“And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things.”
Bible
“A son whom a damsel secretly bears in the house of her father, one shall name the son of an unmarried damsel and declare such offspring of an unmarried girl ,to belong to him who weds her ,afterwards .”
Guru Nanak
“What innocence, may I ask, is being played here when it is known that this virtuous damsel has already got a dozen illegitimate children?”
Nikita Khrushchev
“Fairy damsels met in forest wide / By knights of Logres, or of Lyones, / Lancelot or Pelleas, or Pellenore.”
John Milton
“The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; amongst them were the damsels playing with tumbrels.”
“I just don't want to be the damsel in distress. I'll scream on the balcony, but you've got to let me do a little action here.”
Kirsten Dunst
“And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.”