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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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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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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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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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My new straw hat that's trimly lin'd with green,
Let Peggy wear.

My new straw hat that's trimly lin'd with green,
Let Peggy wear.

by John Gay Found in: Hatters Quotes,
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The hat is the ultimatum moriens of respectability.

The hat is the ultimatum moriens of respectability.

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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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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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"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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