 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.  Stephen Dugard: A Novel - Page 201by William Mudford - 1840Full view - About this book
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 pages
...nothing good they say, and nothing right they do. Where is the man who has the power and skill Anongmo**. 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. On a Pillar at Canterbury (See Nates $ Queries,... | |
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1881 - 226 pages
...utmost the well-known lesson:— '' 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." Everywhere Dr Bell was a great favourite... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - 926 pages
...woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the bouse. /. EURÍPIDES. 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 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 pages
...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... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 914 pages
...woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house. /. EURIPIDES. Where is the man who has the 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... | |
 | Christian ethics - 1883 - 296 pages
...woman, gentle woman, dare When strong affection stirs her spirit up ? 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, and there's an end on't. There is beauty in the helplessness of... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 pages
...joy, and everlasting love. 5784 Otway : Venice Preserved. Act i. Sc. 1. 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. 5785 Copied from th<> pillar erected on... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1883 - 392 pages
...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, 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... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...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... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1883 - 352 pages
...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... | |
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