No woman ever represented royalty with better grace than Marie Antoinette, and the old coquettes of the regency and of the corrupt court of Louis XV.
You cannot but admire these scoundrels, who so well know the semblances which art adopts to inspire pity: why, coquettes are less adept to elicit love.
Aye, as the Indian, chief boasts, of the scalps he has taken, so there are in society to-day many coquettes who boast of the masculine hearts they have captured.
Coquettes of Paris andcoquettes of the country--some ready language, some trickery.
In the School of Coquettes Madame Rose is a scholar:-- O, they fish with all nets In the School of Coquettes!
When her brooch she forgets 'Tis to show her new collar; In the School ofCoquettes Madame Rose is a scholar!
The cloud of thoughtful gravity has passed away from hers, and the provocations of a myriad of coquettes and courtesans concentrated in her marvelous eyes.
The Coquettes of both Sexes are Self-lovers, and that is a Love no other whatever can dispossess.
No man upon earth despises or detests coquettes more than I do, be they French or English.
But let us put flirts and coquettes quite out of the question.
The light Coquettes in Sylphs aloft repair, 65 And sport and flutter in the fields of Air.
T is these that early taint the female soul, Instruct the eyes of young Coquettes to roll, Teach Infant-cheeks a bidden blush to know, And little hearts to flutter at a Beau.
Old maids and rakes are join'd together, Coquettes and prudes, like April weather.
And it may be added that, while flirts have often been known to make very good wives, coquettes have invariably proved detestable ones.
The light coquettes in Sylphs aloft repair, And sport and flutter in the fields of air.
Tis these that early taint the female soul, Instruct the eyes of young coquettes to roll, Teach infant cheeks a bidden blush to know, And little hearts to flutter at a beau.
When her brooch she forgets 'Tis to show her new collar: In the school of Coquettes Madam Rose is a scholar.
If he flattered her vanity less than the others did, he flattered more those supreme exactions that sway coquettes body and soul--her pride and her instinct of domination, her strong instinct of feminine repose.
In the cases of the veteran coquettes alluded to just now, sympathy would have been thrown away.
Trained coquettes and professional flirts, flushed by a long course of victories, had put confident lances in rest and run vain-glorious tilts with him.
It would unquestionably have been very easy to read the girl's heart at that moment; but is it possible for a man accustomed to the manoeuvres of city coquettes to recognize true love?
Even while he told himself again and again that he cared nothing for Denise, he felt in his heart that the young peasant's face aroused in him a sweeter emotion than those of all the coquettes in Paris.
I feel that I love you already; yes, I love you; not as I loved all those coquettes who deceived me, but as you deserve to be loved; for I read sincerity and innocence in your eyes.
Dubourg; she has been out of my thoughts for a long while, I assure you, as have all the rest of the coquettes I knew in Paris.
Tis these that early taint the female soul, Instruct the eyes of young coquettes to roll, Teach infant cheeks a hidden blush to know, And little hearts to flutter at a beau.
The graver prude sinks downward to a gnome, In search of mischief still on earth to roam, The light coquettes in sylphs aloft repair, And sport and flutter in the fields of air.
A number of old coquettes gathered about Charlot, whose youth and other attractions interested them greatly.
The young wife was ready first; a woman takes little time over her toilet when she is certain to please; doubtless that is why old coquettes pass two hours in front of the mirror.
There are very few women here who are not coquettes by nature; it is excessively rare to meet any.
Her morals became the same as those of the wisest and noblest men of the period in which she lived, and raised her to their rank instead of maintaining her in the category of the intriguing coquettes of her age.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "coquettes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
