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"Girlishness" Quotes from Famous Books

... but I should judge either that she did it more abundantly or else that she burned less. Has she never swept past you with a scornful look, disdained you in all the pride of her beauty, rippled laughter at you, or amazed you with her artless girlishness? And even after the early stages some of the trick may survive, unless I read books with malice instead of charity. I must confess, though, that I have a weakness for finding mine author among his puppets. I conceive him always taking the best parts, like an ...

— Certain Personal Matters • H. G. Wells

... books of the war. Its very freedom and girlishness of expression, its very simplicity and open-heartedness, prove the truth of its ...

— The Record of a Quaker Conscience, Cyrus Pringle's Diary - With an Introduction by Rufus M. Jones • Cyrus Pringle

... was probably her senior by double the number, the artificial means employed to heighten the natural good appearance of her face being very cleverly applied. Her form was full and round, its voluptuous maturity standing out in strong contrast to the memory of Cytherea's lissom girlishness. ...

— Desperate Remedies • Thomas Hardy

Words linked to "Girlishness" : girlish, femininity, muliebrity