“ Fathers should never kiss their daughters when young men are by. ”
Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge (1841). copy citation
| Author | Charles Dickens |
|---|---|
| Source | Barnaby Rudge |
| Topic | father kissing |
| Date | 1841 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/917/917-h/917-h.htm |
Context
“But, better far than fair home-brewed, or Yorkshire cake, or ham, or beef, or anything to eat or drink that earth or air or water can supply, there sat, presiding over all, the locksmith’s rosy daughter, before whose dark eyes even beef grew insignificant, and malt became as nothing.
Fathers should never kiss their daughters when young men are by. It’s too much. There are bounds to human endurance. So thought Sim Tappertit when Gabriel drew those rosy lips to his—those lips within Sim’s reach from day to day, and yet so far off. He had a respect for his master, but he wished the Yorkshire cake might choke him.”
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