"Concupiscent" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... when he had finished his second ballad, and sometimes even sooner, concupiscent looks appeared in their eyes. The boatman of their dreams, the water-sprite of fairy tales, vanished in the mist of their childish recollections, and the singer re-assumed his real shape, that of musician and strolling player, ...
— The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume III (of 8) • Guy de Maupassant
... paced along the portico, recollecting how close to success the scheme had come. The book had had to be read first (or re-read, rather) by Ambrose to determine just which chapter would be most apt to damn a soul with concupiscent suggestion. Gray paper with blunt type, the whole book had been easy enough to grasp for that matter—what with the words so badly spelled out. The cuckoldry tales of Boccaccio and that gay old archpriest, Juan Ruiz de Hita, what dry reading they seemed ...
— G-r-r-r...! • Roger Arcot
... audacious ambition of his concupiscent companion, the Sloven replied, "If your wish should come to the ears of the King, we shall ...
— Hawaiian Folk Tales - A Collection of Native Legends • Various |
