Absorbed in political calculations, she walked into the bedroom – and there he was. Stretched out naked on the carefully turned-down bed with a glass of wine in his hand and his red cloak draped with minutely calculated carelessness over his loins, the quintessence of bucko insouciance.

Laura is not the bosom-heaving love fool who so often serves as the central figure in such novels. Her bodice stays precisely where a lady’s is supposed to stay for the entire 800 pages. She is a somewhat starchy Victorian lady of high principles, with a low regard for tomfoolery.

McKinley (1982) divided the meow type vocalisation into four sub-patterns based on the pitch and vowels included in the sound: the mew, a high-pitched call with [i], [ɪ] or [e] quality; the squeak, a raspy nasal high-pitched mew-like call; the moan, an [o]- or [u]- like opening-closing sound; and the meow, a combination of vowels resulting in a characteristic [iau] sequence.

For example, poems from the Hindu civilization dating back 3000 to 4000 years are the earliest recordings of the human eternal search for substances that can enhance sexual experiences lead to the much unknown, “supersex,” and/or treat erectile dysfunction (ED).

‘Sweetcheeks’, ‘snookums’ and ‘muffin’ were also a definite no no, but terms such as ‘gorgeous’, ‘beautiful’ and ‘lovely’ were considered acceptable.

Alphonsus returned to his little cell at Nocera in July, 1775, to prepare, as he thought, for a speedy and happy death. Twelve years, however, still separated him from his reward, years for the most part not of peace but of greater afflictions than any which had yet befallen him.

But recently she began to sense a different, better sort of sexual change in the air: she noticed that Donald Rumsfeld had become a sex symbol. She observed that he was called a “virtual rock star” on CNN, a “babe magnet” on Fox, and “Rumstud” by the president. He appeared in the December 2, 2002, issue of People, having been selected as one of the world’s sexiest men.

But before I even had a chance to discuss possible contributions, he announced that he had been a great admirer of mine ever since reading in an interview that I had insisted as a condition of getting married that my wife-to-be provide me with a study furnished and decorated all in brown.  “I appreciate the sentiment,” I said, “but we’ve had a baby since then and we couldn’t spare the room, so I don’t have that study anymore.”  To which he replied in a tone of high indignation befitting the great deceit by which he had been victimized: “You don’t?  Well, to hell with you then!”

Advanced practioners can even re-direct bioenergy from their partners to help individuals maintain rock-hard erections for longer.

Sex is like a sport. The strongest and fastest player isn’t always the one who comes out on top.