Louie's charms quickly captivated a member of the company who afterwards rose very high in the profession--it would hardly be fair to give his identity away!
And I must confess that my susceptible heart was at once smitten with the charms of a young lady who was playing one of the subsidiary parts.
It had been a dream of my youth to become acquainted with the charms of this most romantic river of the American continent.
Though very young, she was clever and active, and possessed charms of person and manner which bent many men to her will.
Highly indignant with the Spanish court for its blindness to his own charms and attractions, the headstrong Buckingham resolved to revenge himself on them.
Thy false deluding Eyes were surely made Of Stars that rule our Sex's Destiny: And all thy Charms were by Inchantment wrought, That first undo the heedless Gazers on, Then shew their natural Deformity.
He stands unmov'd-- Surely I was mistaken in this Face, And I believe in Charms that have no power.
Oh, but prithee jilt me on, And say thou hast not destin'd all thy Charms To such a wicked Use.
I thought the Charms of a fair young Curtezan might have oblig'd him to some Curiosity at least.
Olga will look very alluring in the filmy creation that is her night-dress, and the clinging robe which but half conceals the charms that the former does not conceal at all.
The charms of goodness, and the bright rewards which await it, were painted in such living colors on his face, that not even the stranger could have beheld it unmoved.
Be that heavenly nymph my companion, and these wilds and woods shall have charms beyond London and Paris in slavery.
There is a beauty in generous actions which charms the souls of men!
I think you must have remarked that I could not forbear a tribute to those charms when I put up the steps of the 'ackney coach.
Neutral tints had small charms for her; she liked the warmth and glow of the older fashion in which she had been brought up.
An artist not able to resist thecharms of his own model!
As he proceeded he warmed with his subject, and delineated a young lady of such passing charms of person and mind that Colquhoun was terrified.
Work'd not those heavenly charms e'en on a mind dull as thine?
Her charms with equal joy we press'd, Her swelling cheeks anon caress'd, Lured onward by a yearning blest, Upon her heaving bosom fell.
Ye were so fair, but now that dream is o'er; The charmsof earth, the charms of heaven are nought.
That must be me, the pink, who scent The warder's garden here; Or wherefore is he so intent My charms with care to rear?
With what a soul her mind is fraught, Wreath'd round withcharms unceasingly!
That life, with all its intrigues and self-seekings and scandals, had no charms for him.
Bold Britomart, as she had late forecast, late > lately forecast > planned 9 Neither of idle shows, nor of falsecharms agast.
But when one finds good sense, and instruction, and propriety, sacrificed to thecharms of sound, what an unedifying, what a mere temporary delight does it afford!
Such company, and such behaviour adds still more charms to devotion; and were I to be here a twelvemonth, I would never miss once accompanying you to this good place.
We did," said Dr Drummond, getting up once more from his chair, and playing complacently with his watch-charms as he took another turn about the study.
The myth of the entrancing beauties and voluptuous charms of the South Seas owes nothing to Dampier except, perhaps, a delayed inception.
He has anatomised her charms in the manner of his first Fragment from a Writing-Desk.
Thus lacking in the fundamentals of friendship, his native charms stood him in little stead.
The viciousness of the crew of the Julia, did not, of course, perceptibly enhance the charms of the forecastle.
The charms of their subtlety passed by her unappreciated, and she only received them as inimical sounds which meant that anger ruled.
He had entertained no notion, when doomed as he had thought to an unintellectual bucolic life, that such charms as he beheld in this idyllic creature would be found behind the scenes.
Such charms are usually buried with the practitioner, but this old fellow evidently did not have a very large practice, and, at his death, he was somewhat neglected.
I have in my possession a Dayong's whole outfit of charms which I bought from his relatives after his death; they were afraid to touch it, and for another Dayong to use it is taboo of the worst kind.
The downfall of the god Ra brings to mind another superstition of which I have noticed a remnant among the Borneans also, the power of working charms with the saliva.
Octavius Augustus, that murderer, debauchee, and coward, who exiled Ovid, thought it right in Virgil to sing the charms of Alexis.
He introduces us to Mary Magdalen, the sister of Martha and Lazarus, brilliant with all the charms of youth and beauty, burning with every desire, and immersed in every voluptuousness.
If, like the virgin queen of the immortal poet, she walked 'in maiden meditation fancy free,' her brother Elphin seemed alike untouched with the charms of the fairest virgins in Corrie.
In dreams, also, the gods and spirits are supposed to bring charms to human beings.
These charms are either inherited or revealed to their owners by the spirits in dreams, as possessing medicinal virtue.
As a general rule, it will be found that the diseases in which charms have obtained most fame as curative are those of long duration, not dangerous, yet not at all, or very slightly, benefited by ordinary medicines.
She had heard and read of celebrated beauties, whose charms had conquered the wisest statesmen and the bravest warriors, who had governed monarchs and ministers, and raised or ruined kingdoms and empires.
I thought that was some single man, desperately smitten with the charms of Edith the Fair," continued Beatrix.
And certainly the beautiful heiress had suitors enough to select from--suitors drawn no less by her personal charms than by her great fortune.
He must be uncritical of failure, yet capable of enthusiasm for success; unselfish as a saint, yet commanding the secret of worldly achievement; and above all he must be hopelessly blind to the virtues and charms of every woman but his wife.
Elizabethan poets deigned to play at captivity and subjection to the overwhelming charms of Saccharissa and her sisters, and turned pretty phrases about her cruelty, but this was merely poetic license of expression.
One good fellow indeed often charms another, even when the person so charmed does not know it, and still less desires it.
Other charms were also used for protection, everything odious and dismal was collected together, and what had been fearful in the ancient mythology continued to retain its old power.
Why their faces were dress'd in smiles of love:--Nature's charms should always take place of art.
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