Herman Melville Quotes:
Ocupation: Novelist
Life: August 1, 1819 - September 28, 1891
Birthday: August 1
Death: September 28
No town-bred dandy will compare with a country-bred one- I mean a downright bumpkin dandy- a fellow that, in the dog-days of summer, will mow his two acres in buckskin gloves for fear of tanning his hands.
source: Herman Melville (1974). “Moby Dick; or, The Whale”, p.23, Lulu.com
topic: Summer, Country, Dog, Tanning, Dandy, Dog Days
