Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters.

-Bible (NewTestament)
Revelation17:1.

The whore and gambler, by the state Licensed build that nation's fate. The harlot's cry from street to street Shall weave old England's winding sheet.

-Blake,William
c.1803  Auguries of Innocence, l.113^6

Thou'rt one of those That thinks each woman thy fond flexible whore.

-Dekker,Thomas
The Roaring Girl (with Thomas Middleton), act 3, sc.1.

Of one so young, so rich in nature's store, Who could not say,'tis pity she's a whore?

-Ford,John
  ' Tis Pity She's a Whore, act 5, sc.6.

Pray, good people, be civil; I am the Protestant whore.

-Gwyn, Nell
   Attributed, when angry crowds pressed round her carriage in the belief that she was Charles II's unpopular Catholic mistress Louise de Ke¤  rouaille.

Et si uxoris nomen sanctius ac validius videtur, dulcius mihi semper exstitit amic× vocabulum; aut si non indigneris, concubin× vel scorti. Ifthename of wifeseemsmore blessed or more binding, always sweeter to me will be the word lover, or if I may, concubine or whore.

-He¤  lo|«  se
c.1135  First letter to Peter  Abelard.

They teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master.

-Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson
  Of LordChesterfield's letters. Quotedin JamesBoswell The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), vol.1.

Our tastesgreatly alter. The lad does not care for the child'srattle, and theoldmandoesnotcarefor theyoung man's whore.

-Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson
  Quoted in  James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), vol.2.

A whore may be naked, but a mistress is nude.We are talking class.

-Kilpatrick,JamesJ
  Fine Print: Reflections on the Writing  Art.

Give but an Englishman his whore and ease, Beef and a sea-coal fire, he's yours forever.

-Otway,Thomas
  Venice Preserved, or a Plot Discovered, act 2, sc.3.

Upon my honour, I saw a Madonna Standing in a niche Above the door of the private whore Of the world's worst son of a bitch.

-Parker, Dorothy ne¤  e Rothschild
Jotted into the visitor's book ofWilliam Randolph Hearst's house at San Simeon after she had seen a Della Robbia Madonna over the entrance to Marion Davies's bedroom. Quoted in R Hughes Culture of Complaint (1994).

Restless, he rolls about from whore to whore, A merry Monarch, scandalous and poor.

-Rochester,JohnWilmot, 2nd Earl of
  Of Charles II.'I' th' Isle of Britain', l.14^15.The poem resulted in a brief period of exile for Rochester.

Son of a whore,God damn you! can you tell A Peerless Peer the readiest way to Hell?

-Rochester,JohnWilmot, 2nd Earl of
c.1676  'To the Post-Boy', l.1^2 (published1926).The postboy's answer is'The readiest way, my lord, is by Rochester'.

Fortune's a right whore: If she give aught, she deals it in small parcels, That she may take awayall at one swoop. 894

-Webster,John
  TheWhite Devil, act1, sc.1.