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In the first place, said he, she must be small; for you are small yourself; and if you marry a tall woman and wish to kiss her when she is standing up straight, you will have to jump for it, like a puppy.
You are quite right in that provision for me, said he; and I should never get my kiss, for I am no jumper at all.
In the first place, said he, she must be small; for you are small yourself; and if you marry a tall woman and wish to kiss her when she is standing up straight, you will have to jump for it, like a puppy.
You are quite right in that provision for me, said he; and I should never get my kiss, for I am no jumper at all.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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