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe Wasn't he after all a prude to get so hot? The Plastic Age A strong, wise, sane woman who is neither a prude nor a crank can do more toward preventing the first steps into forbidden ways than those interested in great city problems have yet dreamed. The Girl and Her Religion I hate a young man to be a prude and a Puritan. Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge Extracted From His Letters And Diaries, With Reminiscences Of His Conversation By His Friend Christopher Carr Of The Same College "To hear you talk, no one would imagine that in reality you were the most conventional of prudes," he flung at her. The Splendid Folly She doesn't look like it—still less like a prude. Tales from Many Sources Vol. V There never was an age but had its prude to howl 'O these degenerate days!' The Grey Cloak There's no prude like your young married woman. The Ship of Stars "Do not think that I am a prude," she said. The Lighted Way But women were always like that—wantons by nature and prudes by grace, and it was wonderful what a poor fight grace generally made of it. Joanna Godden Out upon the prude who would look askance at her for harmless daring! A Splendid Hazard She was no prude, and made no pretense of being one. Dorothy Dale's Queer Holidays The women of Connecticut are strictly virtuous and to be compared to the prude rather than the European polite lady. Woman's Life in Colonial Days He soon got the name of being a "virtuous prude" and the white men decided to corrupt him at all hazards. Imperium in Imperio: A Study of the Negro Race Problem A Novel A queer kind of antagonism seized him—prude or rake, she should get her lesson from him all right. Joanna Godden And smile to think how oft were done, What prudes declare a sin to act is, And never but in darkness practice, Fearing to trust the tell-tale sun. Fugitive Pieces She did not want to be a prude; she hated to seem so, and had for some time prided herself on emancipation from narrow New England prejudices. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel But your young bride is apt to be the greatest prude in the world. Lady Good-for-Nothing She was a woman with high principles, but neither a fool nor a prude, and she saw no sign of dissolute living there. Winston of the Prairie But even the English teacher—who was a prude—never scolded her for it. Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island Or, The Old Hunter's Treasure Box So when next he goes where statues are, we'll do our best to hide them, Since to prudes all things are prudish, lest his modesty take hurt. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 9, 1892 Then he had brought this novel, and—well, she had balked at the second chapter, and he had kissed her and called her his "little prude." The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel What a rank prude is woman, thus to disguise her inclination. Cromwell On sight of this celestial prude, Apollo thought it vain to stay; Nor in her presence durst be rude, But made his leg and went away. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 None of our foreign critics can write that the American man is a moral prude. Queed She must not be a prude, though she must know that all is evil about her. The Touchstone of Fortune According to Hamilton, this victory was believed to have cost the "prude" her virtue; but Miss Stuart had proved again and again that she was no such compliant maid. Love Romances of the Aristocracy Still, I am not a prude, sir—don't think I mean that. With Links of Steel Had Bacchus after Daphne reel'd, The nymph had soon been brought to yield; Or, had embroider'd Mars pursued, The nymph would ne'er have been a prude. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 Her train was made up of the ugly and the handsome—bore, prude, wit, and libertine. Through stained glass A squire is properly born for the service of the sex, and his credentials shall be signed by three toasts, and one prude, before his title shall be received in my office. The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 She had carried her virtue unstained to the altar and a Duchess's coronet, and this seems to have been the main concern of the beautiful prude. Love Romances of the Aristocracy When Mrs. Lofty, a known prude, said she believed she knew whom the gentleman meant; but she was, indeed, as he civilly represented her, impatient of being beheld. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant He knew men and the passions that beset them—particularly when they are young and lusty—and he was far from being a prude. Kindred of the Dust "A prude," stammered Lewis—"why a prude's a person with an exaggerated idea of modesty, isn't it?" Through stained glass "Prue" was Steele's favourite name for his wife; here it means "prude," and no doubt Steele sometimes thought "dear Prue" was unnecessarily and unreasonably particular. The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 The result is that many prudes are shocked, and people who have no real objection to certain subjects or ideas denounce plays embodying them because this hypocrisy of language has been abandoned. Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" There are exceptions, however, to this rule, for we hear of prudes that have been made chaste, bullies that have been brave, and saints that have been religious. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant No one must imagine, however, that they were diminutive prudes, with long faces. Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir A prude is a far more active evil than that. Through stained glass A little roughness doesn't hurt sometimes, especially with prudes. The Cross of Berny The flacon of some defunct prude is placed side by side with the vinaigrette of some jolie danseuse who was any thing but prudish. The Idler in France "You are a horrid little humbug, and goose, and prude," I said, laughing, as I released her. Five Nights "And you would like . . .?" said Lisbeth, looking at the Baron with the dignity of a prude on her guard a quarter of an hour too soon. Poor Relations A prude, my boy, is one who has but a single eye, and that in the back of his head, and who keeps his blind face set toward nature. Through stained glass By no means; for long experience has taught the world that the West Indian white ladies are virtuous prudes. Bundling; Its Origin, Progress and Decline in America There was nothing of the prude in him, but, perhaps because all his life there had been a Vision before his eyes, he had retained a singularly untroubled mental chastity. The Purple Heights Every prude puts on an air of repugnance. The Man Who Laughs Geoffrey was becoming harassed by this badinage; but he hated to appear a prude, and said: "I have got a wife, you know, Mr. Fujinami; she is keeping an eye on me." Kimono The reason the live world has always hated prudes is that it's forever being stumbled on by them. Through stained glass "Must I, then, become an avowed prude at once, and refuse him admission if he call in compliance with the customary forms?" The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton Always rather given to a certain aristocratic exclusiveness in his speech, Keith had through his association with Murray become something of a prude in this respect. The Soul of a Child She felt such a leaning towards immodesty that she was a prude. The Man Who Laughs "Oh, I am no prude--" "Do you mean to say Sir Lupus sanctions it?" The Maid-At-Arms Your prude clutches Irving to the small of his back and cries, 'This alone is beauty!' Through stained glass A prude would have had cheap scruples about compromising herself by taking a man in her arms. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862 She was called a silly prude and discharged. A Woman of the World Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters It was the excessive effort to be chaste which made her a prude. The Man Who Laughs And when you see the extreme result, the prude on one side, the rake on the other, do you not begin to desire a better way? Sex and Common-Sense Nausicäa is, however, a prude compared with the enamoured woman as the Greek poets habitually paint her. Primitive Love and Love-Stories But he could never move her; never was such a prude. The Castle Inn Heaven alone knows what a real prude is. The Man from Brodney's The advantage of prudes is that they disorganize the human race. The Man Who Laughs The rake on one hand, the prude on the other, represent the ultimate consequence of the process I am trying to describe. Sex and Common-Sense And I—well, at heart I fancy I must be rather a prude. The Obstacle Race But hang all prudes, say I,' he withdrew reluctantly, and slowly closed the door on her. The Castle Inn Then I heard that he had married a dear friend of mine—Lady Dagmar Cooper, one of the greatest beauties and perhaps the sternest prude in England. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 And then woman feels her weak point guarded by all that casuistry of gallantry which takes the place of scruples in prudes. The Man Who Laughs The sweeter and more loving natures become prudes; the more shallow as well as the more high-spirited and merry natures become flirts. Autobiographical Sketches Why, belike you’ll cowl him,As that stern prude, your aunt, cowled her poor spouse;No—one Hedwiga at a time’s enough,—My son shall die no monk. The Saint's Tragedy Her face took on a sterner and graver look than she had ever yet worn as she read on, and when at length she finished the epistle, she appeared the horrified prude to perfection. Virgie's Inheritance She was not a devotee, she was not a prude; people seemed to amuse and interest her; she liked them, she declared, as much as she liked books. Malbone: an Oldport Romance He took up the cudgels for that pretty prude with wonderful promptitude. A Woman of No Importance ‘O, it is not for a chaperon—I am not a prude!’ Prince Otto, a Romance He was no prude and could laugh as well as anyone at the witty immorality of a farce at the Palais Royal, but here was nothing but filth. Of Human Bondage "Really, you know, I'm no prude, but when it comes to a girl standing there as if she was up at auction—I thought seriously of speaking to cousin Julia." House of Mirth I wonder who will take her now, or what will become of the little affected prude? Charlotte Temple This young soul which was expanding passed from a prude to a vulgar pedant. Les Misérables A prig would have said that he had lost culture, and a prude that he had become coarse. Tess of the d'Urbervilles "Condemn not, prudes, fair Devon's plan, In giving Steel a kiss In such a cause, for such a man, She could not do amiss." Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire "Truly, there is another verse," said the songster; "but I sing it not to you, Mistress Alice, because some of the prudes of the court liked it not." Woodstock; or, the Cavalier If prudes are offended at the lusciousness of this picture, they may take their eyes off from it, and survey parson Adams dancing about the room in a rapture of joy. Joseph Andrews Vol 1 One may be old, one may be a prude, one may be pious, one may be an aunt, but it is always agreeable to see a lancer enter one's chamber. Les Misérables It is likewise odds but the wit and the prude meet with some of their acquaintance, as well as all the rest of my characters. Joseph Andrews, Volume 2 I have never, alas! been thought a prude, but in the heyday of my youth and gaiety, this man always disgusted me. Tales and Novels — Volume 03 She does well to be a prude, for she is as ugly as sin. Tales and Novels — Volume 05 The graver prude sinks downward to a Gnome, In search of mischief still on earth to roam. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 In himself he was the ordinary normal man about town, no prude, but straight as a man can be in his debts, his love affairs, his friendships, and his sport. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 Had I doubted that my success was complete, I should have been assured of it by the faces of some prudes amongst the matrons, who affected to think that the waltz was too much. Tales and Novels — Volume 08 As they shew themselves to be what they really are, they cannot make the secret mischief which a detected prude not unfrequently occasions under the deceitful mask of modesty. Paris as It Was and as It Is It made her more coy and more a prude than she had ever need to be had she gone among them kirtled and coifed. The Forest Lovers The virtue of a prude is always to be suspected. Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays Not at all the prude, and so obliging! The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 "Many women," she exclaimed, "played the parts of hypocrites and prudes for years and were found out at the last!" L'Assommoir They are not such prudes today, and Miss Chester has as much countenance as she looks for. The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty And fools and prudes cried 'Oh!' and called me a tomboy. The Christian A Story There are brave souls in every land who worship nature grand and nude, and who, with swift, indignant hand, tear off the fig leaves of the prude. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest Temperance soon grew scandalized, and Modesty herself coloured at some of the jokes; but Hospitality, who was now half seas over, called the one a milksop, and swore at the other as a prude. The Pilgrims of the Rhine Come fly to these arms nor let beauties so bloomy To one frigid owner be tied; Your prudes may revile and your old ones look gloomy, But, dearest, we've Law on our side. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes How surprised will the pretty prude be at seeing herself in a family of men, when she expects to be admitted amongst the hoods and pinners of Dame Marjory's waiting women! The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day "You are such a prude, my dear Milly," said the first voice. Married Besides, I'm no prude, but he and Leroy Mortimer have no business to talk to unmarried women the way they do. The Fighting Chance "But they say she is a great prude, although free, young, and beautiful." Chicot the Jester That may seem cynical to prudes, but it is truly said. Battle Studies So did a certain wish within, With more of secrecy than sin,-- A wish that dwells with even prudes, Annihilating solitudes. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes The rival lovers twirl and twist and reel as she—the prude—flits with tremulous wings from red knob to red knob—daintily sampling the spangles of nectar. My Tropic Isle Judith had called her a constitutional prude; this, she understood, was a term of reproach; and she wondered if, applied to her, it were just. Linda Condon "To be sure I do," answered she, "for Mr Harrel has told me a thousand times, that however you played the prude, you would be his at last." Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 2 Then she reproached herself with her own inexperience that put her at the mercy of the first stupid prude she encountered. The Idol of Paris He was no prude, but he had those decent prejudices of which no self-respecting man can wholly rid himself, however broad-minded he may try to be. The Clicking of Cuthbert I must seem a little prude to you I'm afraid, but really, God is not what you think. The City of Fire Why are you playing the prude with me? Plays This prude so refined, had such frequent 'distractions' with her three husbands, who were all young and vigorous, that she buried them in a very short time. Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century The prude was delighted with what she heard. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 She had married, at eighteen, a man far her inferior in intellect; and had become—as often happens in such cases—a prude and a devotee. Yeast: a Problem Or was she such a prude that she thought him presuming on so slight an acquaintance? The City of Fire For either you did there conclude To do at length as I did, Or passion's fashion's turn'd a prude, And troth's an oath derided. The Vigil of Venus and Other Poems by "Q" They imagine that a woman whose virtue is not always on the qui vive, will be easier to overcome than a prude; even experience does not undeceive them. Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century So, pretending to make my addresses to the prude, got admittance to both. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 Argemone, sweet prude, thought herself bound to read Honoria a lecture that night, on her reckless exhibition of feeling; but it profited little. Yeast: a Problem The girl would probably be a prude and bore, but there was a chance that she might be a princess in disguise and need a prince to show her a good time. The City of Fire The dissenting malcontents, condemned as prudes and blues, had their revenge. Byron All such admirers of great and noble sentiments, spoiled by romances or by prudes, make it a point of honor to spiritualize their passion. Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century She was not going to be molded into a calculating prude like Grace, or a prig like Mortimer. Lister's Great Adventure Ugly women, and women who were old, and certainly prudes, should never be given a sip. Cytherea We dare not propose a peep beyond the ankle on any account; for the critics in the pit at a new play are much greater prudes than the ladies in the boxes. Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01 That she must give him the kiss now—she need not be such a prude, for he had no wife. Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 1 The prude, it is true, follows a quite different method. Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century It will not be like my affair with this prude of a Madame d'Harville—fine game! Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 She looks demure, and would fain pass for a prude; but I can speak of her on sure grounds. The Blunderer A 'prude' is now a woman with an over-done affectation of a modesty which she does not really feel, and betraying the absence of the substance by this over-preciseness and niceness about the shadow. On the Study of Words "No, I am not a prude," she resumed, with a provoking smile, which displayed her dazzling teeth. Mysteries of Paris, V3 Any other man in the world, even a bishop, would have sworn; would have sworn no doubt harmlessly and with an honest heartiness to which the most pious prude could not have taken exception. This Freedom Lady Burton was no prude: she knew also that her husband did not write as "a young lady to young ladies"; but she drew the line at a certain point, and she drew it rigidly. The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II Only some horrid old Victorian prude could possibly take exception to it. Bat Wing And Faustina consoled herself with anticipations of a brilliant future, in which she would reign as a queen over these scornful prudes. Self-Raised Or, From the Depths The boldness of language of this woman, the fire in her eyes, the provoking liberty of her manners, sufficiently revealed that she was not, as she said, a prude. Mysteries of Paris, V3 I'm not a prude, but Naples is really— " "I suppose it is the same all over the Continent. Spring Days "Old-fashioned, Victorian prude!" said one, "Brazen hussy!" said the other. The Valley of Vision : a Book of Romance an Some Half Told Tales There are very few "prudes" among them, and a great many diplomats. Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information Thus this evil woman, steeped to the lips in sin, affected the prude with the man she wished to secure. Self-Raised Or, From the Depths She consoled herself, however, with the story of the inheritance, no longer calling Lisa a strait-laced prude, but a thief who kept back her brother-in-law's money, and assumed sanctimonious airs to deceive people. The Fat and the Thin I had promised myself to watch her no longer… lately she shown herself to be such a prude… in the afternoon she went into the city. The Prose of Alfred Lichtenstein "Don't be a prude," warned Mable, glaring at the young girl. Mary Louise My dear little cousin, who sends you her regards, is anything but a prude. The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 "Off, off with thee, sweet virtue! … fairest prude!" he cried, still laughing.. Ardath "You have not spoken of the little prude—dear Miss Beatrice," he reminded her suddenly. The Tempting of Tavernake Virginia was a bit of a prude, and M. Paul a pump,—yet were it but for old acquaintance sake, I determined on making a pilgrimage. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 They were obliged to wait a moment for some people to alight, and during the delay Katherine heard him say in an aside to her roommate: "Next time, Sadie, don't bring a prude with you." Katherine's Sheaves I am no prude, but I draw the line at thieves. A Sweet Girl Graduate I mean that you are not a prude. Moral Nancy was no prude, but she was suddenly ashamed. Undertow The gossip of the present time is like the prude, always looking for the worst and finding it. Half a Rogue As he did not allow himself to indulge in daring pleasantries and spicy jests in their society, he thought them all prudes, and himself was considered as having good taste. Strong as Death Miss Wrenn, the office prude, a little angry at being caught listening to this nonsense, would answer snappily. Saturday's Child This is a piece of ease that shocks the prudes of the last age. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 She was not in the least a prude. Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres The busybody is always a prude; and prude signifies an evil-minded person who is virtuous bodily. Half a Rogue Mavis was no prude; but this request, coming on top of all she had learned from Miss Allen, fanned the embers of resentment against the conditions under which girls, helpless as she, worked. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl Then suddenly, to show him she was no shallow prude, she stopped and held him tight, hard against her, and covered his face with hard, fierce kisses of passion. Women in Love She was somewhat of a prude, and did not hesitate to complain to her husband, in and out of season, of his extravagance and other weaknesses. The Journal to Stella The prude cast a disdainful look at Miss, and said that people, who have but little to lose, are sometimes the most solicitous about preserving it. The Adventures of Roderick Random I am no prude, James, but I feel compelled to say that I consider your conduct that of a libertine. The Intrusion of Jimmy The representatives of womanhood to be instructed in modesty by these animals, old and young, were seven prudes, whose minds were devoted to study and honorable ambition. A Woman-Hater I have seen a few of the young girls that were prudes indulge in such garments; but they did not appear to be fashionable, and were adopted faute de mieux. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile The coxcomb criticises the dress of the clown, as the pedant cavils at the bad grammar of the illiterate, or the prude is shocked at the backslidings of her frail acquaintance. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners The dame's opinions were rather the worse for wear in her long journey through life, and would not be adopted by a jury of prudes. The Golden Dog I am no miser with women who are not prudes. Louise de la Valliere One might produce an affable temper out of a shrew, by grafting the mild upon the choleric; or raise a jack-pudding from a prude, by inoculating mirth and melancholy. Isaac Bickerstaff, physician and astrologer And we might be surprised to see Some lovely wife Smooth-visaged, while a seeming prude Was marked for life. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4 Though prudes may condemn me, and bigots reprove, I court the effusions that spring from the heart, Which throbs with delight to the first kiss of love. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 For, like most men who are rather animal, he was intellectually a prude. The Longest Journey "What can there be in that little prude of a woman that makes men so raffoler about her?" cries out my Lady Dowager. The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne Lona: Chiefly to annoy the petticoated and trousered prudes that one met at every turn in the town. Pillars of Society Surely no one but an unwholesome-minded prude could jib at a walk across a park. All Roads Lead to Calvary I once thought you were half inclined to be a prude, and I admired you as a "pensive nun, devout and pure." Liber Amoris, or, the New Pygmalion This prude of a Lady Gorgon cries out shame, and disowns an innocent amiable girl: she a heartless jilt herself once, and a heartless flirt now. The Bedford-Row Conspiracy "And you would like...?" said Lisbeth, looking at the Baron with the dignity of a prude on her guard a quarter of an hour too soon. Cousin Betty You must turn prude; I advise you to do so. Another Study of Woman At a whisper of the world he shut the prude's door on them with a slam; himself would have branded them with the letters in the hue of fire. The Egoist It was, indeed, all grace and majesty, there being no suggestion of the prude about her, but rather the manner of a young lady having been born with pride and stateliness, and most carefully bred. A Lady of Quality If by prude be meant a secretly vicious person who affects an excessive decorum, by all means let the prude disappear, even at the cost of some shamelessness. The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft You remind me of this, and that Johnson was no prude, and that his age was tolerant. Letters on Literature His Harp and Triangle, in tone subdued, He names; they are a rayless red and white; The dawn-hued libertine, the gibbous prude. Poems — Volume 3 A silly girl to play the prude with me! The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Lines Written Under The Picture Of The Celebrated Miss Burns Cease, ye prudes, your envious railing, Lovely Burns has charms—confess: True it is, she had one failing, Had a woman ever less? Poems and Songs of Robert Burns "A prude, who told you every night, as she undressed you, that it was a sin to love a priest, just as if one were a priest because one happens to be a cardinal." Twenty Years After Shame on you for a bad daughter and a stuck-up prude! Mrs. Warren's Profession It was always those conceited prudes who went the most fearful lengths in low corners nobody knew anything about. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola Thus am I crushed between the upper millstone of the Mr Redford, who thinks me a libertine, and the nether popular critic, who thinks me a prude. Mrs. Warren's Profession |
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