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Quips and Quiddities

William Davenport Adams

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. . .There's nothing so becoming to the face.

Lord Byron, Don Juan.


ALKED Corry over to Bowood. In looking at the cascade, he mentioned what Plunket said, when some one, praising his waterfall, exclaimed, "Why, it's quite a cataract." "Oh, that's all my eye," said Plunket.

Thomas Moore, Diary.


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HESE panting damsels, dancing for their lives,
Are only maidens waltzing into wives.

Alfred Austin, The Season.


NOTHER friend assured me it was policy to "feed a cold and starve a fever." I had both. So I thought it best to feed myself up for the cold, and then keep dark and let the fever starve awhile. In a case of this kind, I seldom do things by halves. I ate pretty heartily. I conferred my custom upon a stranger who had just opened his restaurant that morning. He waited near me i. . . Read More