
“She looketh as butter would not melt in her mouth.”
Part I, chapter 10.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Source: Dark Needs at Night's Edge
“She looketh as butter would not melt in her mouth.”
Part I, chapter 10.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“She looks as if butter wou'dn't melt in her mouth.”
Polite Conversation (1738), Dialogue 1
“The English have only one sauce, melted butter.”
Remark to Adam Smith, as attributed in P. J. O'Rourke, On The Wealth of Nations (2007), p. 184
Attributed
“673. As demure as if Butter would not melt in his Mouth.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Source: Water for Elephants