 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 3001864Full view - About this book
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 lehte
...Canterbury (See Nates $ Queries, m. 285). The man's a fool who tries by foree 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 on cud on't. WOODMAN. &e N- 4' Q- '- 247Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'd The... | |
 | Anthony Trollope - 1881 - 290 lehte
...loss. " Never mind that for the present," said Sir Thomas. " Don't you remember the old song? — ' 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.' You ought to be a man and pluck up your spirits. Are you going to allow a... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - 926 lehte
...and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the bouse. /. EURÍPIDES. Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem...woman's will ? For if she will, she will, you may depend ou't; And if she won't, she won't; so there's an end on't. <j. From tht Pillar Erected on the Mount... | |
 | H. L. Sidney Lear - 1882 - 200 lehte
...end that crownes us, not the fight. HERRICK. VIII. WOMAN'S WILL. THAT man's a 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— IX. ON LORD PALMERSTON'S RETIREMENT FROM LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S MINISTRY. NEVER fear, my Lord John, since... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 914 lehte
...silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house. /. EURIPIDES. god art thou, that suffer'st more Of mortal griefs than do thy worshippers. ^ JJrnm V. Act sho will, she will, you may depend on't; And if she won't, she won't; so there's an end on't. <j. From... | |
 | H. L. Sidney Lear - 1882 - 204 lehte
...end that crownes us, not the fight. HERRICK. VIII. 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. Lord Palmerston. IX. ON LORD PALMERSTON'S... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 lehte
...purity, and truth, Eternal joy, and everlasting love. 5784 Otway : Venice Preserved. Act i. Sc. 1. 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. 5785 Copied from th<> pillar erected on the mount in the Dane John Field, Canterbury. [Examiner; May... | |
 | Christian ethics - 1883 - 296 lehte
...woman at its head ? What will not woman, gentle woman, dare When strong affection stirs her spirit up ? 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. There is beauty in the helplessness of woman. The clinging trust which searches... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1883 - 392 lehte
...hor way, there's no stopping her: you know the old verso— " A man's a fool who strives by force or skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will; For if...she will, you may depend on't, And if she won't, she won't—and there's an end on't. " Now lot's go up into my room, and we will chat while I wash my hands."... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 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 the torrent of a woman's will ? For if she will, phe will, you nmy depend on 't; And if she won't, she won't; so there 's an end on 'f. Examiner, May... | |
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