"Jilt" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... sternly, "this is your latest act of rebellion, is it? You are going to welsh on your word? You are going to jilt ...
— The Lion and The Mouse - A Story Of American Life • Charles Klein
... coquettes: Iris, for scandal most notorious, Cries, "Lord, the world is so censorious!" And Rufa, with her combs of lead, Whispers that Sappho's hair is red: Aura, whose tongue you hear a mile hence, Talks half a day in praise of silence; And Sylvia, full of inward guilt, Calls Amoret an arrant jilt. Now voices over voices rise, While each to be the loudest vies: They contradict, affirm, dispute, No single tongue one moment mute; All mad to speak, and none to hearken, They set the very lap-dog barking; Their chattering makes a louder din Than fishwives o'er ...
— The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume I (of 2) • Jonathan Swift |
