Chapter WHISPERS to WIFE of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

As for murmurs, mother, we grumble a little now and then, to be sure. But there’s no love lost between us.

Goldsmith.—She Stoops to Conquer, Act IV.

Who seeks secure to rule, be first her care
Each softer virtue that adorns the fair;
Each tender passion man delights to find,
The loved perfections of a female mind!

Collins.—Eclogue I. Line 39, Selim.

What is there in the vale of life
Half so delightful as a wife;
When friendship, love, and peace combine
To stamp the marriage-bond divine?

Cowper.—Love Abused, Line I.

Come hither, gentle mistress;
Do you perceive in all this noble company
Where most you owe obedience?

Shakespeare.—Othello, Act I. Scene 3. (Brabantio to his Daughter.)

If she be not honest, chaste, and true,
There’s no man happy.

Shakespeare.—Othello, Act IV. Scene 2. (Emilia to Othello.)

WIFE.—Thy wife is a constellation of virtues; she’s the moon, and thou art the man in the moon.

Congreve.—Love in Love, Act II. Scene 6.

You are my true and honourable wife;
As dear to me as are the ruddy drops
That visit my sad heart.

Shakespeare.—Julius Cæsar, Act II. Scene 1. (Brutus to Portia.)

Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart.

Gray.—The Bard.

All other goods by Fortune’s hand are given,
A wife is the peculiar gift of Heaven.

Pope.—January and May, from Chaucer, Line 51.

Thou poor man’s encumbrance, thou rake of a wife,
At length put an end to this infamous life.

Francis’ Horace.—Book III. Ode 15, Line 1.

Wife’s pleasure causes husband’s pain.

Prior.—Hans Carvel.

You made me a wife, for which I am much obliged to you; and, if you have a wish to make me more grateful still, make me a widow.

Sheridan.—See his Life, by G. G. S., Page 57. (Bohn, 1857.)

Though, by wishing to part with your wife, you seem to have a spare-rib already—Bless my soul, that it should fall to my lot to pun upon pork-chops!

Dibdin.—The Jew and the Doctor, Act II. Scene 1.