 Give me, next good, an understanding wife, By Nature wise, not learned by much art; Some knowledge on her side will all my life More scope of conversation impart; Besides, her inborne virtue fortifie; They are most firmly good, who best know why.  The Retrospective Review - Страница 951820Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 страници
...able to bring the sloe to perfection ? " '* Give me, next good, an understanding wife, By nature vise, not learned by much art ; Some knowledge on her side...life More scope of conversation impart ; Besides, her inborne virtue fortifie ; They are most firmly good, who best know why." * We drank tea with Mrs. Williams.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 766 страници
...precepts, has little grace, fancy, or ornament. Two verses will suffice to give an idea of his manner :— Give me, next good, an understanding wife, By nature...wise, not learned by much art ; Some knowledge on her part will, all her life More scope of conversation impart, Besides her inborn virtue fortify ; They... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 страници
...precepts, has little grace, fancy, or ornament. Tvo verses will suffice to give an idea of his manner !— Give me, next good, an understanding wife, By nature...wise, not learned by much art; Some knowledge on her part will, all her life More scope of conversation impart, Besides her inborn virtue fortify; They... | |
 | 1865 - 380 страници
...o 't, The warstle and the care o 't, Wi' her I'll blithely bear it, And think my lot divine. Burns. Give me, next good, an understanding wife, By nature...fortify. They are most firmly good, that best know why. As good and wise ; so be she fit for me ; That is, to will, and not to will, the same. My wife is my... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1865 - 398 страници
...o 't, The warstle and the care o 't, Wi' her I'll blithely bear it, And think my lot divine. Burns. Give me, next good, an understanding wife, By nature...fortify. They are most firmly good, that best know why. As good and wise ; so be she fit for me ; That is, to will, and not to will, the same. My wife is my... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 страници
...grace, fancy, or ornament. T\ "O verses will suffice to give an idea of his manner : — Give ine, next good, an understanding wife, By nature wise, not learned by much art j Some knowledge on her part will, all her life More scope of conversation impart, Besides her inborn... | |
 | 134 страници
...character in the estimation of others; while they afford peace and satisfaction to her own mind." " GrvE me, next good, an understanding wife, By nature wise,...learned by much art : Some knowledge on her side"— Sir Thomas Overtoury. 6th 1 Month,! TTTKIT 366. ,1 JUJMJll ,30 days. L WHILE YOU MAY. THE MOON'S CHANGES.... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 страници
...broken-hearted, But wed again. Chas. SJaclcay, Safe Prtdietiom. WIFE, WTV1BS — see Love, Marriage. Give me, next good, an understanding wife, By nature...knowledge on her side will all my life More scope for conversation then impart, Besides her inborn virtue fortify ; They are most good who best know... | |
 | Elizabeth A. Thurston - 1866 - 320 страници
...compassionate or blind; And will with sympathy endure Those evils it would gladly cure. William Cowper. C\ IVE me next good, an understanding wife, By nature wise, not learned by much art, Some knowledge on her part, will, all her life, More scope of conversation impart; Besides her inborn virtue fortify, They... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1872 - 786 страници
...understanding wife, By nature wise, not learned by much art ; Some knowledge on her part will, all her life More scope of conversation impart, Besides her...fortify ; They are most firmly good that best know whjr. Woman's behavior Is a surer bar Than is their no ; that fairly doth deny Without denying ; thereby... | |
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