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" 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 - Page 300
1864
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Epigrams, Ancient and Modern: Humorous, Witty, Satirical, Moral and Panegyrical

John Booth - 1865 - 400 lehte
...Bristol ever since. Rev. Mr. Groves of Claver tern. On Woman's Will. That man 'sa fool who tries by art 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, and there 's an end on 't. On Man's Will. That woman 's wrong who...
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The wild garland; or, Curiosities of poetry, selected by I.J. Reeve, 2. köide

Isaac Jack Reeve - 1866 - 332 lehte
...this paradox tries in its turn, First he burns to get married, then marries to burn. WOMAN'S WILL. 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. ON MAN'S WILL. THAT woman's wrong who tries by force or skill To stop the...
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A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets

Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 lehte
...Canterbury (See Notes Sf Queries, nl. 285). The man's a fool who tries by 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. WOODMAN. See N. Sf Q. i. 247. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'd...
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The flying Dutchman, by the author of 'Cavendish'.

William Johnstoun N. Neale - 1867 - 470 lehte
...CHAPTER LXXI "Vain is the hope, by dint of force or skill, To stem the torrent of a woman's wiil ; For if she will she will, you may depend on't, And if she wont she wont, and there's an end on't." No sooner was the attention of the mutineers disengaged from the object of...
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The Bankrupt Law of the United States, 1867,: With Notes, and a Collection ...

Edwin John James - 1867 - 348 lehte
...on the part of a bankrupt to procure the attendance of his wife will be very difficult to decide. " 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, " is an old aphorism not wholly inapplicable in the present day to the gentler...
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Treasury of choice quotations

Treasury - 1869 - 474 lehte
...following lines are copied from the pillar erected on the mount in the Dane John Field, Canterbury : — 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 an end on't. JAMES THOMSON. 1700-1748. THE SEASONS....
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A Collection of the Proverbs of All Nations: Compared, Explained, and ...

Walter Keating Kelly - 1869 - 252 lehte
...(French).2 " Whatever a woman will she can " (Italian).3 " The man 'sa 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 't, And if she won't, she won't, and there's an end on 't " The cunning of the sex is equal to their...
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Cent Per Cent: a Story Written Upon a Bill Stamp

Blanchard Jerrold - 1870 - 310 lehte
...of this story . . . p. 250. CENT PER CENT. CENT PER CENT. CHAPTER I. THE PREACHER AND HIS EXAMPLE. " For if she will, she will, you may depend on't, And if she wont, she wont, and there's an end on't." MR. ABRAHAM PURSEY sent for his only child that he might give him an important...
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Proverbs of All Nations, Compared, Explained

Walter Keating Kelly - 1861 - 256 lehte
...(Italian).6 " The man 'sa fool who thinks by force or skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will ; ¥or 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." 1 Tre oche e tre donne fann' un mercato. 2 Les femmes sont faites de langue,...
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Cruel as the grave, 1. köide

Mary gräfin von Bothmer - 1871 - 376 lehte
...am quite willing to admit your superiority. In this I must decide for myself." " I say no more : ' 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.' " And Ella shut the door rather loudly after her. Stephen Dalrymple had his interview with Mr. Hamilton,...
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