 | 1829 - 742 sider
...finished his story there came down a tremendous shower. It has been said " That man's an ass 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 wo'n't — she wo'n't; a»d there's an end on *t." A fact which ii illustrated by... | |
 | W H. Armstrong - 1832 - 298 sider
...Writes best who never thinks st all." THE DEVIL'S DYKE. CANTO I. "Thai man's an ass who strives by force or skill, To stem the torrent of a woman's will...will — she will — you may depend on't, And if she wou't — she won't — and there's an end on't.' OI tell a tale of wonder, And I tell a tale of awe,... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1838 - 430 sider
...have her way, there 's no stopping her : you know the old verse — " A man 'sa 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 let 's go up into my room,... | |
 | William Mudford - 1840 - 332 sider
...perceived it was called. The gipsy then departed. CHAPTER XVII. Show me the man possess'd of 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 wont ; and there 's an end on't. Old Proverb. CAMERON returned to the... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1842 - 414 sider
...have her way, there's no stopping her: you know the old verse — "A man 'sa fool , who strives by force or skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will; For if she will, she will, yon may depend on 't, And if ahe won't, sbe won't — and there 's an end on 't. " Now let 's go up... | |
 | Joseph A. Nunes - 1848 - 272 sider
...we must let her hare her own way ; for , 130 131 'Where's the man who has the power, or •kill, Xo stem the torrent of a woman's will ? For if she will, she mill, you may depend on' i , And it she won't, she won't; and there's an end on't.' We will have to... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 580 sider
...tha two last lines. The complete verse is as follows :— " 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 a* end on 't." Civility. 8. S.— We allow that it... | |
 | 1876 - 602 sider
...Dane John Field, Canterbury " (Examiner, May 31, 1829) :— " Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will ? For if she will," &c. But the lines are altered from Aaron Hill's Epilogue to Zara. :—• " First, then, a woman will... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 sider
...erected on the mount in the Dane John 1'ielil, Canterbury : — u 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." JAMES THOMSON. 1700-1748. THE SEASONS.... | |
 | Charlotte Eliza L. Riddell - 1858 - 928 sider
...all into four old-fashioned lines — her husband speedily found " That man's a fool who strives, by force or skill, To stem the torrent of a woman's will; For what she will, she will, you may depend on't-— And what she won't, she won't, and there's an end... | |
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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. 
