seraglio
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But with the Prince Andrew imbroglio in the seraglio of Jeffrey Epstein, and with Harry’s run for the Hollywood Hills, it is clear that many in her family are not interested in moral authority.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2020
Mischievous mice, an exotic peacock, the Pasha's seraglio and even a curious monster from Where the Wild Things Are create a blissful return to childhood.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2012
A true Arabian Nights tale of 19th century Russia's subjugation of unruly Caucasus tribesmen, replete with high-bouncing feats of battlefield and seraglio.
From Time Magazine Archive
And spirited Yvonne keeps sneaking out of the seraglio to sigh against Ray's shoulder and warn him to be careful.
From Time Magazine Archive
Oft doth reason, enthroned in the pillowed seraglio of the brain, hang back; whereas the flesh, which must walk abroad in the streets, finds its own temerity.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
With this view he confiscated, on all sides, the property of his subjects; whilst his worthy mother stripped the seraglios she visited of the gems they contained.
From Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale by Beckford, William
One bright morning in August, 1864, after a brief rest at Salt Lake, we left Brigham's seraglios for this new El Dorado.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 by Various
Fair marks are they to the inner bay, the reckless poacher knows, What time the scarred see-catchie lead their sleek seraglios.
From The Seven Seas by Kipling, Rudyard
Moreover, what does it all matter to us so long as our integrity is maintained, our seraglios remain intact, and our coffers are filled?
From In the Track of the Troops by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
With this confusion of ideas, he entered into the city, which he could not in the least recollect: the houses, the temples, the seraglios, appeared under a new form to him.
From Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers by Valentine, L. (Laura)
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Jane Eyre
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
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