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37: 120:, Part One, however the "Lothario" there is most unwilling to seduce his friend's wife and only does so upon the urging of the former, who recklessly wants to test her fidelity. Lothario is also the name of a rakish ex-priest featured in the 1728 poem "Sarah the Quaker to Lothario", whose perfidy drives his lover, Sarah, to suicide. 36: 52: 41: 256: 76:
who seduces and betrays Calista; and his success is the source for the proverbial nature of the name in the subsequent English culture.
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The British Essayists in Forty-Five Volumes. Vol. XXIX. London: 1823. Includes a reprint of the No. 202 issue of
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used "haughty, gallant, gay Lothario" as the model for the self-indulgent Robert Lovelace in his novel
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is an Italian name used as shorthand for an unscrupulous seducer of women, based upon a character in
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Sarah, the Quaker, to Lothario: Lately Deceased, on Meeting Him in the Shades
94:. The name Lothario was previously used for a somewhat similar character in 91: 145: 116: 249: 73: 186: 176: 162:
Because of the allusive use the name sometimes is not capitalised.
135: 139:(1748), and Calista suggested the character of Clarissa Harlowe. 159:(1857) wrote of "the elegant fluency of a practised Lothario". 27: 40:
Camilla threatens Lothario with a dagger. Illustration by
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It was first mentioned in the modern sense in 1756 in
282: 244: 242: 102:. A character with the same name also appears in 341: 239: 143:used the name allusively in his 1849 novel 223:Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 204: 202: 35: 342: 199: 269: 267: 300:Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Works, Vol. 3. 273:Lothario. Oxford English Dictionary 13: 311:R. Gilmour ed., Anthony Trollope, 264: 14: 381: 283:Beckingham (Charles), Mr (1728). 72:. In Rowe's play, Lothario is a 305: 293: 276: 226: 214: 1: 350:Male characters in literature 211:Dictionary by Merriam-Webster 80:itself was an adaptation of 7: 165: 10: 386: 355:Male characters in theatre 322: 25: 18: 104:The Ill-Advised Curiosity 365:Pejorative terms for men 192: 19:For the given name, see 257:Encyclopædia Britannica 315:(2003), p. 286 and 520 251:"Rowe, Nicholas"  56: 337:, November 11, 1756. 234:The Sexual Revolution 39: 16:Male seducer of women 141:Edward Bulwer-Lytton 108:story within a story 68:, a 1703 tragedy by 360:Characters in plays 112:Miguel de Cervantes 86:(1632), a play by 57: 313:Barchester Towers 156:Barchester Towers 131:Samuel Richardson 96:The Cruel Brother 78:The Fair Penitent 65:The Fair Penitent 377: 316: 309: 303: 297: 291: 290: 280: 274: 271: 262: 261: 253: 246: 237: 230: 224: 218: 212: 206: 172:Giacomo Casanova 151:Anthony Trollope 100:William Davenant 88:Philip Massinger 50: 385: 384: 380: 379: 378: 376: 375: 374: 340: 339: 325: 320: 319: 310: 306: 298: 294: 281: 277: 272: 265: 248: 247: 240: 232:F. Dabhoiwala, 231: 227: 219: 215: 207: 200: 195: 168: 83:The Fatal Dowry 53:Francisco FustĂ© 51:, engraving by 44: 34: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 383: 373: 372: 367: 362: 357: 352: 331:, No. 157-209. 324: 321: 318: 317: 304: 292: 275: 263: 238: 236:(2012), p. 162 225: 213: 197: 196: 194: 191: 190: 189: 184: 182:Lotario (name) 179: 174: 167: 164: 114:' 1605 novel, 42:Apeles Mestres 21:Lotario (name) 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 382: 371: 368: 366: 363: 361: 358: 356: 353: 351: 348: 347: 345: 338: 336: 332: 330: 314: 308: 301: 296: 288: 287: 279: 270: 268: 259: 258: 252: 245: 243: 235: 229: 222: 217: 210: 205: 203: 198: 188: 185: 183: 180: 178: 175: 173: 170: 169: 163: 160: 158: 157: 152: 148: 147: 142: 138: 137: 132: 128: 127: 121: 119: 118: 113: 109: 105: 101: 97: 93: 89: 85: 84: 79: 75: 71: 70:Nicholas Rowe 67: 66: 61: 54: 48: 43: 38: 33: 29: 22: 334: 328: 326: 312: 307: 302:Google Books 295: 285: 278: 255: 233: 228: 216: 161: 154: 144: 134: 124: 122: 115: 103: 95: 92:Nathan Field 81: 77: 63: 59: 58: 289:. A. Moore. 146:The Caxtons 117:Don Quixote 45: [ 344:Categories 98:(1630) by 26:See also: 370:Seduction 335:The World 329:The World 126:The World 74:libertine 221:Lothario 209:Lothario 187:Rakehell 177:Don Juan 166:See also 136:Clarissa 60:Lothario 323:Sources 32:Lothair 28:Lothar 193:Notes 49:] 106:, a 90:and 30:and 153:in 110:in 346:: 266:^ 254:. 241:^ 201:^ 47:ca 55:. 23:.

Index

Lotario (name)
Lothar
Lothair
A man raises a hand to stop a woman with a long dagger.
Apeles Mestres
ca
Francisco Fusté
The Fair Penitent
Nicholas Rowe
libertine
The Fatal Dowry
Philip Massinger
Nathan Field
William Davenant
story within a story
Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quixote
The World
Samuel Richardson
Clarissa
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The Caxtons
Anthony Trollope
Barchester Towers
Giacomo Casanova
Don Juan
Lotario (name)
Rakehell

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