Courtship

(noun.) a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage); 'its was a brief and intense courtship'.

录入:维维恩

• Doesn't she remind you of Mrs. Scott-Siddons when she reads 'Lady Geraldine's Courtship'? 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• He was in the very first enthusiasm and delight of his second courtship of Amelia, which was inexpressibly sweet to him. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Lead her from the festive boards, Point her to the starry skies, Guard her, by your truthful words, Pure from courtship's flatteries. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• And there are many blanks left in the weeks of courtship which a loving faith fills with happy assurance. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Lydgate did not mention to the Vicar another reason he had for wishing to shorten the period of courtship. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• He never said so much to me, it is true; but he always received me very kindly at his house, and openly countenanced my courtship. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• He had no idea of a taste to be pleased, a heart to be reached in courtship. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I might have waited and watched longer that love-scene under the trees, that sylvan courtship. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Courtship, love, presents, jointures, settlements have no place in their thoughts, or terms whereby to express them in their language. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• He has had a stormy courtship for such a calm character; but you see it all ends in victory for him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The surrounding atmosphere was propitious to this scheme of courtship. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• They generally run on the same theme--courtship; and promise to end in the same catastrophe--marriage. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• We shall never give each other up; and you know that you have always objected to long courtships and late marriages. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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