| Sydney Yorke - 1885 - 326 sider
...only fair to take the construction most favourable to women. Southey is, however, less ambiguous — "Three things a wise man will not trust— The wind,...sunshine of an April day, And woman's plighted faith." This is far more uncomplimentary, and more so than at first sight appears. If you have ever been yachting,... | |
| Henry T. Finck - 1887 - 446 sider
...month in their lives." Hood : " You can't wive and thrive both in the same year." Southey : " There are three things a wise man will not trust, — the wind, the sunshine of an April day, and a woman's plighted faith." Byron : " I remarked in my illness the complete inertion, inaction, and... | |
| Frederick William Morton - 1894 - 224 sider
...WOMAN has a smile for every joy, and a tear for every sorrow. GERMAIN FRANC.OIS POULLAIN DE SAINT-FOIX. THREE things a wise man will not trust, — the wind,...sunshine of an April day, and woman's plighted faith. ROBERT SOUTHEY. WOMEN should be careful of their conduct, for appearances sometimes injure them as... | |
| Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 sider
...awnke to the flowers is always the first to be touched by the thorns. — Moore. FICKLENESS. There are three things a wise man will not trust, — the wind,...sunshine of an April day, and woman's plighted faith.— Soitt/iey. He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat ; it ever changes with the next block.... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 sider
...all ; For an ensign's pay, in the present day, Is unjustifiably small! Song of the Spin. There are three things a wise man will not trust: The wind,...sunshine of an April day, And woman's plighted faith. SOUTHEY: Madoc. Thereto when needed, she could weep and pray,— And when she listed she could fawn... | |
| 1896 - 1224 sider
...ourselves; neither vanity nor conceit can exist in the same atmosphere with it. in. MADAME NBCKKR. ALLECK — Fortune. The ancients dreaded death : the...Christian can only fear dying. IJC and AW HARE— Guet n. SOUTHEY — Madac in Azthan. Pt. XXIII. L. 51. DOCTRINE. For his religion, it was fit To match his... | |
| 1901 - 156 sider
...women, knock at the door of their vanity, and you will always find them at home. —Max O'Rell. Sixth Three things a wise man will not trust — The wind,...sunshine of an April day, And woman's plighted faith. — Southey. JWareh Seventh When a man has seen the woman whom he would have chosen if he intended... | |
| Abram N. Coleman - 1903 - 310 sider
...that use them otherwise, abuse themselves into weak bodies and light purses. Quarles. 42. There are three things a wise man will not trust — the wind, the sunshine of an April day, and a woman's plighted faith. Robert Southey. 43. A man's reception depends upon his coat; his dismissal,... | |
| Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer - 1905 - 278 sider
...reproach as being fickle and unstable, and Southey, quoting the popular sentiment, says : — " There are three things a wise man will not trust, The wind,...sunshine of an April day, And woman's plighted faith ; " further instances of which trait or character will be found elsewhere, where we have dealt with... | |
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