Mistriss

Whether it is the free sex - equal love on Heinlien's Moon (is a Harsh Mistriss), or the irresistible love/lust semi-rapes of Ayn Rand's characters, the secularists have a problem with sexual = personal commitment.

The Cause of Corruption, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

But this is not the only wedding we are to have — Mistriss is resolved to have the same frolick, in the naam of God! Last

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker 2004

These did not a little admire, that she, being now the eldest Maid, earned such small wages, and that her Mistriss did not raise it; because she deserved at the least fifteen shillings a year more, and a better New years gift, and

The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple A. Marsh

Gossips, brag that they can bend their Mistriss to their Bow; and if their Mistriss bids them do any thing, they do it when it pleases them, or at their own oportunity; for their Mistriss is troubled with the simples, a Sugar-sop, &c.

The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple A. Marsh

When I hired my self, my Mistriss told me I should go on

The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple A. Marsh

Besides all this, both Maids and Men, and all what's in the house, must be at their commands; nay be readier and nimbler to serve them then their Master and Mistriss.

The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple A. Marsh

To be sure, you'l alwaies find, that every one of them, by length of time, are capable of setting up a School, and to act the part of a Mistriss.

The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple A. Marsh

Goody Busie-body is presently ready, because she sees here is a means to earn double wages, the Maid must be provided with another service, and the Mistriss with another Maid; so she begins, like a Broker, to turn and wind it about every way to rid her self of the one, and then to recommend another in the place.

The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple A. Marsh

_ Sir, my Mistriss presents her humble Service to you, and has sent you this Letter; pray Heaven it be to your liking Sir.

The City Bride (1696) Or The Merry Cuckold Joseph Harris

And if the Mistriss be so mild that she condescends and passes by this some times; they are immediately, in their own conceits, as wise again as their Mistriss; and dare, when they come among their tailing

The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple A. Marsh