 | Maria Edgeworth - 1839 - 464 страници
...name. The description, however, has been touched by one of our poets : ' Julia's a manager ; she's bom for rule, And knows her wiser husband is a fool. For...girl of sixteen I remember her manoeuvring to gain a hus* It Is to be regretted that a word used in the days of Charles II., and still intelligible in our... | |
 | 1840 - 818 страници
...would die for the man she loved a thousand times over, cheat him ten times a day about straws ! At her own breakfast shell project a scheme, Nor take her tea without a stratagem I This failing in our sex has been admirably treated by some writers in our own country, as in Miss... | |
 | Amalie (Princess of Saxony) - 1840 - 354 страници
...who would die for the man she loved a thousand times over, cheat him ten times a day about straws! At her own breakfast she'll project a scheme, Nor take her tea without a stratagem! her charming tale of" Helen ;" in Mrs. Opie's" White Lies;" but to these and other excellent and well-intentioned... | |
 | Edward Young - 1844 - 352 страници
...dictate, or convey. But if depriv'd of such important cares, Her wisdom condescends to less affairs. For her own breakfast she'll project a scheme, Nor take her tea without a stratagem ; Presides o'er trifles with a serious face ; Important by the virtue of grimace. Ladies supreme among... | |
 | Drawing-room sibyl - 1855 - 464 страници
...her lover, And maidenly modesty fixes the chain. Burn*. 43 Julia's a manager, she's born for rule : For her own breakfast she'll project a scheme, Nor take her tea without a stratagem. Anon. 44 Gertrude is to you no unregarded name. Campbell. 45 One month, three days, and half-an-hour,... | |
 | Where - 1855 - 86 страници
...again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and Thrice he slew the slain. Alexander's Feast. DRYDEN. For her own breakfast she'll project a scheme Nor take her tea without a stratagem. Low of Fame, sat. vi. YOUNG. From morn to noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve. Paradise Lost, book... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1857 - 462 страници
...would call such a person — " I'd call her a policTier — I would say she was fond of policlzing." The description, however, has been touched by one...Mrs. Beaumont was a girl of sixteen I remember her manojuvring to gain a husband, and then manoeuvring to manage him, which she did with triumphant address."... | |
 | Edward Young - 1866 - 574 страници
...dictate, or convey. But if deprived of such important cares, Her wisdom condescends to less affairs. For her own breakfast she'll project a scheme, Nor take her tea without a stratagem ; Presides o'er trifles with a serious face ; Important by. the virtue of grimace. Ladies supreme among... | |
 | Proverbial folk-lore - 1874 - 176 страници
...Repeal of the Union ! The following epigram is an instance in point. Clara's a manager, she's born to rule, And knows her wiser husband is a fool ; For her own dinner she'll concoct a plan, Nor take her tea without a stratagem. Another of the kind will be found... | |
 | Alan Benjamin Cheales - 1875 - 188 страници
...Repeal of the Union ! The following epigram is an instance in point. Clara's a manager, she's born to rule, And knows her wiser husband is a fool ; For her own dinner she'll concoct a plan, Another of the kind will be found still more emphatic. A headstrong wife,... | |
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For her own breakfast she'll project a scheme, Nor take her tea without a stratagem, Presides o'er trifles with a serious face ; Important, by the virtue of grimace. 
