 | 1864 - 580 lapas
...Conf. the old English word "jfarme," food, a meal] QUOTATION. — Whence are the following lines ? " Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem...if she won't, she won't ; so there's an end on't," FCB [The authorship of these well-known lines has already occasioned some discussion. In Shakspeare... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 lapas
...following lines are copied from the pillar erected on the mount in the Dane John Field, Canterbury: — Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem...woman's will ? For if she will, she will, you may depend on 't ; And if she won 't, she won 't ; so thero 's an end on 't. JAMES THOMSON. 1700-1748. THE SEASONS.... | |
 | Epigrams - 1865 - 398 lapas
...Bristol ever since. Rev. Mr. Groves of Clavtrton. On Woman's Will. That man 'sa fool who tries by art 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, and there 's an end on 't. On Man's Will. That woman 's wrong who... | |
 | John Booth - 1865 - 400 lapas
...Bristol ever since. Rev. Mr. Groves of Claver tern. On Woman's Will. That man 'sa fool who tries by art 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, and there 's an end on 't. On Man's Will. That woman 's wrong who... | |
 | Isaac Jack Reeve - 1866 - 332 lapas
...this paradox tries in its turn, First he burns to get married, then marries to burn. WOMAN'S WILL. WHERE is the man who has the power and skill To stem...you may depend on't ; And if she won't, she won't, and there's an end on't. ON MAN'S WILL. THAT woman's wrong who tries by force or skill To stop the... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 lapas
...Canterbury (See Notes Sf Queries, nl. 285). 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 an end on't. WOODMAN. See N. Sf Q. i. 247. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'd... | |
 | William Johnstoun N. Neale - 1867 - 470 lapas
...CHAPTER LXXI "Vain is the hope, by dint of force or skill, To stem the torrent of a woman's wiil ; For if she will she will, you may depend on't, And if she wont she wont, and there's an end on't." No sooner was the attention of the mutineers disengaged from the object of... | |
 | Edwin John James - 1867 - 348 lapas
...on the part of a bankrupt to procure the attendance of his wife will be very difficult to decide. " 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, " is an old aphorism not wholly inapplicable in the present day to the gentler... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 lapas
...following lines are copied from the pillar erected on the mount in the Dane John Field, Canterbury : — Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem...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.... | |
 | Walter Keating Kelly - 1869 - 252 lapas
...(French).2 " Whatever a woman will she can " (Italian).3 " The man 'sa fool 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 won't, she won't, and there's an end on 't " The cunning of the sex is equal to their... | |
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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. 
