The literature of kissing

About this eBook

Author

Bombaugh, Charles C. (Charles Carroll), 1828-1906

Title

The literature of kissing : gleaned from history, poetry, fiction, and anecdote

Original Publication

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1876.

Credits

Tim Lindell, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Kissing

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 71456

Release Date

August 20, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE Literature of Kissing , GLEANED FROM HISTORY, POETRY, FICTION, AND ANECDOTE.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.THE KISS IN HISTORY. — THE KISS IMPRIMIS. — SIGNIFICANCE AMONG THE HEBREWS. — DIVERSITIES IN THE BIBLE. — SALUTATION. — VALEDICTION. — RECONCILIATION. — SUBJECTION. — APPROBATION. — ADORATION. — TREACHERY. — AFFECTION. — SYMBOLICAL EXPRESSION AMONG THE GREEKS AND ROMANS. — ANCIENT HISTORY AND POETRY COMMINGLED. — TRACES IN ENGLISH HISTORY. — MEMORABLE KISSES. — MY FIRST KISS. — THE GUERDON. — FREAKS AND PHASES OF LOCAL CUSTOM. — THE KISS OF PEACE. — ROYAL FEET-WASHING AND KISSING. — THE CUSTOM OF KISSING HANDS. — UNDER THE MISTLETOE. — SCANDINAVIAN TRADITION. — THE MISTLETOE. — THE MISTLETOE IN AMERICA. — THE BLARNEY STONE. — THE BLARNEY STONE. — KISSING THE POPE’S TOE. — A KISS FOR A VOTE. — FRENCH CHEAPENING AND DEGENERACY. — KISSING DANCES. — KISSING HANDS IN AUSTRIA. — TEMPLAR INTERDICTION. — POMPEIAN TOKENS. — ARABIAN SALUTATION. — THE OLD ROMAN CODE. — WEDDING-CEREMONY IN TURKEY. — KISSING IN CHINA. — NEW YEAR’S DAY IN NEW AMSTERDAM. — KISS-ME-QUICK. — HUSKING-FROLICS. — TAKING TOLL AT THE BRIDGE. — A BRAVE ICELAND GIRL. — PARAGUAYAN COMPULSION. — A NEW YORK DRUMMER’S PREDICAMENT. — A DANGEROUS GAME. — A QUESTION OF TASTE. — THE LATTER-DAY KISS OF PEACE. — NATIONAL DIFFERENCES. — DETECTIVE UTILITY.
5. 5.THE KISS IN POETRY. — SONNET UPON A STOLEN KISS. — THE KISS—A DIALOGUE. — THE SIRENS’ SONG. — THE KISS. — TO CHARIS. — THE PARTING KISS. — YIELDING TO TEMPTATION. — INES SENT A KISS TO ME. — THE WANDERING KNIGHT’S SONG. — THE COCK AND THE FOX. — ANACREONTIC. — THE LANDLADY’S DAUGHTER. — BLOOMING NELLY. — BONNIE PEGGY ALISON. — DINNA KISS AFORE FOLK. — DON JUAN AND HAIDEE. — THE FIRST KISS OF LOVE. — TEACHER AND PUPIL. — THINE AT LAST. — JULIA’S KISS. — TO A LADY ON HER TRANSLATION OF VOITURE’S “KISS.” — THE KISS. — TO A CHILD EMBRACING HIS MOTHER. — KISSES. — GIVE ME KISSES. — TO MY LOVE. — A DINNER AND A KISS. — A HINT. — THROWING KISSES. — KISSES TO-DAY. — CONSECRATION.—A LOVER’S MOOD. — “UNDER THE ROSE.” — PLATONIC KISSES. — HOW IT HAPPENED. — IN AMBUSH. — A LONG-BRANCH EPISODE. — THREE KISSES. — TOO OLD FOR KISSES. — WEDDING SONG. — THE KISS AT THE DOOR. — A KISS. — FIVE TWICES. — NURSERY RHYMES. — RHAPSODIES. — EXCERPTS FROM THE POETS. — EXTRACTS FROM THE OLD BALLADS. — MARRIAGE OF GILBERT BECKET. — BIRTH OF ROBIN HOOD. — DOWSABELL. — GILDEROY. — PATIENT COUNTESS. — FRIAR OF ORDERS GRAY. — GENTLE HERDSMAN. — FAIR ROSAMOND. — LUNATIC LOVER. — CHILD WATERS. — PHILLIDA AND CORYDON. — FAIR MARGARET AND SWEET WILLIAM. — SWEET WILLIAM’S GHOST. — LADY’S FALL. — WALY WALY, LOVE BE BONNY. — BRIDE’S BURIAL. — CHILDREN IN THE WOOD. — LUCY AND COLIN. — MARRIAGE OF SIR GAWAINE. — GUY AND AMARANT. — THE HUMORS OF VERSE. — ON MY REFUSING ANGELINA A KISS UNDER THE MISTLETOE. — MOCK HEROICS. — KING KEDER. — THE PUBLICAN’S DAUGHTER. — ROBIN GOODFELLOW. — NOSES. — “BEWARE OF PAINT.” — THE SHADOWS. — THE SMACK IN SCHOOL. — THE BALLAD OF THE OYSTERMAN. — ANCIENT SPANISH LYRIC. — THE BROKEN PITCHER. — THE “BASIA” OF JOHANNES SECUNDUS. — KISS I. — KISS II. — KISS III. — KISS IV. — KISS V. — KISS VI. — KISS VII. — KISS VIII. — KISS IX. — KISS X. — KISS XI. — KISS XII. — KISS XIII. — KISS XIV. — KISS XV. — KISS XVI.
6. 6.THE KISS IN DRAMATIC LITERATURE. — SELECTIONS FROM SHAKSPEARE. — BEN JONSON. — BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER. — LILLY. — MARLOWE. — MARSTON. — MASSINGER. — FORD. — HEYWOOD. — SHIRLEY. — DRYDEN. — OTWAY. — LANSDOWNE. — GOLDSMITH. — KNOWLES. — SCHILLER. — GOETHE. — ALFIERI. — LONGFELLOW. — BULWER-LYTTON. — TALFOURD. — MISS MITFORD. — PROCTER. — MRS. BROWNING. — TENNYSON.
7. 7.THE KISS IN FICTION. — EIGHTEENTH- AND NINETEENTH-CENTURY NOVELS.
8. 8.THE KISS IN HUMOROUS STORY AND ANECDOTE. — FATHER TOM AND THE POPE. — THE STUDENT OF UPSALA. — TUNNEL STORIES. — AN AMOROUS WESTERN YOUTH. — LOVE IN A STREET-CAR. — TAKING TOLL. — SUDDEN ATTACHMENT. — EARLY DISCRIMINATION. — THE BAFFLED COURTIER. — A THANKFUL SPIRIT. — A CLERGYMAN’S JOKE. — “LET ME KISS HIM FOR HIS MOTHER.” [28] — THE AWAKENING. — JEAN PAUL’S SCHOOL-BOY EXPERIENCE. — THE FIRST KISS. — KISSING THE FEET. — ALL-EMBRACING INCLUSION. — A KISS IN THE DARK. — A BUDGET OF FACETIÆ. — PRENTICEANA.
9. 9.MISCELLANEOUS ASPECTS AND RELATIONS. — QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS. — THE PHILOSOPHY OF KISSING. — THE SCIENCE OF KISSING. — THE COMPOSITION OF A KISS. — THE SOUND OF A KISS. — THE DANGEROUS SIDE. — THE LEGAL VIEW. — THE MEDICAL VIEW. — THE TREACHEROUS SIDE. — MADAME DE STAEL’S HYPOCRISY. — A JUDAS KISS. — A WIFE’S INFIDELITY. — ALGERINE REVENGE. — ALL FOR SHOW. — THE KISS FULIGINOUS. — FABULLA. — WOMAN. — THE DESCENT FROM THE TREE. — THE FALSE LADY. — THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST EDWARD II. — PERJURY. — LADY BOTHWELL’S LAMENT. — THE GAY DECEIVER. — THE LURES OF THE ENCHANTRESS. — CUPID’S WILES. — ARTIFICE. — THE SORROWFUL SIDE. — MARGARET. — THE WELCOME HOME. — AFTER THE BALL. — AFTER THE WEDDING. — THE BALLAD OF CHEVY-CHASE. — THE OLD LOVE. — EARL MARCH’S DAUGHTER. — THE KING OF FRANCE’S DAUGHTER. — DYING INJUNCTION. — FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH. — THE LAST OBSERVANCE. — THE EXILES. — “ORATE HIC PRO ME.” — JEPHTHAH’S DAUGHTER. — THE MAY QUEEN. — ENOCH ARDEN. — ŒNONE. — QUARREL AND RECONCILIATION. — EVANGELINE. — OVER THE STARRY WAY. — DEATH OF AN INFANT. — ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND’S CHILD. — HIGHLAND MARY. — CONSUMPTION. — BARBARA. — “I WANT TO FIND MY PAPA.” — THE PENALTY OF HARSHNESS. — VIRGINIA. — THE KISS IN EPIGRAM. — CASUISTRY. — THE DIFFERENCE. — MODESTY. — FOOLISH ROBIN. — THE PRINTER’S KISSES. — TULIPS AND ROSES. — SEALING AN OATH. — MOUSTACHES. — THE ANCIENT MAIDEN’S LAMENT. — THE STAKES. — DECLINING A KISS. — EARLIEST RECOLLECTIONS. — THE DISAPPOINTMENT. — NON-COMPUTATION. — BIANCA’S DREAM. — THE HONEY-MOON. — NO DOUBT OF IT. — A REBUS. — THE DIFFERENCE. — STOLEN KISSES. — THE REASON WHY. — THE INVENTOR OF KISSING. — FORGIVENESS. — THE RIGHTS OF MEN. — TO A PAINTED LADY IN THE OLDEN TIME. — THE SOURCE ALIKE OF LIFE AND DEATH. — ON A LADY STUNG BY A BEE. — THE KISS IN METAPHOR. — MORNING SONG. — SUNRISE ON THE HILLS. — SPRING. — SPRING FLOWERS — THE VIOLETS. — SPRING SONG. — AUTUMN. — THE EVENING WIND. — THE CRIMSON SUNSET. — THE MOON-BEAM. — THE LIGHT FROM THE TOMB. — TIME AND TIDE. — THE LIGHT-HOUSE. — THE GROWING CORN. — FROM THE PSALMS OF DAVID. — PARAPHRASE. — TO CELIA. — FROM ANACREON. — LOVE’S PHILOSOPHY. — FROM PLATO. — FROM “THE LOVER’S CREED.” — NATURE’S MINISTRATIONS. — “GENTLEST OF MY FRIENDS.” — THE RELEASED CAPTIVE. — FROM “PHILASTER.” — FROM “THE TRAITOR.” — FROM “THE DYING SOLDIER.” — MARY IN HEAVEN. — QUEEN GUINEVERE. — THE PARTING. — THE POET’S FOOD. — SLEEP. — THE KISS IN ENIGMA. — PROVERBS AND PROVERBIAL PHRASES. — GEMS OF THOUGHT.
10. 10.FOOTNOTES
11. 11.INDEX.

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