 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
 | Frederick Marryat - 1883 - 352 Seiten
...stopping her : you know the old verse, ' " A man's a fool, who strives by force or skill, To stem tbu 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 — and there's an end on't." N ow let's go up into my room, and we will chat while I wash my hands.'... | |
 | Joanna Harrison - 1886 - 424 Seiten
...the party from the Elms. CHAPTER XIX. ' Vain is the hope, by any force or skill To stem 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. ' ABOUT a week after David's departure the household at the Elms was once... | |
 | 1887 - 1332 Seiten
...love of woman buries her wrongs without a tear. Maga. 238. The man's a fool who thinks by force or skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will ; For if she will, she will, you may depend on 1t. And if she won't she won't, and there's an end on it. •'"Hi 239. The man that lays his hand... | |
 | 1888 - 104 Seiten
...epigram ? a dwarfish whole, Its body Brevity, and Wit its soul." * "That man's a fool, who tries by art and skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will, For...will, you may depend on't And if she won't, she won't, and there's an end on't." ^ " That woman's wrong, who tries by force and skill To stop the torrent... | |
 | William Shepard Walsh, Henry Collins Walsh, William H. Garrison, Samuel R. Harris - 1890 - 346 Seiten
...equivalent in other countries. Hence, too, we are warned how : " The man's a fool who thinks 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." The notion that a woman cannot keep a secret is embodied in many a proverb,... | |
 | Edna Lyall - 1888 - 432 Seiten
...the old story,' said Raeburn smiling, ' "Vain is the hope, by any force or skill, To stem 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." However, since this is probably the last... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1889 - 358 Seiten
...this is the sort of woman of whom it was written upon the Dane John Monument at Canterbury : — " 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," A. strong will walks through a wall. No difficulty can hinder the man of... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1889 - 362 Seiten
...this is the sort of woman of whom it was written upon the Dane John Monument at Canterbury : — " Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem...will ? For if she will, she will, you may depend on't ; A slanderer is a cur that will bite to the bone. Like a mad dog, he leaves venom in the wound which... | |
 | Edna Lyall - 1889 - 312 Seiten
...old story," said Raeburn smiling, " ' Vain is the hope, by any force or skill, To stem 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." However, since this is probably the last time in our lives that we shall... | |
 | 1923 - 1012 Seiten
...his hogs or his hay — all of which Mr. Underwood ough' to know." \ 20TH AMENDMENT NOW ON THE WAY "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." MERE MAN MAY MAVE AGREED with this Canterbury inscription when the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution,... | |
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