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Beauty, Sensual See also Beauty, Feminine; Sex Symbol. Angelica infidel princess of exquisite grace and charm. [Ital. Lit.: Orlando Innamorato; Orlando Furioso] (1480–1519) her beauty was as legendary as her rumored vices and heartlessness. [Ital. Hist.: Plumb, 59] Jay Gatsby’s femme fatale. [Am. Lit.: The Great Gatsby] seductive queen of Egypt; beloved by Marc Antony. [Br. Lit.: Antony and Cleopatra] Faust’s desire to possess her makes him faint. [Ger. Lit.: Faust] Phoenician princess; enemy of the prophets; name is a byword for wicked woman. [O.T.: I Kings 16:21, 31; II Kings 9:1–10, 30–37] precociously seductive 12-year-old. [Am. Lit.: Lolita] gazed at in awe by Porphyro. [Br. Lit.: “The Eve of St. Agnes” in Magill I, 263–264] (c. 1818–1861) Irish singer and dancer; mistress to famous men. [Irish Hist.: NCE, 1821] courtesan, acquitted of charge by baring bosom. [Gk. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 830] nude girl provocatively gracing Playboy’s centerfold. [Am. Culture: Flexner, 285] sultry Biblical queen who visits Solomon. [O.T.: I Kings 10] seductive dancer who obtains head of John the Baptist as reward. [N.T.: Matthew 14:3, 11] capricious, seductive, trouble-making heroine. [Br. Lit.: Return of the Native, Harvey, 690] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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