Famous quotes containing the words american and/or elms:
“... it was not very unusual at Washington for a lady to take the arm of a gentleman, who was neither her husband, her father, nor her brother. This remarkable relaxation of American decorum has been probably introduced by the foreign legations.”
—Frances Trollope (17801863)
“No, no; for my virginity,
When I lose that, says Rose, Ill die:
Behind the elms last night, cried Dick,
Rose, were you not extremely sick?”
—Matthew Prior (16641721)
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