 ... those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home. Their tempers, doubtless, are rendered pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation, and a curtain lecture is worth...  Ten Selections from The Sketch-book - Стр. 79авторы: Washington Irving - 1892 - Страниц: 149Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Washington Irving - 1868 - Страниц: 524
...rendered pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation ; and a curtain-lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for teaching...Certain it is, that he was a great favorite among ull the good wives of the village, who, as usual with the amiable sex, took his part in all family... | |
 | Friedrich Wilhelm P. Oertel - 1870 - Страниц: 244
...doubtless, are rendered pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation, and a curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for...thrice blessed. Certain it is, that he was a great favourite among all the good wives of the village, who, as usual with the amiable sex, took his part... | |
 | 1872 - Страниц: 660
...rendered pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation ; and a curtain-lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for teaching...Certain it is that he was a great favorite among all the goodwives of the village, who, as usual with the amiable sex, took his part in all family squabbles,... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - Страниц: 874
...are rendered pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation, and a curtain-lecture low-volunteers with a smile, as he stood by the bed-side...his eyes wet, and said, "John, don't let the awkward favourite among all the good-wives of the village, who, as usual with the amiable sex, took his part... | |
 | Illustrated reader - 1874 - Страниц: 408
...doubtless, are rendered pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation, and a curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for...teaching the virtues of patience and long-suffering. KAAT6KIIJ, LANDING (ON THE HUDSON). 4. Certain it is that he was a great favourite among all the good... | |
 | Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - Страниц: 186
...rendered pliant and malleable 8 in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation, and a curtain lecture 4 is worth all the sermons in the world for teaching...virtues of patience and long-suffering. A termagant 6 wife may, therefore, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing ; and if so, Rip Van Winkle... | |
 | Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - Страниц: 206
...doubtless, are rendered pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation, and a curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for teaching the virtues of patience and long-suffer33. Peter Stnyvesant, the fourth and last, as well as the ablest and most noted, governor... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1878 - Страниц: 152
...Lat. malleus, a hammer), capable of being hammered into plates, or beaten into any desired shape. ing. A termagant wife may, therefore, in some respects,...be « considered a tolerable blessing ; and if so, Eip Van Winkle was thrice blessed. Certain it is, that he was a great favorite among all the good wives... | |
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1880 - Страниц: 508
...latter circumstance might ba owing that meekness of spirit which gained him such universal popularly. A termagant wife may, therefore, in some respects,...thrice blessed. Certain it is that he was a great favourite among all the good wives of the village, who took his part in all family squabbles ; and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1880 - Страниц: 460
...doubtless, are rendered pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace 32 of domestic tribulation, and a curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the w:orld for teaching the virtues of patience and long zu verus = wahr, namlich. Man beachte die uinstandliche , breite, gemuthliche, dem Marchenstil... | |
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