 I have observed that he was a simple, good-natured man; he was, moreover, a kind neighbor, and an obedient henpecked husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained him such universal popularity; for those...  Intensive Studies in American Literature - Side 71af Alma Blount - 1914 - 331 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Washington Irving - 1881 - 970 sider
...circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained him such universal popularity ; for those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating...in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation ; and . curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for teaching the virtues of patience and long-suffering.... | |
 | Granville series - 1881 - 376 sider
...obedient, henpecked husband. him such universal popularity ;T for those men are most apt to be obsequious8 and conciliating abroad who are under the discipline...Their tempers, doubtless, are rendered pliant and malleable9 in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation,10 and a curtain-lecture is worth all the sermons... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 258 sider
...circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained him such universal popularity; for those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating...teaching the virtues of patience and long-suffering. A termagant wife may, therefore, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing; and if so, Rip... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 1002 sider
...circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained him such universal popularity ; for those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating...teaching the virtues of patience and long-suffering. A termigant wife may, therefore, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing; and if so, Rip... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1882 - 448 sider
...glance, better understood than words, which still said all, and ne'er could say too much. — Byron. 2878 A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for teaching the virtue of patience and long-suffering. — Washington Irving. 2879 2872 How often have the memoirs... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1883 - 152 sider
...circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained him such universal popularity ; for those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating...discipline of shrews at home. Their tempers, doubtless, arerendered pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation, and a curtain lecture... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1884 - 472 sider
...that meekness of spirit which gained him such universal popularity ; for those men are most apt to De obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under...tribulation, and a curtain lecture is worth all the sermons rin the world for teaching the virtues of patience and long-suffering. A termagant wife may, therefore,... | |
 | Christian Brothers - 1884 - 516 sider
...circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained him such universal popularity ; for those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating...pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic* tribulation,.and a curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for teaching the virtues of... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1884 - 988 sider
...circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained him such universal popularity ; for those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating...doubtless, are rendered pliant and malleable in the fierv furnace of domestic tribulation, and a curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1885 - 440 sider
...circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained him such universal popularity ; for those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating...the world for teaching the virtues of patience and long suffering. A termagant wife may therefore, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing... | |
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