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Virtuousness See also Honesty, Righteousness. Amelia faithful wife of William Booth, often in debtors’ prison, saved by her purity from the men who prey upon her. [Br. Lit.: Amelia] servant who, despite threats, attempted seduction, and imprisonment by her master, remains chaste till their marriage. [Br. Lit.: Richardson Pamela] thinks only of family; rejects king’s advances. [Fr. Lit.: Andromache] epithet of Aphrodite, meaning “rejecter of sinful passion.” [Gk. Myth.: Misc.] John Bunyan’s virtuous, well-traveled hero. [Br. Lit.: Pilgrim’s Progress] gains socially admirable title of “good woman.” [Br. Lit.: Lady Windermere’s Fan, Magill I, 488–490] noblest and purest knight of the Round Table. [Br. Lit.: Le Morte d’Arthur] embodiment of virtuous self-control. [Br. Lit.: Faerie Queene] “a piece of virtue.” [Br. Lit.: Pericles] pure-minded sister of Nicholas; repulses all advances. [Br. Lit.: Nicholas Nickleby] sweet maidservant who chastely repels disgraceful advances, marries her aristocratic pursuer, and attempts to reform him. [Br. Lit.: Richardson Pamela] rejects advances of elderly men. [Apocrypha: Susanna]
the minimum number of anonymous individuals in each generation believed to have the virtues and humility to which the world owes its continued existence. [Jew. Legend: Encyclopedia Judaica,X, 1367] full of grace. [Nurs. Rhyme: Opie, 309] virtuous, long-suffering wife of Ashley. [Am. Lit.: Gone With the Wind] 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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Finally, the homosexual nature of Luke's s/m bondage does not only function in Incidents to lessen the risk of exposure for black women (protecting the frail possibility of virtuousness on their parts), but also calls attention to the illegitimacy of master-slave relations overall. There is a commercial upside to such virtuousness, in reduced running costs and low staff turnover, but it also acts as a powerful retort to lowest common denominator impulses and instincts. Many women who "are totally deaf, dumb, blind, and utterly senseless to any sexual animation," she continued, often "take a forlorn pride in assuming [this] to be the summit of chastity and the height of virtuousness. |
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