The Literature of Kissing
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The Literature of Kissing, gleaned from history, poetry, fiction, and anecdote, is by Charles C. Bombaugh. The preface refers to the first kisses recorded in the book of Genesis, including the kiss with which Jacob imposed upon the credulity of his blind old father. A quoted passage says Clive felt the pathetic mood coming on again, and an immense desire to hug Lady Ann in his arms and to kiss her.
The text says that grave old commentator, Lambinus, in his notes upon Lucretius, tells us, with all the authority of experience, that girls who have large lips kiss infinitely sweeter than others. The text says Catullus, in his poems (viii.), asks, "Whom will you love now? Whose will you be called? Whom will you kiss?" A speaker marked Hen. says "O Kate, nice customs curtsey to great kings."
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- Charles C. Bombaugh
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- 308
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- English
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