dots-menu
×

Home  »  Familiar Quotations  »  7334 James Russell Lowell 1819-1891 John Bartlett

John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

7334 James Russell Lowell 1819-1891 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:7334
AUTHOR:James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)
QUOTATION:To say why gals acts so or so,
  Or don’t, ’ould be persumin’;
Mebby to mean yes an’ say no
  Comes nateral to women. 1 
ATTRIBUTION:Biglow Papers. Second Series. The Courtin’.
 
Note 1.
Mrs. Browning: The Lady’s “Yes”:
‘Yes,’ I answered you last night
  ‘No,’ this morning, sir, I say:
Color seen by candle-light
  Will not look the same by day…. [back]