"A flirt is like a dipper attached to a hydrant; every one is at liberty to drink from it, but no one desires to carry it away."
"The expressive word "quiet" defines the dress, manners, bow, and even physiognomy of every true denizen of St. James and Bond street."
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Source: Nathaniel Parker Willis (1856). “The poems, sacred, passionate, and humorous, of Nathaniel Parker Willis”, p.238
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