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The coquets of both sexes are self-lovers, and that is a love no other whatever can dispossess.
The coquets of both sexes are self-lovers, and that is a love no other whatever can dispossess.
Coquetry is the essential characteristic, and the prevalent humor
of women; but they do not all practise it, because read more
Coquetry is the essential characteristic, and the prevalent humor
of women; but they do not all practise it, because the coquetry
of some is restrained by fear or by reason.
It is a species of coquetry to make a parade of never practising
it.
It is a species of coquetry to make a parade of never practising
it.
Women know not the whole of their coquetry.
Women know not the whole of their coquetry.
In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.
In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.
In the School of Coquettes
Madam Rose is a scholar,--
O, they fish with all nets
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In the School of Coquettes
Madam 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 of Coquettes
Madam Rose is a scholar!
Women flirt to keep their stock high, men to get somewhere.
Women flirt to keep their stock high, men to get somewhere.
Coquetry whets the appetite; flirtation depraves it. Coquetry is
the thorn that guards the rose--easily trimmed off when once read more
Coquetry whets the appetite; flirtation depraves it. Coquetry is
the thorn that guards the rose--easily trimmed off when once
plucked. Flirtation is like the slime on water-plants, making
them hard to handle, and when caught, only to be cherished in
slimy waters.
- Ik Marvel (pseudonym of Donald G. Mitchell),
Or light or dark, or short or tall,
She sets a springe to snare them all:
All's read more
Or light or dark, or short or tall,
She sets a springe to snare them all:
All's one to her--above her fan
She'd make sweet eyes at Caliban.
