 Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will ? For if she will, she will, you may depend on't. And if she won't, she won't; so there's an end on't.  Notes and Queries - Seite 3001864Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Augusta Emma Stetson - 1924 - 1448 Seiten
...complies against his will Is of his own opinion still. And of Adam's rib, called Eve, it has been said : If she will, she will, You may depend on't; And if she won't, she won't; So there's an end on't. This Adam-Eve human will has always resisted the will of God. Therefore we conclude that the mythical... | |
 | Albert Flandreau Dean - 1925 - 348 Seiten
...cannot be harnessed with an agreement in restraint of itself. CHAPTER VI PARADOXES OF FIRE INSURANCE "For if she will, she will, you may depend on't, And...if she won't, she won't; so there's an end on't." FIRE insurance, with good show of reason, might be claimed to stand for the feminine principle in the... | |
 | Edwin Legrand Sabin - 1926 - 358 Seiten
...and honest man, but a man with a piercing eye and an astute brain. CHAPTER XII HEBEIN DUTY MULTIPLIES "Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem...if she won't, she won't; so there's an end on't." afternoon was waning; the breeze was fitful, the bay had calmed. The evoluting battery and squadron,... | |
 | Walter Jerrold - 1926 - 264 Seiten
...the land, That ye wore round your necks what you hold in your hand ! ON WOMAN'S WILL — AND MAN'S. I Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem...you may depend on't ; And if she won't, she won't, and there's an end on't. II That woman's wrong who tries by force or skill To stop the torrent of a... | |
 | 1894 - 606 Seiten
...you are." You, dear Editor, know that the influence of woman is great, either for right or wrong, for Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will? This quotation is very true, although I do not think it should be applicable as much as it is today,... | |
 | 1877 - 600 Seiten
...well-known lesson : — " The man's a fool who tries by force or skill To stem the current of a womin's will ; For, if she will, she will, you may depend on't, And, if she won't, she won't, and there's an end on't.' Everywhere Dr. Bell was a great favourite with children ; and that is a first-rate... | |
 | Martha Finley - 1997 - 274 Seiten
...and I must make some preparation in the matter of dress too." "Ah, well, my bonny lass, 'if a woman will, she will you may depend on't, and If she won't, she won't and there's an end on't.' So I'll even give up to you, comforting mysel' that ye'll be mine at last;... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 404 Seiten
...When you want really big money, you usually find yourself talking to people who didn't go to Eton. Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem...And if she won't, she won't; so there's an end on't. 242 Whilst Adam slept, Eve from his side arose; Strange his first sleep should be his last repose.... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 Seiten
...talking to people who didn't go to Eton. 410 When war enters a country It produces lies like sand. 411 ory tell, Or kiss the place to make it well? My Mother. 11445 Rhymes for the Nursery 'The 412 Whilst Adam slept, Eve from his side arose; Strange his first sleep should be his last repose.... | |
 | Juanita Ballew Wood - 1999 - 182 Seiten
...The "grit" of women was recognized and commented on in various ways. One lighthearted verse notes: Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem...And if she won't, she won't, so there's an end on't Thiselton-Dyer 1903, 139 Aside from the textile industry, the other major area in which women played... | |
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