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Curiosity
Anselmo so assured of wife’s fidelity, asks friend to try to corrupt her; friend is successful. [Span. Lit.: Don Quixote] her inquisitiveness almost drives him away forever. [Gk. Myth.: Espy, 27] inquisitive, mischievous monkey. [Children’s Lit.: Curious George] Bluebeard’s 7th and last wife; her inquisitiveness uncovers his murders. [Fr. Fairy Tale: Harvey, 97–98] makes demonic compact to sate thirst for knowledge. [Br. Lit.: Doctor Faustus] uncovers vampiric and lycanthropic activities at Castle Dracula. [Br. Lit.: Dracula] ignores God’s command; turns to salt upon looking back. [O.T.: Genesis 19:26] his insatiable curiosity involves him in magic and his accidental transformation into an ass. [Rom. Lit.: The Golden Ass] after a meddlesome Elizabethan Archbishop of Canterbury. [Br. Hist.: Espy, 169] to determine its contents, they open the bag Aeolus had given Odysseus, thus releasing winds that blow the ship off course. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]. inquisitively opens box of plagues given by Zeus. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 191]
overly inquisitive journalist. [Br. Lit.: Paul Pry; Espy, 135] symbolizes inquisitiveness. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 177] journeys to Istakhar where world’s secrets are revealed. [Br. Lit.: Vathek] Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | How all regarded the happy dancer, how many envied him the high favor; how increased curiosity, who the masked knight could be. I arrived not long after at the Emperor's court, and had the honour of kissing his hands; but stayed not long in a place where no missionary ought to linger, unless obliged by the most pressing necessity: but being ordered by my superiors into the kingdom of Damote, I set out on my journey, and on the road was in great danger of losing my life by my curiosity of tasting a herb, which I found near a brook, and which, though I had often heard of it, I did not know. Altho' I cannot agree with you in supposing that I shall never again be exposed to Misfortunes as unmerited as those I have already experienced, yet to avoid the imputation of Obstinacy or ill-nature, I will gratify the curiosity of your daughter; and may the fortitude with which I have suffered the many afflictions of my past Life, prove to her a useful lesson for the support of those which may befall her in her own. |
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