Mistresses

Examples

• They were entire mistresses of the place, and Sophy and Traddles waited on them. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He was not exactly a lady's man; that is, men asked him to dine rather at the houses of their mistresses than of their mothers. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• And she knew that the Pussum was one of his mistresses--and he knew she knew. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The written instructions informed the two maids of the clothing that was wanted, and directed them to meet their mistresses in town at a given hour. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Slaves are on a level with their masters and mistresses, and there is no difference between men and women. Plato. The Republic.
• Yet I could not live alone; so I tried the companionship of mistresses. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He had numerous wives and mistresses. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I got this box at old Dives's sale, Pincher says, handing it round, one of Louis XV's mistresses--pretty thing, is it not? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Do let me speak to your mistresses. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• May I speak to your mistresses? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• We would devote a chapter to describe the emotions of Mrs. Firkin, did not the passions of her mistresses occupy our genteeler muse. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• If as somebody says all women are either wives or mistresses, then Gudrun is a mistress. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I think she'll find one thing, if she does, and that is, that it's we mistresses that are the slaves, down here. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Editor: Peter