The Lady is eventually rescued by Sabrina, the nymph of the river Severn and an embodiment of chastity. |
Those are the two extremes of human sexuality, and there are all gradations of chastity and sensuality in between. |
Girls are expected to display a number of feminine virtues, particularly modesty and chastity. |
At the base of the triangle made by her stomacher, and foregrounded by a white ribbon tied in a bow, hangs an emblem of the Queen's chastity. |
The laurel tree, which Correggio renders with great naturalism, simultaneously evokes notions of fidelity, chastity, and poetic attainment. |
But even monastic women, after taking the vows of chastity, obedience and poverty, could not he cleansed of the stigma of Eve. |