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    The Quaker loves an ample brim,
    A hat that bows to no Salaam;
    And dear the beaver is to him
    As if it never made a dam.

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"Sye," he seyd, "be the same hatte
I can knowe yf my wyfe be badde
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"Sye," he seyd, "be the same hatte
I can knowe yf my wyfe be badde
To me by eny other man;
If my floures ouver fade or falle,
Then doth my wyfe me wrong wyth alle
As many a woman can."

by Adam Of Cobsham Found in: Hatters Quotes,
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A sermon on a hat: "'The hat, my boy, the hat, whatever it may
be, is in itself nothing--makes read more

A sermon on a hat: "'The hat, my boy, the hat, whatever it may
be, is in itself nothing--makes nothing, goes for nothing; but,
be sure of it, everything is life depends upon the cock of the
hat.' For how many men--we put it to your own experience,
reader--have made their way through the thronging crowds that
beset fortune, not by the innate worth and excellence of their
hats, but simply, as Sampson Piebald has it, by 'the cock of
their hats'? The cock's all."

by Douglas Jerrold Found in: Hatters Quotes,
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So Britain's monarch once uncovered sat,
While Bradshaw bullied in a broad-brimmed hat.

So Britain's monarch once uncovered sat,
While Bradshaw bullied in a broad-brimmed hat.

by Rev. James Bramston Found in: Hatters Quotes,
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He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat; it ever changes
with the next block.

He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat; it ever changes
with the next block.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Hatters Quotes,
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A hat not much worse for wear.

A hat not much worse for wear.

by William Cowper Found in: Hatters Quotes,
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I know it is a sin
For me to sit and grin
At him here;
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I know it is a sin
For me to sit and grin
At him here;
But the old three-cornered hat
And the breeches and all that
Are so queer.

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One should not talk of hatters in the house of the hanged.

One should not talk of hatters in the house of the hanged.

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The hat is the ultimatum moriens of respectability.

The hat is the ultimatum moriens of respectability.

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I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.

I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Hatters Quotes,
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