For think not, tho' thou wouldst not love thy lord, Thy lord has wholly lost his love for thee. I am not made of so slight elements. Yet must I leave thee, woman, to thy shame. I hold that man the worst of public foes Who either for his own or children's... Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country - Page 306edited by - 1859Full view - About this book
| Literature - 1892 - 890 pages
...be the scene of a domestic scandal — the lady stork had a lover. The husband bird was not one who "lets the wife whom he knows false, abide and rule the house," and he sought the rem3 — -• ii edy of the law. The baron one day when walking over his fields was... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1859 - 256 pages
...his love for thee. I am not made of so slight elements. Yet must I leave thee, woman, to thy shame. I hold that man the worst of public foes Who either...he knows false abide and rule the house : For being through his cowardice allowed Her station, taken everywhere for pure, She like a new disease, unknown... | |
| Law - 1861 - 420 pages
...possible, and testing the truth or falsity of the popular aphorism, media tutissimus ibis. CHAPTER XIII. " I hold that man the worst of public foes, Who either...wife Whom he knows false, abide and rule the house." Temysorii Idylls of the King. IT is a dismal point in the history of a wedded pair when they meet together... | |
| Frederick William Robinson - Criminals - 1863 - 320 pages
...— perhaps false to him ; but these working men are always hopeful, large-hearted, and forgiving. " I hold that man the worst of public foes Who, either...wife, Whom he knows false, abide and rule the house," says Tennyson ; but it is a harsh assertion, and, in some cases, this " worst of public foes" may be... | |
| Gail Hamilton - Etiquette for young women - 1865 - 352 pages
...be the greatest harm that could happen to them, and in the end all children would be the gamers. " I hold that man the worst of public foes Who, either...lets the wife Whom he knows false abide and rule the nouse." True. For " man " put " woman," and for " wife " " husband," and it will be no less true. Of... | |
| Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - 726 pages
...his love for thee: I am not made of so slight elements. Yet must I leave thee, woman, to thy shame. I hold that man the worst of public foes who either...and rule the house: for being thro' his cowardice allowed her station, taken everywhere for pure, she like a new disease, unknown to men, creeps, no... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - Arthurian romances - 1866 - 232 pages
...his love for thee. I am not made of so slight elements. Yet must I leave thee, woman, to thy shame. I hold that man the worst of public foes Who either...he knows false abide and rule the house : For being through his cowardice allowed Her station, taken everywhere for pure, She like a new disease, unknown... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - 734 pages
...his love for thee. I am not made of so slight elements. Yet must I leave thee, woman, to thy shame. I hold that man the worst of public foes Who either for his own or children's sake, To save Jiis blood from scandal, lets the wife Whom he knows false, abide and rule the house For being thro'... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1869 - 658 pages
...his love for thee. I am not made of so slight elements. Yet must I leave thee, woman, to thy shame. I hold that man the worst of public foes Who either...everywhere for pure, She, like a new disease, unknown to~men, Creeps, no precaution used, among the crowd, Makes wicked lightnings of her eyes, and saps... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1870 - 264 pages
...his love for thee. I am not made of so slight elements. Yet must I leave thee, woman, to thy shame. I hold that man the worst of public foes Who either...She like a new disease, unknown to men, Creeps, no precantion used, among the crowd, Makes wicked lightuings of her eyes, and saps The fealty of our friends,... | |
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