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A Winning Wave, Deserving Note, In The Tempestuous Petticoa
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A winning wave, deserving note,
In the tempestuous petticoat;
A careless shoe-string, in whose tie
I see a wild civility,--
Do more bewitch me than when art
Is too precise in every part.
-- Robert Herrick (1591-1674)
-- Delight in Disorder
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A sweet disorder in the dress Kindles in clothes a wantonness.
-- Robert Herrick (1591-1674) -- Delight in Disorde...
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave. -- Robert Herrick (1591-1674) -- Sorrows Succeed
Let me not live," saith Aretine's Antonia, "if I had not rather hear thy discourse than see a play.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect....
Cherry ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry, Full and fair ones,--come and buy!
If so be you ask me where They do grow, I answer, there, Where my Julia's lips do smile,-- There 's the land, or cherry-isle....
From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Criticism, Part i, Line 152...
If there 's delight in love, 't is when I see That heart which others bleed for, bleed for me.
-- William Congreve (1670-1729) -- The Way of the World, Act iii, Sc. 12...
I'm not a big drinker. I just put away a lotta little ones.
I mean to say I'm not a steady drinker--'cause I shake too much....
Why do you lead me a wild-goose chase? -- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) -- Don Quixote, Part i, Book iii, Chap.
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Part of the art of being a woman is knowing when not to be too much of a lady.