Whether Lalla Rookh, Larry Rourke, the Madonna Irlanda, or Mademoiselle O'Murphy, the Irish odalisque is no paradox or oxymoron. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Odalisques and Other Seductive Figures: Thomas Moore] Reference
UP Pompeii: UK girl taken - to be turned into an "odalisque". From Wordnik.com. [UP Pompeii] Reference
If "odalisque" had been what Ray called an objectionable word, he would have thrown the picture out in the first place. From Wordnik.com. [The Song of the Lark] Reference
"odalisque", it is not only white girls that are taken, many from India and Sri Lanka are also taken. From Wordnik.com. [UP Pompeii] Reference
I always thought a pagoda was a sort of odalisque -- isn't that right?. From Wordnik.com. [Austin and His Friends] Reference
The odalisque finally saw him and their eyes locked from across the room. From Wordnik.com. [Tutoring Lady Jane]
B is Boyblue with odalisque O while W waters the fleurettes of no-vembrance. From Wordnik.com. [Finnegans Wake] Reference
His lovely odalisque glanced at Catriona before returning her heated brown gaze to him. From Wordnik.com. [Tutoring Lady Jane]
The girl was not outstandingly pretty; she would not fetch a high price as an odalisque. From Wordnik.com. [Time Enough For Love]
Never would she endure the humiliation of being handed over like a toy, an odalisque, a slave. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortieth Door] Reference
And then he caught sight of a familiar pair of gray eyes smiling over the white veil of an odalisque. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortieth Door] Reference
However, her portraits of women do go beyond the two prevailing stereotypes of colonial times, the odalisque and the “Fatma”. From Wordnik.com. [Elissa Rha��s.] Reference
There is a certain symmetry in the way Boucher's Mademoiselle O'Murphy becomes an odalisque and Lalla Rookh becomes Larry Rourke. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Odalisques and Other Seductive Figures: Thomas Moore] Reference
Both actions figure the woman and the land as a passive though potential odalisque and give the lover the active role of an explorer. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Odalisques and Other Seductive Figures: Thomas Moore] Reference
In addition, her languid posture suggests the odalisque pose used by artists for depicting nudes while, to indicate her moral character. From Wordnik.com. [Framing Romantic Dress: Mary Robinson, Princess Caroline and the Sex/Text] Reference
This odalisque is very fair and stout, and some fair. From Wordnik.com. [Caught in the Net] Reference
The odalisque arrived last night, and I am in a great quandary. From Wordnik.com. [The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton] Reference
At any rate she is no longer attired like an odalisque of the Second. From Wordnik.com. [The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel] Reference
What sort of head-gear goes with that 'sleek odalisque' style of dress?. From Wordnik.com. [The Minister's Charge] Reference
And finally by an odalisque, who fills his goblet with the foaming infusion of malt and hops. From Wordnik.com. [Caught in the Net] Reference
Taking the odalisque with him in a cab, Mr. Middleton was off for the residence of Mr. Crayburn. From Wordnik.com. [The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton] Reference
All the Orient was immanent in her; she had the quiet, the resignation, the un-hope of the odalisque. From Wordnik.com. [Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories] Reference
My languid odalisque, the sea, lay at my feet as we advanced, and sparkled all over with a sunset smile. From Wordnik.com. [Prue and I] Reference
Much relieved, Mr. Middleton prepared to depart and the odalisque saw she was not to be included in his departure. From Wordnik.com. [The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton] Reference
Hunting and gathering is. on 10/26/2009, -0/+4An odalisque (Turkish: Odalık) was a female slave in an Ottoman seraglio. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
There sat the odalisque on the edge of the bed, fully dressed, puffing away at his big meerschaum, blowing clouds that filled the room. From Wordnik.com. [The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton] Reference
In Stambûl on the contrary the odalisque who bathes in rival glances finally bathes in the Bosphorus with her charming head in a sack. From Wordnik.com. [The Orchard of Tears] Reference
He thought of the young lady of Englewood; of the odalisque, toward whom he occupied the position of what is known in law as next friend. From Wordnik.com. [The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton] Reference
"If worst comes to worst, there's an old fellow I know who sells parrots and cockatoos and marmosets, and perhaps he'd like an odalisque.". From Wordnik.com. [The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton] Reference
Mary B. danced with the languorous grace of an Eastern odalisque, Mis 'Molly with the mincing, hesitating step of one long out of practice. From Wordnik.com. [The House Behind the Cedars] Reference
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