"Unrobe" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... next proceeds, as he had wont before To counsel other errant cavalier. "Unrobe the lady," (said the elder hoar,) "My sons, and leave your steeds and martial geer; Nor put yourselves in peril, and with four Such matchless champions hazard the career. Clothes, arms, and coursers every where are rife; But ...
— Orlando Furioso • Lodovico Ariosto
... favor by a half-intoxicated despot to an humble inferior, it would be death to refuse. Gyges allowed himself to be placed behind a half-opened door of the king's apartment, when the king retired to it for the night. There he was to remain while the queen began to unrobe herself for retiring, with a strict injunction to withdraw at a certain time which the king designated, and with the utmost caution, so as to prevent being observed by the queen. Gyges did as he was ordered. The beautiful queen laid aside her garments and made her toilet for the night ...
— Cyrus the Great - Makers of History • Jacob Abbott
... all artists—that they ought not to be allowed to marry into a family of lawyers and magistrates, such as ours. Such doings always bring trouble. I ask you as a man, is it possible to be a good husband under such conditions—among a crowd of women continually around you who do nothing but unrobe and re-dress themselves, whether they be clients or models (pointedly), especially models? [Mme. de Ronchard rises and Lon is ...
— A Comedy of Marriage & Other Tales • Guy De Maupassant |
