 | Ashton Oxenden (bp. of Montreal.) - 1860 - 226 Seiten
...close directions about the choice of a Partner in the Second Chapter. But hear what the poet says — A Wife, domestic, good, and pure, Like Snail should keep within her door : But not, like Snail in silver track, Like a good Clock a Wife should be, Keep time and regularity : But not, like Clock, harangue... | |
 | Elizabeth A. Thurston - 1866 - 320 Seiten
...countless infinitesimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling. Coleridge, THE UNREASONABLE HUSBAND. A WIFE, domestic, good, and pure, Like snail should keep within her door ; But not like snail, in silver track, Place all her wardrobe on her barA- ! D A wife should be like 'echo, true, Not speak... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 914 Seiten
...day, And when she disappears, begins the night. j. GEO. GBANVILLE (Lord Lansdowne) — The Uuchess. . 9. I see, my reputation at stake: with silver track, Place all her wealth upon her back. fc. WW Hw-Uoud Wives. He knew whose gentle hand... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 Seiten
...(Burnt. All other goods by Fortune's hand are given, A wife is the peculiar gift of Heaven. (Pope. A wife, domestic, good and pure. Like snail should keep within her door : But not, like snail, with silver track, Place all her wealth upon her back. ( WW How. As the husband is the wife is ; thou... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1889 - 362 Seiten
...Christianity. A white glove often hides a dirty hand. Deceitful professions are used to conceal base actions. A wife, domestic, good, and pure, Like snail should keep within her door ; But not, like snail, with silver track, Place all her wealth upon her back. A wilful man had need be a wise man. Otherwise... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 Seiten
...constant obeying him. y. FULLER — The Holy and Profane States. The Good Wife. Bk. I. Maxim I. Ch. I. RRIET BEECHERSTOWE — Uncle Tom's Cabin. Ch. XX. WlJi'JS. Wives arc young men's mistresses; com with silver track, Place all her wealth upon her back. z. WW How— Good Wive*. He knew whose gentle... | |
 | 1898 - 206 Seiten
...free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea ! — OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. A COMPARISON A wife, domestic, good, and pure, Like snail should keep within her door ; But not like snail with silver track, Place all her wealth upon her back. INVERTEBRATA XXXIV. ARTHROPODA (Continued} Arthropoda.... | |
 | Vermont Bar Association - 1903 - 720 Seiten
...given ; but I believe the real one is, that they do not quite agree with the English poet who said, "A wife domestic, good and pure, Like snail should keep within her door." Nor as Littleton, who said, "Seek to be good, but aim not to be great ; Woman's noblest station is... | |
 | John Vance Cheney, Sir Charles G. D. Roberts, Charles Francis Richardson, Francis Hovey Stoddard, John Raymond Howard - 1904 - 930 Seiten
...pearl. The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold. Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act ii. Sc. 4. SHAKESPEARE. A wife, domestic, good, and pure, Like snail, should keep within her door ; But not, like snail, with silver track, Place all her wealth upon her back. Good Wives. ww HOW. How much the wife is dearer... | |
 | Frank Jenners Wilstach - 1916 - 540 Seiten
...Promise be, Where lies the Island of Repose, And where the rocks that he must flee. — JG HOLLAND. A wife, domestic, good, and pure, Like snail, should keep within her door ; But not, like snail, with silver track, Place all her wealth upon her back. — WILLIAM W. How. A good wife is like the... | |
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A WIFE, domestic, good, and pure, Like snail should keep within her door— But not like snail in silver'd track, Place all her wealth upon her back. 
