...we must let her hare her own way ; for , 130 131 'Where's the man who has the power, or •kill, Xo stem the torrent of a woman's will ? For if she will, she mill, you may depend on' i , And it she won't, she won't; and there's an end on't.' We will have to...

...Field, Canterbury ; but you have only quoted tha two last lines. The complete verse is as follows :— " Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem...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 a* end on 't." Civility. 8. S.— We allow that it...

...quoted the following stanza, or something like it : — " The man's a fool who strives by force or skill *" To stem the torrent of a woman's will : For...you may depend on't, And if she won't, she won't, and there's an end on't." I have heard these lines confidently attributed to Shakspeare, Byron, &c.,...

...quoted the following stanza, or something like it : — " The man's a fool who strives by force or skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will : For...may depend on't, ^ ^ And if she won't, she won't, and there's an end on t. I have heard these lines confidently attributed to Shakspeare, Byron, &c....

...the pillar erected on the mount in the Dane John Field, Canterbury " (Examiner, May 31, 1829) :— " Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem...the torrent of a woman's will ? For if she will," &c. But the lines are altered from Aaron Hill's Epilogue to Zara. :—• " First, then, a woman will...

...pillar erected on the Mount in the Dane-John Field, formerly called the Dungeon Field, Canterbury: ' Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem the torrents of a woman's will ? For if she will, she will, you may depend on't, And if she won't, she...

...D' ALTON. 48. Summer Hill, Dublin. Lines on Woman's Will. — " That man's a fool who tries by art and skill, To stem the torrent of a woman's will,...you may depend on't, And if she won't, she won't, and there's an end on't." Can any of your correspondents inform me who ; is the author of the above...

...ejaculated, — " A fool's the man " (or horse) " who strives, by force or skill, To curb the current of a woman'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." Horse and man, therefore, prepared to go over ; it was a tremendous scramble,...

...madness to defer." * On a pillar erected on the Mount in the Dane John Field, Canterbury, are engraved the following lines : — "Where is the man who has...if she won't, she won't ; so there's an end on't." And Congreve, in his " Letters to Cobham," introduces a similar thought : "Defer not till to-morrow...

...jealousy injustice." * * On a pillar erected on the Mount in the Dane John Field, Canterbury, are engraved the following lines : — " Where is the man who has...if she won't, she won't; so there's an end on't." Young, in Ms " Nig fit Thoughts' has the well-known line — "Be wise to-day 5 'tis madness to defer."...