Word: cobras
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...COBRA-A very fine young man, like Adam, is vigorously deceived by a distant daughter of Eve. No child's play...
...COBRA−The fireworks of sex touched off somewhat luridly but albeit effectively...
...COBRA-A thumping play causing the staring eye and the flushed brow, stirring up considerable expert excitement over the discovery that Eve is still the temptress...
...heroine is described as possessing the "composure of a cobra and the face of six or seven madonnas." This generosity in the matter of faces seems somewhat needless, for she could wreak enough havoc with one. Her actions are at times reminiscent of Cytherea. Thus: "Tony [a youth] drew Angela to him, murmuring huskily. Her eyes were rich with invitation and desire. She resisted him, not only with her white arms, but with all her will, crying softly: 'Don't, Tony! Oh don't, dear boy!' But she was a gardenia, soft and lush and pale...
...composure of a cobra and the face of six or seven madonnas...