He even compares his state, deprived of a dramatic poet, to that of a maiden with no suitors.
They admonished drunkards, jailed adulterers, and obligated reluctant suitors to marry pregnant sweethearts.
Their exclusivity, their endogamy (forbidding suitors ' from the world '), have all the hallmarks of sectarian inwardness.
Caring only for the trees and flowers, she summarily rejects coundess suitors.
She not only rejects all of her suitors but also pokes fun at them.
We are not told if this change of heart reflects a new-found maturity on her part or is the result of her having been dropped by her other suitors.
Santaanes (work parties) usually honour a nominal superior (khilif) : sons, suitors, nephews, daughters, sisters and nieces perform santaanes, while fathers, uncles and in-laws profit from them.
Our political system is an adversarial one and nowadays there are no less than three suitors for the hand of the public.
