Courtship

painting by Georges Achille-Fould

painting by Georges Achille-Fould

Notable quotes

“And whispering, "I will ne'er consent"—consented.”
— Lord Byron, Don Juan (1818-24), Canto I, Stanza 117.
“If I am not worth the wooing, I surely am not worth the winning.”
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Courtship of Miles Standish (1858), Part III, line 111.
“I was not born under a rhyming planet, nor I cannot woo in festival terms.”
— William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing (1598-99), Act V, scene 2, line 40.
“I'll woo her as the lion woos his brides.”
— John Home, Douglas, Act I, scene 1.
“They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.”
— Alexander Pope, Wife of Bath, line 103.
“It was a happy age when a man might have wooed his wench with a pair of kid leather gloves, a silver thimble, or with a tawdry lace; but now a velvet gown, a chain of pearl, or a coach with four horses will scarcely serve the turn.”
— Richard Rich, My Lady's Looking Glass.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

“And whispering, "I will ne'er consent"—consented.”
— Lord Byron, Don Juan (1818-24), Canto I, Stanza 117.
“If I am not worth the wooing, I surely am not worth the winning.”
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Courtship of Miles Standish (1858), Part III, line 111.
“I was not born under a rhyming planet, nor I cannot woo in festival terms.”
— William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing (1598-99), Act V, scene 2, line 40.
“I'll woo her as the lion woos his brides.”
— John Home, Douglas, Act I, scene 1.
“They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.”
— Alexander Pope, Wife of Bath, line 103.
“It was a happy age when a man might have wooed his wench with a pair of kid leather gloves, a silver thimble, or with a tawdry lace; but now a velvet gown, a chain of pearl, or a coach with four horses will scarcely serve the turn.”
— Richard Rich, My Lady's Looking Glass.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.