 Tis not to make me jealous, To say — my wife is fair, feeds well, loves company, Is free of speech, sings, plays, and dances well; Where virtue is, these are more virtuous: Nor from mine own weak merits will I draw The smallest fear, or doubt of her...  The Stranger in France: Or, A Tour from Devonshire to Paris - Page 225by Sir John Carr - 1803 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - Great Britain - 1836 - 466 pages
...petticoats of the scholar were adapted to the lesson. But, Louis the Sixteenth might exclaim with the Moor, "'Tis not to make me jealous, To say — my wife is...dances well: Where virtue is, these are more virtuous." I do not, indeed, mean to maintain that the virtue of the late Queen of France can be placed on the... | |
 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - Great Britain - 1836 - 472 pages
...the scholar were adapted to the lesson. But, Louis the Sixteenth might exclaim with the Moor, " "I'is not to make me jealous, To say — my wife is fair,...dances well: Where virtue is, these are more virtuous." I do not, indeed, mean to maintain that the virtue of the late Queen of France can be placed on the... | |
 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - Great Britain - 1836 - 590 pages
...lesson. But, Louis the~Sixteehth might exclaim with the Moor, " Tis not to make me jealous, To say—my wife is fair, feeds well, loves company, Is free of...dances well: Where virtue is, these are more virtuous." • . I do not, indeed, mean to maintain that the virtue of the late Queen of France can be placed... | |
 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - Great Britain - 1836 - 472 pages
...lesson. But, Louis the Sixteenth might exclaim with the Moor, " 'Tis not to make me jealous, To say—my wife is fair, feeds well, loves company, Is free of...dances well: Where virtue is, these are more virtuous." I do not, indeed, mean to maintain that the virtue of the late Queen of France can be placed on the... | |
 | Theodore Edward Hook - 1837 - 374 pages
...say?—he who, as Mrs. Salmon described him, was " as black as my hat, and a nigger into the bargain." " "Tis not to make me jealous, To say my wife is fair,...Where virtue is, these are more virtuous. Nor from mine own weak merits will I draw The smallest fear, or doubt of her revolt, For she had eyes, and chose... | |
 | Theodore Edward Hook - 1837 - 1012 pages
...— he who, as Mrs. Salmon described him, was " as black as my hat, and a nigger into the bargain." -Tis not to make me jealous, To say my wife is fair,...Where virtue is, these are more virtuous. Nor from mine own weak merits will I draw The smallest fear, or doubt of her revolt, For she had eyes, and chose... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1837 - 672 pages
...such exsufflicate and blown surmises, Matching thy inference. 'Tis not to make me jealous, To say—my wife is fair, feeds well, loves company, Is free of...Where virtue is, these are more virtuous : Nor from mine own weak merits will I draw The smallest fear, or doubt of her revolt ; For she had eyes and chose... | |
 | Theodore Edward Hook - 1837 - 252 pages
...William Morley. CHAPTER XIII. 'Tis not to make me jealous To eay ray wife is fair, feeds well, lores company, Is free of speech, sings, plays, and dances well ; Where virtue is, there are most virtues. Tfor from my weak merits will I draw The smallest fear or doubt of her revolt,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...and honourable wife ; As dear to me as are the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart. 29 — ii. 1. 362 'Tis not to make me jealous, To say — my wife is...Where virtue is, these are more virtuous :" Nor from mine own weak merits will I draw The smallest fear, or doubt of her revolt ; For she had eyes, and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 522 pages
...turn the business of my soul To such exsufllicate and blown surmises, Matching thy inference. 'Tie nut to make me jealous, To say — my wife is fair, feeds...speech, sings, plays, and dances well ; Where virtue is, those are more virtuous :' Nor from my own weak merits will 1 draw The smallest fear, or doubt of her... | |
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