He had noted the growing touch of coquetry in her dress; he measured the tell-tale quiver of her voice, and he smiled tenderly when she shyly showed him the diamond bracelet, securely hidden upon her left arm.
An instinct of martial coquetry caused Harry Hardwicke to gather up his reins and straighten lightly into the military position of eyes right.
Mere grace, mere coquetry such fraud, I say: A flourish round the figures of a sum For fashion's sake, that deceives nobody.
She was past parleys and preliminaries, past coquetry and artifice.
She looked a wreck, in her hysterical jubilation forgetful of her rouge and powder; a worn little wraith of a woman whose journey to the heart of life had stripped her of all coquetry and beauty.
Without coquetry and unconsciously she raised her blue eyes under her lids until the clear pupils coyly and softly hid themselves in the corners of the brown lashes, and added, "You have both been so kind to me.
There was neither affectation nor coquetryin this advance.
Howbeit, her slight coquetry seemed to have passed, for she closed the open trunk with a return of her old listless air, and sitting on it rested her elbows on her knees and her oval chin in her hands.
She raised her clear eyes to his, with a slight touch of womanly reserve that was so incompatible with any vulgar vanity or girlish coquetry that he became the more embarrassed.
That was double coquetry on your part, coquetry in writing, coquetry of ambiguity.
Notwithstanding your fiendish coquetry and your aversion to the truth, I like you better than all these outspoken persons here.
I even admire coquetry and greediness, but only when one confesses them frankly.
Prudery and coquetryare extremes equally to be shunned, becauze both are equally disagreeable to our sex, and fatal to your reputations.
You who are the mistress of love and coquetry should understand that, and instruct your beautiful pupil.
There can be no question that The Youngest Miss Piper was not quite normal in this respect, although, for purposes of coquetry and sarcasm no doubt, she magnified the defect.
He was so used to the coquetry and finesse of women!
But the eyes she had turned to him were sincere to disquiet, and there was not a suggestion of coquetry about her.
I imagine coquetry is a more obstinate malady even than priggishness, and, Heaven knows, I tried hard enough to get rid of that.
After all, one might permit a touch of coquetry in the final renouncement!
The man's kindly manner gave her confidence and the innate coquetry of her nature unconsciously began to assert itself.
There was unconscious coquetry in every movement and a mischievous "you dare not" in every glance of her eyes and in every dimpling smile.
She tried no such coquetry with Dic, but gladly fed upon such crumbs as he might throw her.
The coquetry of true love is a more delicate matter; it has quite another end in view.
Thus you may recall him to wisdom, if he strays, and bring him back by a gentle persuasion, you may make yourself lovable in order to be useful, you may employ coquetry on behalf of virtue, and love on behalf of reason.
Woman is a coquette by profession, but her coquetryvaries with her aims; let these aims be in accordance with those of nature, and a woman will receive a fitting education.
A bold, shameless, intriguing woman, who can only attract her lovers by coquetry and retain them by her favours, wins a servile obedience in common things; in weighty and important matters she has no influence over them.
The only sign of coquetry is her self-consciousness.
Such common coquetryis all very well for those who merely desire to please.
Genuine coquetry is sometimes carefully thought out, but never sumptuous, and Juno dressed herself more magnificently than Venus.
When they entered the little parlor Elsie rose and passed straight to Curtis without coquetry or concealment.
Only Alexia," a faintcoquetry stealing into her glance.
And the coquetry faded from her eyes as her glance wandered waterward and became fixed on some object invisible and far away.
Louise, with her reserved air, imported into her reticences and her demure ways in Gontran's society much more coquetry and encouragement than the other had formerly shown with all her free and joyous unconstraint.
And then she had suddenly developed that native coquetry which lies hidden in the veins of all feminine beings.
There is nothing like coquetry about her; I am convinced she thinks highly of you.
Perhaps he had caught a spark of the spirit of coquetry from Mrs. Creighton, and resented her flirting so much with Mr. Stryker; for he did not give her all the flowers he had gathered, but offered a few to each lady as she entered the boat.
Throw Celimene into the current of genuine passion--I do not mean the brutality of Alceste--I will wager thatcoquetry will be swept away by love.
Coquetry was with her not a vice of the heart or of an unscrupulous mind; having nothing better to do, she enjoyed it as a legitimate pastime, without giving it any importance or feeling any scruples.
There is always a coquetry in his arrangement of colour, and his tones are light and delicate if they are not deep.
And none of these divinities think about anything or do anything; they are not piquant, like those of Boucher and Fragonard, and they know neither coquetry nor smiles.
A feminine coquetry has taken the place of character.
Nor were any of the small arts of coquetrywhich spoil so many women to be detected in her.
There was a tinge of heartless coquetryin the words, the last effort of discretion.
Anne of Austria fixed upon Buckingham a look so tender in its expression, that it denoted, not alone the indulgence of maternal affection, but a gentleness of expression like the coquetry of a woman who loves.
We must not exaggerate, Philip; she is clever and witty, and has a certain amount of coquetry very natural in a young woman; but this defect in persons of high rank and position is a great advantage at a court.
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