Similarly Postumia, who though innocent according to Livy was tried for unchastity with suspicions being aroused through her immodest attire and less than maidenly manner.
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The only achievement to be attained by a female servant was the difficult accomplishment of preserving her maidenly virtue while under the control of her employers.
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She was described as a woman who " revelled in the realm of beauty, and crystallized her enthusiasm in graceful, sweet, maidenly verses.
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Her " Fountain of Youth " figure, showing " the sweet tenderness, a maidenly lovliness " won a silver medal at the Expo.
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She might be viewed as having broken the code of maidenly modesty of the period by imprudently offering up her affections without having had a firm assurance of future marriage.
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Just 15, she was adorable, with doll features, a bold, maidenly air and what one critic called " her honey amber hair of remarkable texture ."
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Republicans this year have professed maidenly outrage at AFL-CIO TV spots that " inform " voters GOP candidates are out to off the elderly and smother children in their beds.
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In other paintings she holds or wears a red rose, symbol of the Tudor Dynasty's descent from the House of Lancaster, or white roses, symbols of the House of York and of maidenly chastity.
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Florine Stettheimer's witty, deliriously beautiful canvases, which chronicled a weird maidenly life spent with her adored mother and sisters on New York's between-the-wars cultural front, were saved for posterity.
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Of course, that's absurd, but I guess it's because of long years of training and the ideas that are instilled into girls'minds _ a maidenly austerity, which is hard to overcome ."
