Sunday, December 16, 2007

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
girl with a pearl earring vermeer
Gustav Klimt Kiss painting
Head of Christ
With this, she tilted some of the contents of the little bottle on to one of the little bits of flannel, and, again imparting some of the virtues of that preparation to one of the little brushes, began rubbing and scraping away with both on the crown of Steerforth's head in the busiest manner I ever witnessed, talking all the time. ¡¡¡¡'There's Charley Pyegrave, the duke's son,' she said. 'You know Charley?' peeping round into his face.
oil painting ¡¡¡¡'A little,' said Steerforth. ¡¡¡¡'What a man HE is! THERE'S a whisker! As to Charley's legs, if they were only a pair (which they ain't), they'd defy competition. Would you believe he tried to do without me - in the Life-Guards, too?' ¡¡¡¡'Mad!' said Steerforth. ¡¡¡¡'It looks like it. However, mad or sane, he tried,' returned Miss Mowcher. 'What does he do, but, lo and behold you, he goes into a perfumer's shop, and wants to buy a bottle of the Madagascar Liquid.' ¡¡¡¡'Charley does?' said Steerforth. ¡¡¡¡'Charley does. But they haven't got any of the Madagascar Liquid.'

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