Englishwoman

Examples

• It was a surprise: they had not expected the Englishwoman would play in a _vaudeville_. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• What else is an Englishwoman good for? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• I like even an Englishwoman better than a Frenchwoman. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I am an Englishwoman. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• There is no sick Englishwoman in the hotel? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The world called the owner of these blue eyes _bonne petite femme_ (she was not an Englishwoman). Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I apply to an Englishwoman to rescue me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Is THIS worthy of a Christian Englishwoman? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Oh, what Pagan emotions to expect from a Christian Englishwoman anchored firmly on her faith! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The best and dearest Englishwoman in the world understands them. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The reserved Englishwoman took up Mr Meagles in his last remark. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• An Englishwoman, as one may see. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The Englishman believes in the Bible and Shakespeare, the Englishwoman in the Bible and Burke. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• You've kept close to that starched-up Englishwoman all day, and now you snub me. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• You unguarded Englishwomen walk calmly amidst red-hot ploughshares and escape burning. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• But don't Englishwomen dress just like everybody else in the evening? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• In the present instance, however, more embarrassment was shown than is usual even with diffident Englishwomen. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Englishwomen are either the best or the worst of their sex. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Your foreign forms of politeness are not understood by Englishwomen. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Meanwhile, she was the gayest and most admired of Englishwomen: and had a little European congress on her reception-night. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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