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Love has its piece of bread, but it has also its science of loving, that science which we call coquetry, a delightful word which the. From Wordnik.com. [The Physiology of Marriage, Part 1] Reference
Because a handsome girl has had a spark of coquetry, that is no reason. &cdq. From Wordnik.com. [The Europeans] Reference
He called my attention to what he led me to term coquetry between my wife and this young man. From Wordnik.com. [Guy Mannering — Complete] Reference
But it was the most harmless kind of coquetry imaginable. From Wordnik.com. [The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him] Reference
The coquetry which is a shallow woman's substitute for passion stirred in her. From Wordnik.com. [Dangerous Days] Reference
The coquetry which is innate in the female mind, induces them to add to their natural charms by the use of. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century] Reference
Mary was devoid of the coquetry which is so strong with some women that they carry it even into their friendships. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Wollstonecraft] Reference
The love of coquetry which is innate with all of us displays itself there undisguised. ". From Wordnik.com. [Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3] Reference
If I do -- Well, "said madame, drawing a breath and nodding her head with a stem kind of coquetry," I'll use it! ". From Wordnik.com. [A Tale of Two Cities] Reference
This coquetry on his mistress's part drove Fromont. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Despair has its pursuits, and solitude its coquetry. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Which was a bit of innocent coquetry on Margaret's part. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
Under the fright, it was a grotesque attempt at coquetry. From Wordnik.com. [Victory] Reference
Nature affects a sort of coquetry in masking her operations. From Wordnik.com. [The Simple Life] Reference
According to Theophile Gautier, this was her coquetry, her luxury. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
"I reckon he did," acknowledged Judith without coquetry, without interest. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
Jacqueline experienced in her coquetry -- which crushed her better feelings. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
A sign of originality, personal charm and attraction, sometimes coquetry. From Wordnik.com. [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference
She flickered impossible eyelashes at me languishingly, in perfect coquetry. From Wordnik.com. [Valley of the Croen] Reference
Others had consisted of the simple coquetry of friendship, as was the case with. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She? oh, she took it coolly, but that was all feminine bosh, or coquetry on her part. From Wordnik.com. [How to Cook Husbands] Reference
Reggie's aunt justice, she fully believed most of the stories of flirtation and coquetry. From Wordnik.com. [The Girls of St. Olave's] Reference
Nor were any of the small arts of coquetry which spoil so many women to be detected in her. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
This physical peculiarity did not seem to me natural, but an effect of premeditated coquetry. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
But this afforded a splendid chance for coquetry -- a very pardonable affectation under a mask. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls] Reference
Within the trembling young girl the coquetry of the woman was breaking forth in spite of herself. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
But he was biding his time and had made a vow that he would make Myra pay in full for her coquetry. From Wordnik.com. [Bandit Love] Reference
She saluted me with her hand, as she lifted one of the sides of the tent, with unmistakable coquetry. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Then had not her own imprudence and coquetry led to a rupture with the families of d'Etaples and Ray?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Perhaps my best way will be to try a little coquetry and pretend I do not care for her nor her singing. From Wordnik.com. [Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World] Reference
Thus the innocent Amaranthé, who was unacquainted with the name of coquetry, soon grew expert in the practice. From Wordnik.com. [The Flower Basket A Fairy Tale] Reference
Louise did not resist, but still maintained an air of coquetry that was displeasing to the ardent young soldier. From Wordnik.com. [Edmond Dantès] Reference
I try to be amiable without being coquettish; for coquetry here would be shameful -- would it not, my dear mother?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
I had been told that I possessed a fair share of beauty, but that neither made me vain nor inclined me to coquetry. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
It was not coquetry with her, it was the sentiment of harmony; her beautiful soul was happy in dwelling in a beautiful body. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
Her face had a cheery and agreeable expression, not unmixed with piquant archness and a sort of dainty, bewitching coquetry. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
The libretto though on the whole somewhat insipid, is flavored with naive and goodnatured coquetry, which lends a certain charm to it. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference
Isabelle Ray-Belle she was called triumphantly -- whose dimpled cheeks flushed scarlet for almost any cause, some said for very coquetry. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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