 | Christian ethics - 1883 - 296 lapas
...woman at its head ? What will not woman, gentle woman, dare When strong affection stirs her spirit up ? 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. There is beauty in the helplessness of woman. The clinging trust which searches... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1883 - 392 lapas
...hor way, there's no stopping her: you know the old verso— " A man's a fool who strives by force or skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will; For if...she will, you may depend on't, And if she won't, she won't—and there's an end on't. " Now lot's go up into my room, and we will chat while I wash my hands."... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 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 the torrent of a woman's will ? For if she will, phe will, you nmy depend on 't; And if she won't, she won't; so there 's an end on 'f. Examiner, May... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1883 - 352 lapas
...stopping her : you know the old verse, ' " A man's a fool, who strives by force or skill, To stem tbu 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." N ow let's go up into my room, and we will chat while I wash my hands.'... | |
 | Joanna Harrison - 1886 - 424 lapas
...the party from the Elms. CHAPTER XIX. ' Vain is the hope, by any 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. ' ABOUT a week after David's departure the household at the Elms was once... | |
 | 1887 - 1332 lapas
...love of woman buries her wrongs without a tear. Maga. 238. The man's a 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 1t. And if she won't she won't, and there's an end on it. •'"Hi 239. The man that lays his hand... | |
 | 1888 - 104 lapas
...epigram ? a dwarfish whole, Its body Brevity, and Wit its soul." * "That man's a fool, who tries by art and skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will, For...will, you may depend on't And if she won't, she won't, and there's an end on't." ^ " That woman's wrong, who tries by force and skill To stop the torrent... | |
 | William Shepard Walsh, Henry Collins Walsh, William H. Garrison, Samuel R. Harris - 1890 - 346 lapas
...equivalent in other countries. Hence, too, we are warned how : " The man's a fool who thinks by force or skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will ; For...you may depend on't, And if she won't, she won't, and there's an end on't." The notion that a woman cannot keep a secret is embodied in many a proverb,... | |
 | Edna Lyall - 1888 - 432 lapas
...the old story,' said Raeburn smiling, ' "Vain is the hope, by any 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." However, since this is probably the last... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1889 - 358 lapas
...this is the sort of woman of whom it was written upon the Dane John Monument at Canterbury : — " 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," A. strong will walks through a wall. No difficulty can hinder the man of... | |
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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. 
