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«Every baby needs a lap.»
«And in a chair well-knownMy mother sat, and did not tireWith reading all alone.If I should make the slightest soundTo show that I'm awake,She'd rise, and lap the blankets round,My pillow softly shake;Kiss me, and turn my face to seeThe shadows on the wall,And then sing Rousseau's Dream to me,Till fast asleep I fall.»
Author: William Allingham
(Man of letter, Poet)
| Keywords:
blankets, chair, fast asleep, lap, pillow, Rousseau, slightest, softly, sound asleep, The Shadows, The Wall, tire, well known
«Happiness is like a cat. If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you. It will never come. But if you pay no attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing up against your legs and jumping into your lap.»
Author: William Bennett
(Author, Politician)
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call attention, coax, coaxed, go about, jumping, lap, rubbing
«As her sons have seen her: the mother in patriarchy: controlling, erotic, castrating, heart-suffering, guilt-ridden, and guilt-provoking; a marble brow, a huge breast, an avid cave; between her legs snakes, swamp-grass, or teeth; on her lap a helpless infant or a martyred son. She exists for one purpose: to bear and nourish the son.»
Author: Adrienne Rich
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avid, brow, castrate, castrated, castrates, castrating, cave, controlling, guilt-ridden, helpless, infant, lap, martyred, nourish, patriarchy, provoking, ridden, snakes, swamp, swamps, the Son, The Swamp
«grandchildren fighting over your lap.»
«Far from the sun and summer-gale, / In thy green lap was Nature's darling laid.»
«And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.»
«And I was a physical education major with a child psychology minor at Temple, which means if you ask me a question about a child's behavior, I will advise you to tell the child to take a lap.»
Author: Bill Cosby
(Actor, Comedian, Producer)
| Keywords:
advise, ask me, child psychology, lap, minor, physical education, psychology, temple
«And ever, against eating cares, / Lap me in soft Lydian airs, / Married to immortal verse / Such as the meeting soul may pierce / In notes, with many a winding bout / Of link?d sweetness long drawn out.»
«Air is the Guru, Water is the Father, and Earth is the Great Mother of all. Day and night are the two nurses, in whose lap all the world is at play.»
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