platonics

"Indeed, the very word platonics," pursued she, "is considered, by those who have seen any thing of life, as the mere watchword of knaves or dupes; of those who deceive, or of those who wish to be deceived."

Tales and Novels — Volume 05 Maria Edgeworth 1808

Baroness's platonics, with the little flashes of earthly fire in amongst them here and there, had always seemed to him to indicate a nature throbbing with fervour which was held in restraint only by a delicacy of equal charm and beauty, and a lofty moral sense.

Despair's Last Journey David Christie Murray

Hartley was built for platonics; Fate gave him the necessary touch of the commonplace that dispels romance and replaces it with a kind of deadly domesticity; and yet Hartley was unaware of the fact.

The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery Marjorie Douie

His platonics were just a glorifying of his disability.

The Romantic May Sinclair 1904

Foolish rather than vicious, she drifts into a relationship which could have had only one conclusion, if her lover, tiring of platonics, had not prematurely pressed his demands.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, November 24, 1920 Various 1898

Your vulgar London lover cannot understand platonics -- the affection which is satisfied with a smile or a madrigal.

London Pride Or When the World Was Younger 1875

All that little language of toyshop platonics had become a natural form of speech with these two, bred and educated in the Marais, while it was still the select and aristocratic quarter of Paris.

London Pride Or When the World Was Younger 1875

There were no moonlit platonics about Barty's robust love, but all the chivalry and tenderness and romance of a knight-errant underlay its vigorous complexity.

The Martian George Du Maurier 1865

She sometimes tried to persuade herself that De Burgh had given up his original pretentions and would be satisfied with platonics.

A Crooked Path A Novel Mrs. Alexander 1863

Joint honours courses are offered with subjects such as astronomy, space science or platonics.

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