Cow Quotes. Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922

Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.

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I never saw a Purple Cow, I never hope to see one; But I can tell you, anyhow I’d rather see than be one. Gelett Burgess—The Purple Cow.	1
The Moo-cow-moo’s got a tail like a rope En it’s ravelled down where it grows, En it’s just like feeling a piece of soap All over the moo-cow’s nose. Edmund Vance Cooke—The Moo-Cow-Moo.	2
You may rezoloot till the cows come home. John Hay—Little Breeches. Banty Tim.	3
A curst cow hath short horns. Herbert—Jacula Prudentum.	4
A cow is a very good animal in the field; but we turn her out of a garden. Samuel Johnson—Boswell’s Life of Johnson. (1772).	5
The friendly cow all red and white, I love with all my heart: She gives me cream with all her might To eat with apple-tart. Stevenson—Child’s Garden of Verses. The Cow.	6
I warrant you lay abed till the cows came home. Swift—Polite Conversations. Dialog. 2.	7
Thank you, pretty cow, that made Pleasant milk to soak my bread. Anne Taylor—The Cow.	8