A pun, like champagne, loses its sparkle when too long drawn out. Its flash is its savor.
We do not claim that punning is legitimate wit. Wit consists in combination of ideas, punning in combination of words only. We wonder at the one, but… - Harriet Hosmer
We do not claim that punning is legitimate wit. Wit consists in combination of ideas, punning in combination of words only. We wonder at the one, but…
- Harriet Hosmer
[On leaving the U.S. for Italy:] I ought to be accomplishing thrice as much as now, and feel that I am soul-bound and thought-bound in this land of d… - Harriet Hosmer
[On leaving the U.S. for Italy:] I ought to be accomplishing thrice as much as now, and feel that I am soul-bound and thought-bound in this land of d…
A pun, like champagne, loses its sparkle when too long drawn out. Its flash is its savor. - Harriet Hosmer
I honor every woman who has strength enough to step out of the beaten path when she feels that her walk lies in another. - Harriet Hosmer
I honor every woman who has strength enough to step out of the beaten path when she feels that her walk lies in another.
Words are cold and formal things. - Harriet Hosmer
Words are cold and formal things.
Even if so inclined, an artist has no business to marry. For a man, it may be well enough, but for a woman, on whom matrimonial duties and cares weig… - Harriet Hosmer
Even if so inclined, an artist has no business to marry. For a man, it may be well enough, but for a woman, on whom matrimonial duties and cares weig…
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