 | 1877 - 832 σελίδες
...lady of his acquaintance commended for her learning, he said, ' A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when his wife talks Greek. My old friend, Mistress Carter,' he added, ' could make a pudding as well as translate Epictetus from the Greek, and... | |
 | Pye Henry Chavasse - 1879 - 578 σελίδες
...more especially a thorough knowledgcof the culinary department " A man is, in general, better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when his wife speaks Greek." As soon as a lady marries, the romantic nonsense of school-girls will rapidly vanish,... | |
 | Edwin Troxell Freedley - 1879 - 374 σελίδες
...us it is the exception. It is true, as Dr. Johnson remarked, that a man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when his wife speaks Greek. But it is also true that a good house-wife is of necessity an educated woman, learned... | |
 | Pye Henry Chavasse - 1880 - 568 σελίδες
...more especially a thorough knowledge of the cooking department. " A man is, in general, better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when his wife speaks Greek." — Johnson. 196. Not only ought a wife to understand household duties, but she should,... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1882 - 278 σελίδες
...upon the heart, And kindly spares the LIVER ! ABOUT HUSBANDS. " A man is, in general, better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wite speaks Greek.-' — SAM. JOUKSON. JOHNSON was right. I don't agree to all The solemn dogmas of... | |
 | Cyril Church - 1883 - 854 σελίδες
...she were once out of it," Nor was he partial to learned ladies. " A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek." Again : " A woman's preaching is like a dog walking on its hind legs — it is not done well, but you... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi, Richard Cumberland - 1884 - 468 σελίδες
...lady of his acquaintance commended for her learning, he said, — A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when...his wife talks Greek. My old friend, Mrs. Carter, said he, could make a pudding, as well as translate Epictetus from the Greek, and work a handkerchief... | |
 | Elizabeth Stuart Phelps - 1884 - 760 σελίδες
...Elizabeth Carter, the best Greek scholar in England. He said : " A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when his wife talks Greek. My old friend, Mrs. Carter, could make a pudding as well as translate Epictetus, and work a handkerchief as well as compose a poem."... | |
 | 1884 - 756 σελίδες
...Elizabeth Carter, the best Greek scholar in England. He said : " A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when his wife talks Greek. My old friend, Mrs. Carter, could make a pudding as well as translate Epictetus, and work a handkerchief as well as compose a poem."... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 534 σελίδες
...lady of his acquaintance commended for her learning, he said, — A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when...his wife talks Greek. My old friend, Mrs. Carter, said he, could make a pudding, as well as translate Epictetus from the Greek, and work a handkerchief... | |
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when his wife talks Greek. 
