ON KISSING.

Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1786, 23 September 1874, Page 2

ON KISSING.

A lady friend has transmitted to us the following " Opinions of the Press," upon ; the subject of the text which ; tells 'you that Jacob kissed Rachel and lifted up his voice and wept:— " If Eachel was a pretty girl, and kept her face clean, we can't see what Jacob had to cry about."—Daily Telegraph. "Weeping is not unfrequentiy produced by extreme pleasure, joy, happiness ; it might hare been so in Jacob's case." —Hardwicke's Science Gossip. * " The cause of Jacob's weeping was the refusal of Bachel to allow him to kisa her again."—Nonconformist. "It is our opinion that Jacob wept because he had not kissed Eachel before, and he wept for th» time he had lost."— The City Press. '■" The fellow wept because the girl did not kiss him."—Pall Mall Gazette. " Jacob wept because Rachel told him to ' do it twice more,' and he was, afraid to "—Methodist Recorder. *' Jacob cried because Rachel threatened to tell her mama."—Sunday Gazette. • . , ' r "He wept because there war only "no Rachel to kiss.—Clerkenwell N«wa. , ..'.'Me wept for joy because it tasted, so good," I—Jewish1—Jewish Chronicle. " Our own opinion is, that Jacob wept because* he found after all' it was not half what it was cracked up to b>V "-— New Zealand Examine-her, " A mistake—not his eyes but his mouth watered. —The Ladies Chronicle. " He thought it was a fast color, and wept to find the paint come off."—Fine Art Gazette. . ?■ "Remembered he was her uncl«, and recollected what the Prayer Boofcsays." Church Journal. , Jp - . "'He was a fool and did nn know * what was good for him." — Englishwoman's Advertiser. ■ " He knew there was a time to weeb— it had come, and he dare not put it off." -^■Methodist News." ;> "He thought she might have a big brother."—Sporting Chronicle. "Because there was no time for another."—Ladies' Treasury. „. "When he lifted up his voice ho found it heavy, and could not get it so high as he expected."—Musical Notes. • - ~ ' "He tried to impose on her feelings because, he wanted her to lend him five shillings."—Baptist Guide. " We are confident in our opinion that Jacob wept because liachael, being cros*, slapped his face.—Wilcannia Times. A truce to all! Beneath the starry vault or golden sun, is there ought in nature or in art equal to the rapture nnd intense deliciou^uess of the first kiss ? I answer varily ]% Jacob had never kissed a fair maiden before, and his first realisa tion of crowding a life's deliciousnes info these moments, overcame him' and'ho wept for joy.