Quote#Wisdom
...their eyes sparkled like diminds, their cheeks was like roses, and…
Quote byCharles Farrar Browne · 1834–1867
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Artemus Ward, His Book (1862), The Shakers..
English (original)
...their eyes sparkled like diminds, their cheeks was like roses, and they was charmin enuff to make a man throw stuns at his granmother, if they axed him to.
— Charles Farrar Browne
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