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"ARRANGE IT SO THAT THE GIRL IS SEATED AGAINST THE ARM OF THE SOFA"
The dictionary says that a kiss is "a salute made by
touching with the lips pressed closely together and suddenly parting them." From
this it is quite obvious that, although a dictionary-may know something about
words, it knows nothing. about kissing.
If we are to get the real meaning of the word kiss, instead
of going to the old fogies who compile dictionaries, we should go to the poets
who still have the hot blood of youth coursing in their veins. For, instance,
Coleridge called a kiss, "nectar breathing." Shakespeare says that a kiss is -a
"seal of love. Martial, that old Roman poet who hid ample opportunity to do
research work on the subject, says that a kiss was "the fragrance of balsam
extracted- from aromatic trees; the rise odor yielded by the teeming saffron;
the perfume of fruits mellowing in their winter buds; the flowery meadows in the
summer; amber warmed by the hand of a girl; a bouquet of flowers that attracts
the bees."
Yes, a kiss is all of these ... and more.
Others have said that a kiss was: the balm of love; the
first and last of joys; love's language; the seal of bliss; love's tribute; the
melting sip; the nectar of Venus; the language of love.
Yes, a kiss is all of these . . . and more.
For a kiss can never be absolutely defined. Because each
kiss is different from the one before and the one after. just as no two people
are alike, so are no two kisses alike. For it is people who make kisses. Real,
live people pulsating with life and love and extreme happiness.
DIFFFERENT KINDS OF KISSES
Of course, there are different kinds of kisses. For
instance, there is the kiss that the devout person implants on the ring of the
Pope. There is the maternal kiss of a mother on her child. There is the friendly
kiss of two people who are meeting or are separating. There is the kiss that a
king exacts from his conquered subjects. But although all of these are called
kisses, they are not the kisses* that we are going to concern ourselves with in
this book. Our kisses are going to be the only kind of kisses worth considering
. the kisses of love. The kiss perhaps, that Robert-Bums had in mind when he
wrote:
Honeyed seal of soft affections,
Tenderest pledge of future bliss,
Dearest tie of young connections,
Love's first snowdrop, virgin kiss.
The amazing thing
about the kiss is that although mankind has been kissing ever since Adam first
turned over on his side and saw Eve lying next to him, there has been
practically nothing written on the subject. Every year, hundreds of books are
published telling you how to reduce, how to gain, how to get a job, how to cook,
how to write and even how to live. But, on the art of kissing, very little has
been written. - One reason for this lack of proper instruction is accounted for
by the
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