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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:2274
AUTHOR:Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
QUOTATION:Her pretty feet, like snails, did creep
  A little out, and then, 1
As if they played at bo-peep,
  Did soon draw in again.
ATTRIBUTION:To Mistress Susanna Southwell.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 
Note 1.
Her feet beneath her petticoat
Like little mice stole in and out.
Sir John Suckling: Ballad upon a Wedding. [back]
 

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