 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1875 - 534 sider
...Elizabeth was a young spoiled beauty of rank, married to a man she loved ; and her wish, methinks, was very feminine and natural : if it was spoken with...those on which a Turkish Princess is espoused, to whcm the Sultan is reported to pronounce, " Daughter, I give thee this man to be thy slave."* They... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1878 - 556 sider
...Polit;cal State of Great Britain," for August, 1716. Dr. Johnson says that the marriage was " on terms very much like those on which a Turkish princess is espoused,...to pronounce — ' Daughter, I give thee this man for thy slave.' At any rate Addison's married life was not happy, though it was of short duration,... | |
 | 1879 - 748 sider
...consequently resigned in 171S. Theu as to the other matter, Dr Johnson sarcastically remarks, that "the lady was persuaded to marry him on terms much...reported to pronounce: 'Daughter, I give thee this man for thy slave.' " No one can donbt that this marriage was a mistake on the part of A. His health had... | |
 | 1880 - 890 sider
...consequently resigned in 1718. Then as to the other matter, Dr. Johnson sarcastically remarks that " the lady was persuaded to marry him on terms much...reported to pronounce: 'Daughter, I give thee this man for thy slave.' " No one can doubt that this marriage was a mistake on the part of A. His health had... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1880 - 470 sider
...first were certainly timorous, but grew bolder as his reputation and influence increased; till at last the lady was persuaded to marry him, on terms much...reported to pronounce, 'Daughter, I give thee this man for thy slave.' The marriage, if uncontradicted report can be accredited, made no addition to his happiness.... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1880 - 444 sider
...first were certainly timorous, but grew bolder as his reputation and influence increased ; till at last the lady was persuaded to marry him, on terms much...reported to pronounce, ' Daughter, I give thee this man for thy slave.' The marriage, if uncontradicted report can be accredited, made no addition to his happiness.... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1880 - 440 sider
...first were certainly timorous, but grew bolder as his reputation and influence increased ; till at last the lady was persuaded to marry him, on terms much...whom the Sultan is reported to pronounce, ' Daughter, T give thee this man for thy slave.' The marriage, if uncontradicted report can be accredited, made... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1880 - 182 sider
...character, whom he is said to have first known by becoming tutor to her son. She probably took him on terms like those on which a Turkish princess is espoused, to whom the Sultan is reported to say : "Daughter, I give thee this man for thy slave." The marriage neither found nor made them equal,... | |
 | Robert Weir Brown - 1881 - 348 sider
...ultimately took place did this objection disappear. " At length," says Dr. Johnson, pompously cynical, " the lady was persuaded to marry him, on terms much...reported to pronounce ' Daughter, I give thee this man for thy slave.'" In our own day it would scarcely be considered a mesalliance for a Countess to marry... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 878 sider
...avenges, perhaps, on the pill-lie their neglect of the play ! * " The lady was persuaded to ninrry him on terms much like those on which a Turkish princess...reported to pronounce, ' Daughter, I give thee this man for thy slave.' The marriage, if uncontradicted report can be credited, made no addition to Ins happiness;... | |
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The marriage, if uncontradicted report can be credited, made no addition to his happiness ; it neither found them nor made them equal. 
