Famous quotes containing the words closely, held and/or company:
“But his kiss was so sweet, and so closely he pressed,
That I languished and pined till I granted the rest.”
—John Gay (16851732)
“A husband who submits to his wifes yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A womans influence ought to be entirely concealed.”
—HonorĂ© De Balzac (17991850)
“The delicious faces of children, the beauty of school-girls, the sweet seriousness of sixteen, the lofty air of well-born, well-bred boys, the passionate histories in the looks and manners of youth and early manhood, and the varied power in all that well-known company that escort us through life,we know how these forms thrill, paralyze, provoke, inspire, and enlarge us.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)