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" Tis reason a man that will have a wife should be at the charge of her trinkets, and pay all the scores she sets on him. He that will keep a monkey, 'tis fit he should pay for the glasses he breaks. "
Robinson's Magazine: A Weekly Repository of Original Papers and Selections ... - Page 90
1818
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Table-talk: the discourses of J. Selden [ed. by R. Milward.].

John Selden - 1716 - 156 pages
...Barons , but his Wife comes a great way behind. 3. "Tis reafon a Man that will have a Wife fliould be at the Charge of her Trinkets, and pay all the Scores me fets on him. He that will keep a Monkey, '»s fit he fliould pay for the Glaflcs he breaks. I. 4...
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Table Talk: Being the Discourses of John Selden, Esq., Or His Sense of ...

John Selden - 1786 - 196 pages
...temporal barons ; but his \vifc comes a great way behind. , : .. III. It is reason a man that will have a wife should be at the Charge of her trinkets,...and pay all the scores she sets on him He that will heep a monkey, it is fu, he-should pay for the glasses he brisks. ' I. A WISE man should never resolve...
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Table Talk: Being the Discourses

John Selden - 1786 - 190 pages
...monkey's 6f .the temporal barons; but his wife comes a great way behind. III. It is reason a man that will have a wife should be at the charge of her trinkets,...and pay all the scores she sets on him. He that will heep a monkey, it is fit he should pay for the glasses he breaks, : WISDOM. I. A WISE man should never...
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The Historical Magazine, Or, Classical Library of Public Events ..., Volume 1

1789 - 622 pages
...man that will have a wife, ihould be at the charge of her trinkets, and pay all the fcores fhe fets on him. He that will keep a monkey, it is fit he ihould pay fortheglalfes he breaks." in. TYRANNY. A YOUNG lady of high birth and fafllion at Rome,...
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Seldeniana, Or, The Table-talk of John Selden, Esq;: Being His Sense of ...

John Selden - 1798 - 166 pages
...Temporal Barons, but his Wife comes a great way behind. 3. 'Tis reafon a Man that will have a Wife mould be at the Charge of her Trinkets, and. pay all the Scores fhe fets on him. He that will keep a Monkey, 'tis fit he fhould pay for the Glaffes he breaks. all...
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The Table Talk of John Selden

John Selden - 1818 - 678 pages
...place of the temporal barons, but his wife comes a great way behind. 3. It is reason a man that -will have a wife should be at the charge of her trinkets,...it is fit he should pay for the glasses he breaks. WISDOM. 1. A WISE man should never resolve upon any thing, at least never let the world know his resolution...
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The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 73

1818 - 598 pages
...the charge of her trinkets, aud pay all the scores she sets on him. He that mill keep a monkey, it in fit he should pay for the glasses he breaks." The...which they merit. A gentleman who had married a second wife, indulged himself in recurring too often, in conversation, to the beauty and virtues of his first...
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Seldeniana, or The table-talk of John Selden

John Selden - 1818 - 230 pages
...high, takes place of the 1 barons, but his wife comes a great ;nd. 3. It is reason a man that will have a wife should be at the charge of her trinkets,...that will keep a monkey, it is fit he should pay for ihe glasses he breaks. WISDOM. 1. A WISE man should never resolve upon any thing, at least never let...
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Essays, Moral and Entertaining

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1819 - 378 pages
...reason, a man that will have a wife should je at the charge of her trinkets, and pay all the •cores she sets on him : he that will keep a monkey, it is fit he should pay for the glasses he breaks. WISDOM. 1. A wise man should never resolve upon any thing, at least never let the world know his resolution...
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Selden's table talk

John Selden - 1821 - 170 pages
...place of the temporal barons, but his wife comes a great way behind. 3. It is reason, a man that will have a wife should be at the charge of her trinkets,...it is fit he should pay for the glasses he breaks. 1. A wise man should never resolve upon any thing, at least never let the world know his resolution...
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