The transcendental conception of love has found a high and passionate expression in the sonnets of Rossetti, yet all that we know of Rossetti would seem to prove that in his case it was actual rather than transcendental; and he is to be classed in the matter of love rather among its Voluptuaries and slaves than among its true and harmonious exponents.
"The Silent Isle"
Arthur Christopher Benson
To chaffer with them, to flirt with them, to praise their straw hats and tight heels, was a refreshing pastime to Voluptuaries sick of the airs of actresses and maids of honour.
"The History of England from the Accession of James II. Volume 1 (of 5)"
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Thus are the men Voluptuaries all!
"Mary Stuart A Tragedy"
Frederich Schiller