The wanton gesticulations of a Virgin in a wild assembly of Gallants, warmed with wine could be no other then riggish, and unmaidenly. |
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Her elderly husband took a shine to her peculiar ways and allowed her to do most unmaidenly things, such as learning how to use a sword. |
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Claudio cruelly accused his wife-to-be of unmaidenly behaviour, leaving her fainting at the altar. |
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Curtin's sometimes unmaidenly tone is not ideal but works well most of the time. |
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Her bonnet wasn't big enough to hide her face, and she feared he might think the joy it betrayed unmaidenly. |
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The remainder continue their unmaidenly journey in search of husbands, whom they find waiting in cheerful readiness in almost any marsh. |
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Her cheeks were rosy with the effort to say what she meant without seeming unmaidenly. |
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Grooms often had to fight off over protective brothers because she wanted to be kidnapped, but to go willingly was considered unmaidenly. |
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In the poem, goblins sell a young woman magical fruit that sickens her with passion and leads to unmaidenly acts such as licking sticky fruit juices from her sister's body. |
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Pehlya clasped a hand over her mouth to hold back a very unmaidenly oath. |
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Equally bucolic and perhaps even more liable to misunderstanding was the unmaidenly custom of peeping through keyholes before opening doors on Valentine's Day. |
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