 According to another version of the same proverbial rhyme, we are told :— " 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...  The poetic negligée, by Caleb - Pàgina 157per W H. Armstrong - 1832 - 262 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1923 - 1012 pàgines
...Mr. Underwood ough' to know." \ 20TH AMENDMENT NOW ON THE WAY "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." MERE MAN MAY MAVE AGREED with this Canterbury inscription... | |
 | John Heyl Vincent, Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, John Thomas McFarland - 1890 - 444 pàgines
...perhaps, but the wife manufactures him,— J/ш C'levelatui. 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 опЧ ; And If she wont, she wont ; so there's an end on'l ; And when a lady's In the case, You know... | |
 | 1891 - 540 pàgines
...bold things in a quiet way. THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH, Detty Zane. Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will ? For...she will, she will, you may depend on't. And if she won't, she won't; so there's an end on't. — From the Pillar Erected on the Mount in the Dane, John... | |
 | 1891 - 608 pàgines
...bold things in a quiet way. THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH, Deify Zane. Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will ? For...she will, she will, you may depend on't. And if she won't, she won't; so there's an end on't. — From the Pillar Erected on the Mount in the Dane, John... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1891 - 540 pàgines
...bold things in a quiet way. THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH, Deify Zatie. Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem the torrent of. a woman's will ? For...she will, she will, you may depend on't. And if she won't, she won't; so there's an end on't. — From the niar Erected on the Mount in the Dane, John... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1891 - 1190 pàgines
...erected on the monnt in the Dane John Field, Canterhary: — 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, yon may depend on 't ; And if she won't, she won't; so there 's an end on 't. The Examiner, May 31,... | |
 | 1895 - 768 pàgines
...good they say, and nothing right they do. Where is tlie man who has the power and skill Anonymout. 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 Notes If Queries, III. 285).... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1896 - 464 pàgines
...When a woman will have her way, there's no stopping her : you know the old verse — "A man's a fool who strives by force or skill To stem the torrent...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 let's go up into my room, and we will chat while... | |
 | Louis Klopsch - 1896 - 382 pàgines
...their extravagant devotion to dress. — ABBA Goou> WOOLSON. Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will ? For...she will, she will, you may depend on't, And if she won't, she won't, and there's an end on't. I have often had occasion to remark the fortitude with which... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 pàgines
...every year. .</. BBNJ. FRANKLIN — Poor Richard, Dec., 1737. Where is the man who has the power and Divine Tobacco. I. SPEXSF.R — Faerie Quecne. Bk. III. Canto V. St. 32. Yes, social fr on' t; And if she won't, she won't; so there's an end on't. h. From the Pillar Erected on the Mount... | |
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