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He describes a garden where "women are the flowers" and in which "the sweetest blossom" or "fairest queen" is "the perfect English rose". [2] The words are performed by a tenor in the role of Sir Walter Raleigh (1554–1618), in the presence of a May Queen , but regarding his secret love (purely within the opera) , a member of the household of ...
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Studies that use data from American interactions show that male-female compliments are significantly more frequent than female-male compliments, [10] following the general pattern that women receive the most compliments overall, whether from other women or from men. Much attention has been given to the pronounced difference in compliment topic ...
Essex girl, as a pejorative stereotype in the United Kingdom, applies to a woman viewed as promiscuous and unintelligent, characteristics jocularly attributed to women from the county of Essex. It is applied widely throughout the country and has gained popularity over time, dating from the 1980s and 1990s.
"Women of Britain Say 'Go! '" was produced in March 1915.It was printed by Hill, Siffken and Co Ltd, London, and published by the Parliamentary Recruitment Committee, [7] who produced the majority of the early recruitment posters in World War I. [8] It was one of a collection of posters commissioned by the Committee which were targeted towards women. [9]
Fancy pictures are a sub-genre of genre paintings in 18th-century English art, featuring scenes of everyday life but with an imaginative or storytelling element, usually sentimental. The usage of the term varied, and there was often an overlap with the conversation piece , a type of group portrait showing the subjects engaged in some activity.
20th-century British women politicians (7 C, 313 P) S. 20th-century British women scientists (7 C, 370 P) 20th-century British sportswomen (2 C, 120 P)
The King of Masks (1996) – A Chinese girl poses as a boy in order to get adopted by an elderly man. Liang Po Po: The Movie (1999) – Jack Neo cross-dressed as an elderly woman. Baran (2001) – An Iranian boy falls in love with a young Afghan refugee, who must dress as a boy to keep her job at a construction site.