 Neither party he says, should always obey implicitly; but each yield to the other by turns. An ancient maiden aunt, near seventy, a cheerful, venerable, and pleasant old lady, lives in the house with us; she is the delight of both young and old; she is...  The Spirit of the Public Journals - Page 36edited by - 1809Full view - About this book
 | 1839 - 430 pages
...friend and confidant, and not as a plaything or menial slave, the woman chosen to be his companion. Neither party he says should always obey implicitly,...aunt, near seventy, a cheerful, venerable and pleasant old lady, lives in the house with us— she is the dc. light of both young and old ; she is civil to... | |
 | Letter writing - 1850 - 240 pages
...friend and confidant, and not as a plaything or menial slave, the woman chosen to be his companion. Neither party, he says, should always obey implicitly;...near seventy, a cheerful, venerable, and pleasant old lady, lives in the house with us — she is the delight of both young and old ; she is civil to... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - Literary curiosa - 1874 - 876 pages
...to be his companion. Neither party —ho says, should always obey implicitly; but each yield to tho other by turns. — An ancient maiden aunt, near seventy, a cheerful, venerable, and pleasant old lady, — lives in the house with us; she is the delight of both young and old; she is ci— vil... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - Anthologies - 1875 - 868 pages
...slave, the woman chosen to be his companion. Neither party -^•he says, should always obey implicitly j but each yield to the other by turns. —An ancient...near seventy, a cheerful, venerable, and pleasant old lady, —lives in the house with us; she is the delight of both young and old; she is ci— vil... | |
 | John Staples Locke - Letter-writing - 1883 - 258 pages
...friend and confidant, and not as a plaything or menial slave, the woman chosen to be his companion. Neither party, he says, should always obey implicitly,...near seventy, a cheerful, venerable, and pleasant old lady, lives in the house with us, — she is the delight of both young and old ; she is civil to... | |
 | Michael J. Hoffman, Patrick D. Murphy - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 532 pages
...as a plaything or menial slave, the woman chosen to be his companion. Neither party he says ought to obey implicitly; — but each yield to the other by...near seventy, a cheerful, venerable, and pleasant old lady, lives in the house with us — she is the delight of both young and old — she is civil... | |
 | Robyn R. Warhol, Diane Price Herndl - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 1238 pages
...as a plaything or menial slave, the woman chosen to be his companion. Neither party he says ought to obey implicitly; — but each yield to the other by...near seventy, a cheerful, venerable, and pleasant old lady, lives in the house with us — she is the delight of both young and old — she is civil... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - English literature - 1809 - 414 pages
...think, by confining to secure 5 a wife, it it his maxim to treat as a bosom friend, and not as « Nl play-thing, or menial slave, the woman of his choice....near seventy, a cheerful, venerable, and pleasant old lady, Jives in the house with us — she is the delight of both young and old ; she is civil to... | |
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