kisses

• When all my power of feeling fluttered into my fingers ... and when we kissed, each night, good-night (the girls kissed me because I pretended to be embarrassed, to object to it) our homework somehow done,—the thought of their kisses was a memory to lie and roll in, for hours, after going to bed. —  Tramping on Life
• One of her sons thanked her for her kisses, another bestowed upon her the greatest wish he could think of - the wish she could ride on a flying dinosaur. —  inJesus :: Online Community :: Last posted message
• Such a dainty pretty Dot, in her new blue muslin dress that almost reached to the ground, and fitted closely to her slender little figure, and a new white straw hat with a new white gossamer floating out behind waiting to be tied when the kisses were all given and taken The girl's face was like a tender blush rose; her eyes were shining with actual excitement (rare thing in placid Dot), and her hair hung down her back in a thick plait tied with blue ribbon It was the plait which caught Betty's attention Oh!" —  An Australian Lassie
• Mother will give you kisses,--kisses. —  The Lady of Fort St. John
• For he caught her swiftly to him, lifting her off her feet, and very suddenly he covered her face and neck and throat with hot, devouring kisses--kisses that electrified her--kisses that seemed to scorch and blister--yet to fill her with a pulsing rapture that was almost too great to endure She tried to hide her face from him, but she could not; to protest, but his lips stopped the words upon her own. —  The Odds And Other Stories

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