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On, Amos Cottle!--Phoebus! what a name!
On, Amos Cottle!--Phoebus! what a name!
Miss: A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Miss, Misses (Mrs.) read more
Miss: A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Miss, Misses (Mrs.) and Mister (Mr.) are the three most distinctly disagreeable words in the language, in sound and sense. Two are corruptions of Mistress, the other of Master. If we must have them, let us be consistent and give one to the unmarried man. I venture to suggest Mush, abbreviated to MH.
The Eskimos had 52 names for snow because it was important to them; there ought to be as many for read more
The Eskimos had 52 names for snow because it was important to them; there ought to be as many for love.
I don't like giving names to generations. It's like trying to read the song title on a record that's spinning.
I don't like giving names to generations. It's like trying to read the song title on a record that's spinning.
Who hath not own'd, with rapture-smitten frame,
The power of grace, the magic of a name.
Who hath not own'd, with rapture-smitten frame,
The power of grace, the magic of a name.
We call a fig a fig, and a skiff a skiff.
[Lat., Ficum vocamus ficum, et scapham scapham.]
We call a fig a fig, and a skiff a skiff.
[Lat., Ficum vocamus ficum, et scapham scapham.]
You should never name an animal which is not yours to keep, or which you intend to eat.
You should never name an animal which is not yours to keep, or which you intend to eat.
I cannot say the crow is white,
But needs must call a spade a spade.
I cannot say the crow is white,
But needs must call a spade a spade.
He left a Corsair's name to other times,
Linked with one virtue, and a thousand crimes.
He left a Corsair's name to other times,
Linked with one virtue, and a thousand crimes.
