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