| 单词 | wifely |
| 例句 | And so I gave my approval to his first run for office, larding it with a bit of wifely caution. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She accedes to the subservient wifely role typical of women of her generation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It’s all very tidy and pretty in a wifely way, but she’ll have dug up her geraniums to plant tatties for the War Effort. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, to distract her, we began to coach her in wifely ways. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Or was this a wifely game that she did not know about, a daily ritual, like soaking rice or making dough? A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z It was only the mildest wifely curiosity that prompted her to peep, for she had little interest in civic administration. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Oh yes. So wifely. But how will it work? Will you rotate between us on a schedule, or choose as the mood strikes you?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I began to question why I had created that dynamic; I was a feminist, not someone clinging to a traditional wifely role. After 8 years of marriage, I’m teaching my husband how to cook 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z The first time you hear Keith's mother do so is when she is feeding her chickens and addressing them in a parody of wifely dutifulness. Spies by Michael Frayn 2012-06-01T21:51:01Z As a real-life couple, they created a fictional world in which Lucy was forever trying—and hilariously failing—to escape the confines of the wifely role that the 1950s and Ricky demanded of her. These Are The 25 Most Influential Marriages of All Time 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Siri was originally only voiced as female and programmed to not only perform "wifely" duties such as checking the weather or setting a morning alarm, but also to respond flirtatiously. Apple’s Siri is no longer a woman by default, but is this really a win for feminism? 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z Many women, she added, embraced the “Mrs. Husband’s Name” title as a sign of their “pride in their wifely identity.” The Mrs. Files 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z The lone photo at the end of the book, with Ms. Oates in a lacy jacket and pose of wifely delicacy behind her august-looking bow-tied husband, sends that same message. Books Of the Times: The Shock Of Losing A Spouse 2011-02-14T05:27:15Z This Hedda might live in a brighter era of expanded freedom, but she is still constrained. She chafes at wifely subservience while men are free to behave as they please. Antaeus Theatre Company clarifies the bad behavior of 'Hedda Gabler' 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Since this may be the one situation where Greg isn't a hapless jerk, it's clearer why Joan feels like it's her wifely duty to let him follow his dreams. "Mad Men" recap: A man in a room with a checkbook 2010-08-09T12:13:00Z Not a masterpiece, perhaps, but Walters is very good at selling a motherly/wifely role with wit. Julie Walters' best film performances – ranked! 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z For a wife, Levin, the existential seeker, looked not for a thinker like himself but for what is traditionally feminine, what is “wifely.” The Ideal Marriage, According to Novels 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Yelena has no real interests or pursuits other than being wifely and solicitous to the professor, a thankless job. | 'Uncle Vanya': Chekhov?s Slugfest, With Pratfalls 2011-08-07T21:36:44Z It wasn’t that long ago, the ’50s or so, that we saw this term about women doing their “wifely duty.” Wait, men fake orgasms? 2013-04-13T22:00:00Z And there are more reasons for Isabel to return to Rome than “out of wifely duty” or “to rescue her stepdaughter.” Letters to the Editor 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Then he sends her home for not displaying properly wifely behavior. 'The Bachelor': Hometown Dates 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z Except for its title, the two-hour show was no tribute to wifely self-effacement. Music Review: Beyoncé’s ‘Mrs. Carter Show’ at Izod Center 2013-08-01T16:19:36Z To play Midge, Ms. Brosnahan consulted a stack of vintage Good Housekeeping magazines, clipping articles about wifely deportment. Did You Hear the One About the Housewife Who Walks Into a Comedy Club? 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z This could be due to an ongoing perception that sex is a wifely duty — or transaction — rather than a pleasurable activity for each partner to enjoy. Sexism is literally ruining women’s sex lives 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z Seven days later, my wifely duties resumed and almost every time our clothes came off, my mind seemed to check out. My virginity mistake 2013-05-06T01:00:00Z She seems simple at points in her wifely devotedness, but this character is as discreetly ambitious as the others are ostentatiously so, and Swallow doesn’t allow us to underestimate Emily for long. 'Disgraced' at the Taper: Islam, America and the cloudy prism of perception 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Behold all of his wifely love, and then behold him, loving her. Perspective | The ‘Wife Guys’ of the 2020 presidential race 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z No character remarks at her non-Herculean but important domestic labors, which in real life also tend to fall into wifely territory. Women on the verge: Is "Mammals" really about marriage and monogamy after all? 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z Bambi took a wifely pride in his businesses, even in the strip club. Books of The Times: In ‘After I’m Gone,’ One Man Leaves Many Questions 2014-02-16T22:04:16Z Neither obviously wifely, nor deeply maternal'' she appeared disinclined to marry at all, Harris asserts. Margaret Thatcher biography reveals passions across the years 2013-04-21T19:41:48Z But there were tensions from the start, and Faithfull wasn’t sure she was cut out for the wifely muse role that, even in such bohemian circles, she was expected to play. She’s Marianne Faithfull, Damn It. And She’s (Thankfully) Still Here. 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Which brings us full circle to the widely feted – but wifely "awful" – A Serious Man. Will Self considers the Coen brothers 2011-02-11T10:08:28Z Even though his request comes out of the blue, she can't help wondering if she has a wifely duty to oblige him. "Hung": A parable for crass times 2010-06-19T23:01:00Z The other women were not impressed by Corinne’s use of the bouncy castle, sucking their teeth and muttering about Nick’s wifely ambitions. 'The Bachelor' Watch: Nick Viall Goes Home 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Does she return to her husband in Rome out of wifely duty? Whatever Happened to Isabel Archer? ‘Mrs. Osmond’ Picks Up Where Henry James Left Off 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z In midcentury U.S. of A., where women's paths consisted principally of chaste courtship and wifely duty, Brown shifted the conversation. Naked Burt Reynolds and man-hunting in Vietnam: Helen Gurley Brown biographer Brooke Hauser on how the Cosmo girl came to be 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Ms. Blumberg, as the young Elizabeth, blends a 1950s wifely warmth with a crisp intelligence. Theater Review | 'When the Rain Stops Falling': Fish Soup and Bad Weather, Across the Decades 2010-03-09T08:12:00Z The husband is curiously cast in the position of being worshipped like a god, which is an implication that evangelicals usually try to deny; the ideology of wifely submission. "A kind of Stepford wife": It's more than a prayer keeping Mike Johnson's wife suddenly out of view 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Barrett's been appealed to on her "let felons have guns" view, but she's also a fan of the ideology of wifely submission. More mass shootings like the one in Maine? The Supreme Court considers unleashing the violence 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z In it, one can hear Crowder shaming the heavily pregnant woman for not doing enough "wifely things," even as he's denying her access to the car so she can accomplish basic chores like grocery shopping. It's not just an act with Tucker Carlson and Steven Crowder 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z But conventional piety urged the pastor to insist that she live up to her wifely duty, no matter that her husband grossly flaunted his infidelity. Review: A striking revival of 'Ghosts' at the Odyssey suffers from lack of ensemble cohesion 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z That’s the central paradox of our veneration for first ladies: a job well done despite never wanting the responsibility — the cult of wifely self-sacrifice. Review | ‘The First Lady’ turns three compelling women into Emmy bait 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z It could also, and unpredictably, rouse demons that turned me into a wifely shrew, sparked bruising arguments, unleashed embarrassing faux pas. What Does It Mean to Have a Serious Drinking Problem? 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z “Beginning in 1979, fundamentalists took over the Southern Baptist Convention and throughout the 1980s purged moderates and reintroduced such reactionary policies as the doctrine of wifely submission,” Maxwell said. A grassroots Christians movement joins the fight against Christian Nationalism 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z The implication was clear: men don’t care about making eco-friendly choices, but with appropriate wifely pressure it might be possible to browbeat them into doing so. Real men don't recycle: how sexist stereotypes are killing the planet 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z She’s moral, she cares, but still she’s unable to be what the people closest to her need: warm, compromising, wifely, motherly. Frances McDormand’s Difficult Women 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z The latter presides miserly over the estate, ordering Katherine to see to her wifely duties with “more vigor.” Review: In ‘Lady Macbeth,’ a young wife’s bloody rebellion 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z The enduring image of Mrs. Clinton from that campaign was a “60 Minutes” interview in which she told the country she was not blindly supporting her husband out of wifely duty. How Hillary Clinton Grappled With Bill Clinton’s Infidelity, and His Accusers 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z Bush politicked; Nancy Reagan broadcast her wifely devotion to her husband—and his career. Nancy Reagan's Surprising Feminist Gift to Hillary Clinton 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Grandma teaches them wifely duties, and she soon arranges marriages for the teens, if only to absolve herself of responsibility for them. 'Mustang' a moving portrait of Turkish sisters' unbridled energy and fierce femininity 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Or an auto-da-fé that destroyed the evidence of wifely heresy? Nabokov’s Silent Partner 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z And their views of wifely submission won’t help Republicans nationally with their gender gap. Why did Republicans embrace the Duggars in the first place? 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z The idea that specifically a woman owed her partner regular sex once they were married meant that the euphemism “performing your wifely duties” became widespread, and remains well known to this day. Let’s talk about talking about sex 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z She was too wifely, too fashion conscious, too conservative, too much a 1950s’ traditionalist in the edgier, post-sixties, 1980s. Nancy Reagan's Surprising Feminist Gift to Hillary Clinton 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z His mother did not enjoy motherhood; she was pulled out of school at 14 to care for her father and then pulled away from a satisfying career to assume her wifely duties. A Revolutionary Approach to Treating PTSD 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The Mormon Church, officially known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, holds similar views on wifely submission and imposes even stricter curbs on women's access to positions of spiritual leadership. Today's Economist: Nancy Folbre: The Patriarchal Society in America 2012-09-17T10:00:58Z So at the convention, they say, she will try to present herself as a caring, wifely figure and appear above the partisan fray. Michelle Obama’s Role in President’s Re-Election Bid 2012-09-04T00:27:23Z “My husband brought me,” replied Ruth, recovering herself in time to meet the formal salutation and the cold discriminating glance of Mrs. Schwarmer, with wifely dignity. The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury 2012-04-20T02:00:07.610Z Methought then that in the pensive tenderness of her downcast face there was somewhat of motherly as well as of wifely affection. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z His efforts at conversions did not bear visible fruit, though the natives listened gravely to his sermons on kindness and goodness, on chastity and honesty, on wifely fidelity and motherly love. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z Before the jewels of a Spanish queen Built fleets to waft him on his untried way, Thou gavest thy wealth of wifely sympathy To build the lofty purpose of his soul. Songs Ysame 2012-03-04T03:00:13.113Z Well might the Hellenic race treasure these records of filial loyalty, of maiden purity, of wifely tenderness and fidelity, of bravery, and of intelligence. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z “That’s infinitely correct, just now, but in two or four years from now wifely will be the proper word, and you will feel very different.” The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury 2012-04-20T02:00:07.610Z It was her wifely duty, and incidentally it kept her out of mischief. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z Long and bitter was the conflict in Mertuk's heart between her motherly affection and her wifely devotion. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z "You're mistaken, grandma," Elizabeth said, with an air of offended wifely dignity. And So They Were Married 2012-01-05T03:00:34.437Z Not that I ever discussed the question with her; I merely took my stand and it was her wifely obligation to yield to my judgment. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z The King's acts, and not his motives, were the envoy's concern, and he offered no comment on this wifely explanation, but hastened to bid the Queen farewell. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z "However, I am not going to be called to account by her," he said to himself, in that spirit of swagger which she had herself nursed and nourished by her excess of wifely meekness. A Mere Chance, Vol. 3 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:45.990Z She meant to leave no obligation of wifely fealty unfulfilled. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Better a day Of Passion than the long unlovely years Of wifely duty, when Love cometh not To wake the barren days! The Epic of Hades In Three Books 2011-11-16T03:00:28.060Z And this temperamental erraticism is valuably disciplined by the masculine bent for rule and method, and normally finds admirable safety-valves in wifely, housewifely, and motherly functions. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z It was as if he had been brought face to face with proof of wifely infidelity. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z To think that all was dreamt Were now the happier thought; but arguing o'er That dream it was, she fell from her attempt, Feeling the wifely burden that she bore. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z He had never had any suspicion, however remote, that she had transgressed her wifely vows. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z The influence of Jupiter, we are told, was to give Hypermnestra conscience, truth, and wifely loyalty. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z The quotes about wifely submission appear in two main places in the New Testament, and neither come from Jesus’ mouth. Understanding Michele Bachmann's 'Submission' 2011-08-21T05:19:35Z With weekly wifely wage, The hopeless husbands, out of work, Their daily thirst assuage. Verse and Worse 2011-07-12T02:00:34.607Z He seemed to think that I should humor him, and wait on him, just as though I hadn’t any wifely rights at all. The Brute 2011-06-30T02:00:30.283Z Yes; but not that such regret sprang from the sweet sources of a wifely, unselfish love. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Dorigen’s husband, Averagus, is little more than an embodiment of loyal truth, and Griselda’s, were one to regard him as anything but the means of testing wifely patience, would be a monster of cruelty. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z Not daring to resent it in Roy's hearing, she yet obeyed the wifely impulse to seek his protection. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Once I am your wife, dear, I shall give all my thoughts and prayers to wifely duty. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z It was as chillily empty of wifely traces as it had been since the beginning of June. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z There had been something unspeakably revolting to her wifely instincts in the tawdry phrases of the ill-written note, signed "Your loving Jess." The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z In the few seconds she stood hesitating her changing expression revealed the struggle between her misery and her sense of wifely honor. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z Do you imagine, silly child, that your overacted farce of wifely devotion blinds me as it does the fools you have called together to-night to witness this pretty display of domestic felicity? Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z The rack and wheel and thumb-screw of married life are generally less powerful than the patience of the wifely heart. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z Here lies Clytemnestra, a model of the wifely virtues, whom an inconsolable spouse deplores. From the Easy Chair, series 2 2011-04-29T02:00:06.407Z However wise and wifely and absolutely conscientious in her endeavour the wife may be, she cannot unaided make the perfect home—it must be a joint concern. Courtship and Marriage And the Gentle Art of Home-Making 2011-04-27T02:00:20.023Z She spoke with a pretty assumption of wifely authority. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z "I regret your decision, Buckingham, it is a rock many men split on, this waiting for wealth and missing wifely companionship." A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z What men love is the comforts of the married state, not the person who provides them,—wifely duties rather than the wife. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z She was doing wifely things for him; it was all more intimate, more splendid than she thought! Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z Not in the futile attempt to deny hearing to her conscience, to murder her reason, but in every wifely allegiance. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z This time the disapproval was so unmistakably evident that Helen flamed into prompt defense, in righteous, wifely indignation. The Road to Understanding 2011-01-29T03:00:20.840Z Remember, now, and try to recall your broken vow of wifely obedience for the first time; for, as sure as Heaven hears me, if you dare disobey you shall repent it! The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z Their main chance does not include husbandly love, wifely repose. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z At her departure she gave her niece a touching sermon on her wifely duties, which resulted in a flood of tears and endless embracings. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z He watched her while she packed his valise, touched by wifely attentions, the lack of which, he told himself, had long been a grievance, of which now he knew the cause. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z And the girl gave them a glance of wifely pride in her husband's prowess. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z Not turbulent, none too gifted—wifely and yielding. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z All were lost in admiration of the wifely loyalty she had shown in her sati, a loyalty rare indeed in these degenerate days. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z There was a touch of almost wifely solicitude in her voice. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z It was a favourable opportunity for a display of emotion, and her ladyship displayed it beautifully for the assembled company to study and take a lesson in maternal and wifely tenderness. Lady Maude's Mania Dry-eyed, Vashti watched by her husband for three nights, and all praised her wifely devotion. Beggars on Horseback She advanced and took his arm in a wifely grasp. The Gay Adventure A Romance The gentle lips quivered, the gentle voice trembled over the loyal, wifely words. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir As things are now, I have no wifely duty! Shadows of Flames A Novel And so continued his enumeration of wifely necessities, as they appeared to a great prince of the sixteenth century. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion My dear one, there is an egotism of wifely sorrow that drives a man to sin. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance Or was it due to a wifely consideration for a husband's weakness? The Gay Adventure A Romance Without thinking, without reflecting that no one was allowed to interrupt him before lunch-time, she found her thoughts turning restfully, in quite a wifely way, to Hubert. Helena Brett's Career Lady Wychcote received this with bitter silence; then she said in a low voice of the most concentrated resentment: "So you propose to leave the burden of your wifely duty on my shoulders?" Shadows of Flames A Novel When Mr. Shepard made a sketch of Paul, Mrs. Bunyan, with wifely solicitude for his appearance, parted Paul's hair with a handaxe and combed it with an old crosscut saw. The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan As Told in the Camps of the White Pine Lumbermen for Generations During Which Time the Loggers Have Pioneered the Way Through the North Woods from Maine to California; Collected from Various Sources and Embellished for Publication She said that there had been a certain young married Countess of the court, who was known as a great prude and was always boasting of her exaggerated wifely devotion. Confessions of an Opera Singer Molly by the study light, patient and wifely, rose before his eyes. Fairfax and His Pride She would not, he knew, approve of Helena's idea that she should be an author too, neglect her wifely duties and become a rival to himself. Helena Brett's Career Pride and injured wifely dignity, that inflexible judge, began almost to waver. The Golden Age in Transylvania She planted a wifely kiss on my cheek and started toward the door. "And That's How It Was, Officer" Believe me, brave, fearless heroism does not exclude the most loyal, the most devoted wifely love. The Scarlet Banner Have you been playing the wifely role too long? Voyage To Eternity The salon of Aspasia must have been altogether decorous, for many men broke the traditions of their fathers and brought their wives to converse about wifely duties with the famous het�ra. Greek Women Winifred was amused at this wifely reprimand, but no offense seemed meant nor taken. Dorothy at Oak Knowe By reason of environment, wifely equality with her husband was not a matter of theoretical but simply of practical settlement. Women of England "Didn't he insult your wifely honor and disgrace your home?" Susanna and Sue Though she was his own daughter, he did not wish to see her setting an example of wifely supremacy. Jan Vedder's Wife Doubtless many a wife went away from her with higher conceptions of wifely duty than custom had taught her, and sought to make her home a more congenial retreat for her husband. Greek Women In all wifely submission, as in duty bound, and according to long-established custom, she made no demur to the very ordinary proceeding which occupied Donovan's attention for the next few minutes. For John's Sake and Other Stories. She bore her sorrow with the still meekness consonant with her character, and with wifely tenderness exerted herself to soothe her husband's violent grief. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. Such was the ideal of wifely purity in an isle where nubile virgins went naked as in paradise. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) Perhaps their hearts hold sorrowful knowledge of betrayal, and they fear that the club may be used to shield an evening spent in company less desirable 221 from the wifely point of view. Modern marriage and how to bear it Sophrosyne is constantly commended as the chief feminine virtue, a term connoting moderation, self-containedness, modesty, and wifely fidelity--in a word, all that is essentially womanly. Greek Women Her wifely affections were early destined for another heart. Oliver Goldsmith Tell her this, and prevent her from entering a union in which she must feel herself half useful, half wifely, half happy, and therefore all unhappy. The Kempton-Wace Letters From Timéa he stole first her father's million, then the manly ideal of her heart, and kept for himself her wifely troth. Timar's Two Worlds My advice to wives therefore is: Firstly, do away with all weekly or cash payments, which are a weariness to the wifely brain. Modern marriage and how to bear it She slipped to the floor beside him and laid her head in her wifely way against his knee. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon About the time of his marriage Mr. Longfellow's eyes failed him on account of overstraining them, and one of Mrs. Longfellow's first wifely duties was to furnish eyes for her husband. Home Life of Great Authors You have not given me the wifely devotion I expected. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 9, 1920 He would have liked to believe that she loved another, that she was faithless and forgot her wifely duty; but he could not find any cause for hatred. Timar's Two Worlds Then go, Paranis, bear to him My morning and my wifely greeting; say I rested well this night; that thou hast left Me overjoyed and happy that the day Is fair. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature It was best not to rouse any deeper suspicions by openly noticing her wifely nosiness. The Junkmakers Nobly indignant at the slanders uttered against her, her wifely love forgives the slanderer in pity for the blindness of unreason which has caused his action. An Introduction to Shakespeare He did all he could to make her realize how restrainedly he used the powers the law vests in a husband, how little he forced upon her the facts of marital authority and wifely duty. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman And when one is hearing afar the cry of the pack, no true sportsman is diverted from the chase by ruddy, wifely cheeks, and beaming, wifely eyes, and an eager, wifely heart. In the Heart of a Fool So he crept painfully into the den again, and lay down to sleep once more, while Warrigal, with a friendly, wifely look at her lord, went out hunting. Finn The Wolfhound "You are not going!" cried Sylvie, in her pretty wifely imperiousness. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart I could only smile an answer to this wifely enthusiasm, but it seemed to me genuine and so sincere, that all my sympathy went with it. Mabel's Mistake But the pattering feet,—the voice that made music,—the tender, wifely plotting,—the cheery sunshine that smote upon her as she talked,—alas for us!—"All is Vanity!" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 It moved the hearer to tears—this wifely faith. Dreamers of the Ghetto She was brune and broad, her eyes of changeful color, and her temper wifely. Melomaniacs Plapper is an optician—wonder whether it is weak eyes, or wifely duty, that makes Mrs. P. wear blue spectacles? Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, September 3, 1887 "Or is this just a case of wifely conscience?" Death of a Spaceman Stung in her wifely pride by her husband's ill-treatment and licentiousness, she openly threatened to expose his treason. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland You have given her such perfect lessons of disobedience and obstinacy that it will take me all my time in the future to drill her into proper wifely shape. A Bride of the Plains Chaucer seems to have had a true reverence and affection for the sweet household virtues and the wifely truth of this lady. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History Then Wind Bends Grass instructed Redbird in her wifely duties, making one small change from the usual speech. Shaman I do not ask you to sit up with me; though, no doubt, that is part of your wifely duty. Lover or Friend Her blood curdling with fear, she awoke her husband, with wifely reproaches on his folly in having burned his god, who was now come to be avenged on them. Harper's Young People, April 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Then, as she put her arms round his neck and thanked him with innocent, wifely kisses, he suddenly pressed her to him passionately, and asked her to forgive him, for he could never forgive himself. Wee Wifie "Is it to be your first wifely undertaking to cure me?" he said, laughing.—"It takes time to put thoughts into action," said Faith, blushing.—"Not all thoughts, Mignonette." Say and Seal, Volume II Mrs. Grant was a true helpmate, a woman of refinement of nature, of controlling religious faith, being from her youth an active member of the Methodist Church, of strong wifely and maternal instincts. Ulysses S. Grant You cannot divide yourself from him without failing in your wifely duty.' Lover or Friend "Where are you going, dear?" asked Mrs. N. in that wifely tone that always makes a man shrink. Continuous Vaudeville She was going to lay down her wifely rights and steal away, friendless and unprotected, into the great lonely world, so that Hugh might come back to his old home in peace. Wee Wifie She coloured beautifully; but anything more pure and sweet than those first wifely kisses of Faith could not be told. Say and Seal, Volume II Their life together was one in which wifely faith and duty failed not, nor did he fail to honor and esteem her above all women. Ulysses S. Grant It was not a wifely speech, but I can't blame her. Lover or Friend But the sound of his fall awakened all her wifely instincts, and she rushed into the sight of all. The Scarlet Feather And yet she glorified that custom and often transmuted it into the most sublime exhibition of wifely devotion. India, Its Life and Thought The old doctor, being in a hurry, said little in reply, and when he had gone Mrs. Caldwell exclaimed, with wifely tact— "Well, I think you had the best of that!" The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius The name of the Roman matron became a synonym of all that is noble, wifely, and motherly in the home. History of Education But even she had not dared to plan her coup alone, with her chosen instrument of wifely retaliation. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Much as I realize the importance of my articles for Mother Earth, you cannot expect me to sacrifice my wifely duty to my lord and master for Earth's sake. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 4, June 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature The wifely needle, a thread of silver fire, shuttled back and forth in the heavy brocade silk. The Pagan Madonna And they have had an extensive and wonderful influence in the molding of wifely ideals. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ Lastly, she is humbled into the state of submissive wifely falsehood by a boor who cares only for his own will, her flesh, and her money. William Shakespeare She reminded herself fiercely that never had she allowed anything to interfere with her wifely duty. Studies in love and in terror "Oh, do your wifely duty, whatever it is," he said.... The Rose-Garden Husband "Hands off! he's mine," her manner, more than her words, said to Auntie, who would have liked to listen to a few wifely confidences as she and her niece sat tête-à-tête through the long morning. A Sheaf of Corn Mrs Widger's gaze at him while he talked about the dead children was wonderful to see—wide-eyed, soft, unflinching—wifely and motherly at once. A Poor Man's House It is curious, but, little wifely as I feel towards him, there is something in me that keeps me back from the disloyalty of discussing my husband with other people. The Light of Scarthey And now, after years of silence and affectionate wifely submission, Mrs. Wrottesley was asserting herself. Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir It was signed and dated and in a silver frame and every time I’d found myself polishing that oblong of silver I’d done so with a wifely ruffle of temper. The Prairie Mother Then with a tearless eye and bright, She gazes madly round the place Where every comfort bears the trace Of wifely labor wrought with pain, Of woman's love that lives in vain. Indian Legends of Minnesota "Howd thy tongue," she answered with a proper touch of wifely irritation at his levity. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 Apparently her wifely respect was not generally shared in the paint business. The Job An American Novel Attracted by her lovely verse, the intellectual companionship ripened into love, and for his half-dozen final years he enjoyed her wifely aid and sympathy in what seems to have been an ideal union. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 It seemed to her often as though he lay already on the breast of God; even her wifely love grew timid and awestruck. Robert Elsmere Chester nodded, expecting from the sparkle in S———'s dark brown eye that he was going to hear a little gush about her many wifely qualities. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 Young, delicate, and soft, and fair, Such toils as these untrained to bear, Her wifely love the dame has led The forest's troubled ways to tread. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Yet the lady of the Van Pool, whatever her practice, had in theory some relics of old-fashioned wifely duty. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology It seemed almost a wifely touch, and she was angry with herself. Country Neighbors He considered Bee for a moment in a wifely, packing attitude, then Dora. In the Mist of the Mountains She has enough wifely pride to be hurt at the lack of confidence. Floyd Grandon's Honor From home and every bliss she fled By wifely love and duty led, And heedless of a wanderer's woes, A life in lonely forests chose. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse And this was what her notions of wifely duty had led to! Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 "Indeed, Catherine had a deep religious nature, which might be worthy of emulation in many respects, and she is certainly a high ideal of wifely love," Mrs. Hayden interposed at this critical juncture. The Right Knock A Story Outside was the queenly magnificence and wifely glorification of her lot, a smooth current of irresistible prosperity. The Development of Embroidery in America She has a misgiving that he does not mean to rate Jasper Wilmarth very highly, and her wifely devotion resents it, for she is devoted. Floyd Grandon's Honor How blest is Janak's daughter, true To every wifely duty, who Cleaves faithful to her husband's side Whose realm is girt by Ocean's tide! The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse There was doubtless something strangely inconsistent in this instinct of wifely loyalty and duty in a woman who had just voluntarily left her husband's house. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 "Well, if she calls her an ideal of wifely love, I don't admire the reality," exclaimed Grace, with more vigor than elegance, as she put down her tea-cup. The Right Knock A Story “But it would interest me,” Th�r�se insisted, with a little wifely resentment that her husband should have a knowledge of people that excluded her. At Fault "You shall not discuss Mr. Grandon in this manner to me," declares Violet, indignant with wifely instincts. Floyd Grandon's Honor Not only her mother, but all the matrons of her acquaintance had concentrated on the extreme desirability of this wifely virtue. The Squirrel-Cage For, as you may imagine, the wifely penetration was not to be deceived for any great length of time—the more so that the wife was older than the husband. Chance A Tale in Two Parts Even in her womanly joy over the rescue, there was wifely sympathy and instant understanding of her husband's swift-changing mood. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War The wifely authority, exercised so long under another name, had as yet been powerless to bring him to the point of disposing of his farm. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale Her eyes rested upon the ground, or glanced quietly at things in the distance, when they were not lifted for a moment in wifely humility to her husband’s face at some word of his. Marcia Schuyler Judge Emery laughed noiselessly, and quite without resentment at this wifely characterization. The Squirrel-Cage Clarice’s ideas of wifely duty were of a very primitive kind. A Forgotten Hero Not for Him Francis answered him very little, so Marjorie, wifely before her time, found herself trying nervously to keep up with Logan, and hurling more thoughts at him about Baudelaire than she had known she possessed. I've Married Marjorie Kano, from the tail of his eye, marked with approval these tokens of wifely submission. The Dragon Painter He who has no reason for his wifely choice except a pretty face is like a man who should buy a farm because of the dahlias in the front dooryard. The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony It was Mrs. Moore's turn to grunt, which she did, in the manner of a wifely sniff. The Forbidden Trail Moved by impulse to caution the child, motherly instinct toward uttering comforting assurance and wifely loyalty to her husband's safety, the poor woman, stammering incoherently, looked helplessly at Sir Donald. Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 I myself never observed it in a woman, and if I had, should have set it down to ordinary wifely concern. Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales While her heart had not been given to another, she could have endured her husband patiently, fulfilling her wifely duties, and possessing a conscience clear before God. Hubert's Wife A Story for You The world never owned such opulence of womanly character or such splendor of womanly manners or multitudinous instances of wifely, motherly, daughterly, sisterly devotion, as it owns to-day. The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony She was getting about the house now, looking very wifely in her long, warm wraps, her slow motions contrasting strongly with the old restless, springing steps Anson remembered so well. A Little Norsk; Or, Ol' Pap's Flaxen Had not the presence of his sisters restrained her, for her external wifely pride grew as much as her inward antagonism—she would have again boldly put forward her claim to read the letter. Agatha's Husband A Novel She stood in tears, For she had felt a mother's fears, And wifely cares she knew. Ionica His socks must be prepared for him by wifely hands. The Brentons She was one of those dear little earnest creatures who of their own accord act in a motherly and wifely way from their early years. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines Moreover, seeing that he had chosen her out of a world of women to be his wife, she never stopped to ask herself whether or no she came up to his standard of wifely perfection. The Making of a Soul Agatha wore her wedding-dress, of white silk, rich and plain, She looked very pretty, her girlish abandon of manner softened by a certain wifely dignity, which grew upon her day by day. Agatha's Husband A Novel She continued to urge her wifely duty in answer to his fatherly solicitations, and to repeat that the way to heaven is as near from Palestine as from England. Westminster Abbey His wife, who had seemed to begin by bracing herself to stand against him, now seemed to have braced herself to stand with him—perhaps a more commendable wifely attitude. On the Stairs With her added cares of wifely duty this gave a sober look to her untameable childish bloom; she was almost a business-like beauty now. Little Novels of Italy Yet it was a foolish but wifely pride in her husband's official position that turned Bell Dundas's head—a wild ambition to beat all baptismal record. Auld Licht Idylls It was a sort of tacit acknowledgment of her wifely rights to his trust. Agatha's Husband A Novel There was her confession to be made, and her instruction as to the duties of a wife, just as if she had not seen her mother's wifely life all her days! A Little Girl in Old Detroit This wifely counsel was accompanied by a teasing smile that belied its harshness. Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer Moreover, wifely adoration was particularly bad for clergymen, who were far too much inclined already to give themselves airs. Marriage à la mode Her only wish was to please him and to do her wifely duty. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians Ere they had ridden far, all her wild spirits came back again, and all her wifely feelings too, for her husband seemed as happy as herself, and entered into all her frolics. Agatha's Husband A Novel "Mrs. General" was a pet-name the lady had won from a wifely and lovable trait that prompted her to aggrandize her placid lord above his deserts. Marion's Faith. Just in proportion as her manner to her hostess had been unresponsive and cold so had her assumption of little wifely airs and proprietorship been comical. Under Fire It was a natural, wifely thing to do. A Husband by Proxy Her husband remaining indifferent, she assumed her wifely prerogative to pass rigorous judgment upon his conscience. The Henchman Where there's no other care for her than to yield you the wifely companionship you're yearning for. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon My wifely duties were as serfdom to me; how then could I love my daughters? Henrik Ibsen's Prose Dramas Vol III Lady Inger of Ostrat Her own claim to the matronly title she gave up all hope of establishing; for, if the "relic'" abbreviated her own wifely distinction, how should she be expected to dignify other people? Faith Gartney's Girlhood She ran to him ardently, as she had before, with her perfect art, and kissed him with wifely affection. A Husband by Proxy Accordingly she gave him a wifely kiss when he entered. Swirling Waters At last, seeing he felt that he must go, Martha reluctantly consented, and fitted him out with wifely care. Choice Readings for the Home Circle With a wifely experience of many years to guide her, she did not ask Mr. Harley why he had gone to furious war with Storri. The President A novel My wifely honour is a name abhorred, And that chaste fame has perished, which alone Perchance had raised me to a starry throne. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor And to all ages will her story be known, and in all poetry will she be enshrined as the sweet image of wifely patience, the incomparable Griselda. The Children's Portion Having thus discharged her wifely duty, as it appeared to her, Mrs. Daggett promptly turned her back upon it. An Alabaster Box She was timid and vacillating from wifely habit, whilst motherly anxiety goaded her to be persistent and almost irritable on the subject. We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys I have no heart to bring you; mine died with all my wifely hopes when I lost my husband. Infelice In the remote days of Greek antiquity, we find an example of undivided wifely love in Alcestis, whose devotion to her husband sent her to voluntary death in order to lengthen his life. The Evolution of Love As I have said, I knew him well enough; knew him incapable of love apart from passion, and that to him there was no sacredness in maiden chastity or wifely vows. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady She never looked more wasted and old-maidish than when thus affirming her wifely rights. Romance Whereupon Kitty gently reproved him, as was her wifely duty. The Big-Town Round-Up She made her familiar with all her household plans and wifely cares; as room by room in the old manor was finished, she described it. The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York We know that the tender, womanly, wifely pitifulness, the causeless remorse, will be the nearest and most urgent conscience, and will prevail. The Ethics of George Eliot's Works "Yes; from a strained sense of wifely duty, as she took good care to tell me." The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady His wife Sita is possessed of much womanly grace and every wifely virtue; and the sorrowful story of the warrior-god and his faithful spouse has appealed to deep sympathies in the human breast. Two Old Faiths Essays on the Religions of the Hindus and the Mohammedans Every sensible girl married to a poor man comprehends, as one trait of wifely duty, that she must make her trousseau last and look well as long as she can. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) His wife, a beautifully dressed lady with cotton-wool in her ears, remained abstracted, whether from toothache, or exclusiveness, or mere wifely boredom, we cannot say. All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches The seven sages appear, flying through the air, and with them Arundhati, the heavenly model of wifely faith and devotion. Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works I thought it a most generous thing in her; the last of all her many wifely loyalties; and I would have given much for leave to stand forth and tell her so. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady Peggy's grey, Irish eyes were at the moment a little speculative, touched with a dispassionate curiosity and a good deal of sisterly and wifely and maternal and slightly compassionate affection. The Lee Shore The pretty, nerveless hand, even in sleep, tremored like a caress, for whatever Lottie's wifely failings, as a mother she was without reproach. The Voice of the People It seemed, to him a truly womanly quality—certainly a wifely one! The Moon out of Reach With a noble blindness, the fanaticism of wifely faith, she rejected it utterly. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 Now that she is united to the man of her choice, she should always comply with her wifely duties. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan At first she thought she herself might be to blame and she carefully watched her own actions and attitude to see if she was neglectful in any way of wifely duties and devotion. Bought and Paid For From the Play of George Broadhurst "It's a shame to destroy wifely confidence," she protested. The Voice of the People For him there should be no wifely lips to kiss away the penciled lines of care; the happy voices of children would never make music in his ears. The Grey Cloak She was ashamed and not hopeful, but her mother-love was stronger than her wifely pity. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem Nancy could only encourage by wifely sympathy, being devoid of those psychic powers that distinguished Aunt Bell. The Seeker But too soon the spirited girl had hardened into the narrow, tyrannical woman; her conception of the wifely state limited to the traditional duties of motherhood and household service. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India She is very quaint in her play at wifely scolding. His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality So he raved at her because the tag had come off his shoelace, and it was her wifely duty to see that a new lace had been put into the shoe that morning. Captivity She couldn't, evidently, understand why Rose mightn't have done her wifely duty and been content with that. The Real Adventure Mrs. Joe ran for his overcoat and best hat, gave him a wifely kiss, and watched him depart from the low brown door-way. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 The character of Philomela possesses strong traits of feminine virtue and wifely fidelity. A History of English Prose Fiction She drew his hand up and kissed it, and held it against her cheek in a dear way which was among the sweetest of her wifely caresses. His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality The Vicar had coached himself, by wifely tuition and much private repetition, into a certain familiarity with the Wedding Service in English, but would still have been more at home with it in French. Pearl of Pearl Island Finally, he found her quieter, more amenable, more truly wifely than her sister. Nocturne Open the old cigar-box,—let me consider a while,— Here is a mild Manilla,—there is a wifely smile. Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry Tears, tears, With wifely fears Immixed—I held my breath, My boy! Soldier Songs and Love Songs Indeed, a recognition of the contrary would not have seemed to her consistent with wifely virtue. Unleavened Bread On these occasions Isabel was wont to court Ruth's counsel concerning her wifely part in Arthur's work, thus often getting Leonard's as well. Bylow Hill Christine had known it for years, but her wifely honor had held it more sacred than locks or keys could have done. Scottish sketches No sooner was her beloved Chester out of sight over the hill a mile away, than Mrs. Kate dried her wifely tears and laid hold of her scepter with a firmness that amused Ford exceedingly. The Uphill Climb The wifely, the maternal qualities of her being, of which she had never been strongly conscious till of late, awoke in response to the need that drew them forth, only to be blighted by denial. The Inner Shrine Far be it from me to discourage such a wifely conclusion. Unleavened Bread A parallel to this, illustrative of wifely devotion, is recorded in the early history of Germany. Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Of course she had not asked questions, she said with a pleasant little assumption of wifely submission. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 The wifely type of the Hebrews is set forth in Proverbs xxxi, 10-31. Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family Sweet are friends, and fame is sweet; but sweeter far a wifely heart whereon to lay a weary head. Hints for Lovers Stories also of wifely and husband affection and the reverse are preserved in song. Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before If Lillie had your consent to be near Schlegel, she would certainly not refuse to return to her wifely duties as soon as he was dead. The Dangerous Age Her search in her husband's pockets was only what might have been expected from the average woman, but the wifely submission was special. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 He had always the highest regard for her literary judgments and opinions; and this little incident shows that she was already associating herself in a wifely fashion with his aims as an author. Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time He pictured with satisfaction her gradual yielding to the modest luxury he had to offer her, just as he pictured the exquisite delaying dawn of her wifely ardour. The Divine Fire So, as the husbandly dignity descended upon him, she found herself possessed by something of the wifely duty.... V. V.'s Eyes Her wifely devotion was, however, proof against all he could urge, for she declared with tears there was no happiness for her save at his side. The Book of the Epic And to him she will yield her wifely submission at all times. Charles Rex In the farm house and in the palace she was as wifely and retiring as any of the excellent women who have been the wives of American statesmen. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs She must be faithful to her wifely duties and do nothing to disgrace either her husband or her parents. The Old Franciscan Missions Of California She had no particle of wifely feeling toward him, only a sentiment of concentrated rage, the deep-seated hatred of the vanquished for the victor, when she thought of him. The Downfall On learning her husband had fallen into the power of this enchantress, the lady had sought the Bower of Bliss and by dint of wifely devotion had rescued her spouse. The Book of the Epic He appealed to her mother to explain to her daughter the nature of "wifely duties." Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society Her answer is full of wifely loyalty and dignity--"Whether I know it or not I neither ought nor will say." Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs But now, for the first time, she asked herself if he were not presuming upon her wifely submission. The Tidal Wave and Other Stories "But, before and after being a mother, one is a human being; and neither the motherly nor the wifely destination can overbalance or replace the human, but must become its means, not its end." Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays These wifely animadversions, probably oft-heard, by no means interfered with his domestic peace. Best Russian Short Stories In the brougham, going home, she bewitched him with wifely endearments. Tales of the Five Towns It involves a subtle element of wifely devotion which I guess you're too young, or too inexperienced, to understand. The Wild Olive The greater part of the Ménagier's book is concerned, however, not with the theoretical niceties of wifely submission, but with his creature comforts. Medieval People Before being a wife or mother, one is a human being; and neither motherly nor wifely destination can overbalance or replace the human, but must become its means, not end. Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays "And he'd no right to turn you out!" she said in wifely indignation. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories And from the time she won his heart, She sweetly played her wifely part— Contented with her lot! Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 She would receive it in the right, loving, wifely attitude, telling him that he was making too much of a little, that it was splendid of him to confess, and generally exonerating and rehabilitating him. The Price of Love Moreover, exaggerated as some of her husband's ideas upon wifely submission appear today, the book leaves a strong impression of good sense and of respect as well as love for her. Medieval People Something of almost maternal feeling, as happens at times in real life, mingles with her wifely affection for Charles, who indeed may prove on occasions a fractious son. Robert Browning Eve's response was to kiss her husband—a sisterly rather than a wifely kiss. Mr. Prohack He had not made her into a wifely errand girl but it had occurred from following his subliminal promptings. Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America "You did, dear," said Marguerite, with wifely eagerness. The Roll-Call A day or two afterwards, when Cranstoun was abroad, Mary, so far anticipating her wifely duties, entered his room in order to look out his things for the wash. Trial of Mary Blandy He could have killed her, but he could not put a finger on a fault in her marvellous wifely behaviour; she would have died victorious. The Regent And now early marriage and safety from so many problems; with work and honors and wifely love and children: work and rest and duty to the end. The Mettle of the Pasture She must make him believe it was a voluntary wifely act, a willing caress. The Inferno Home, wifely love, and children—it was to these dear enwrapping powers she had committed him in what she had done. Fenwick's Career I have left Kentucky after nine years of stay-at-home happiness, and once again I am on my way to Japan—this time in wifely disobedience to Jack's wishes. The Lady and Sada San A Sequel to the Lady of the Decoration Such was her wifely rule, and he considered that there was no sense in it. The Regent Failing wifely joy, they had too often regarded themselves as unsuccessful, and had apologized tacitly to the world for using their abilities in any direction save one. The Precipice Lillian Underwood's talk with me had destroyed all my previous conceptions of dignified wifely behavior in the face of a problem like mine. Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon She made up for this wifely self-abnegation by frequenting the hen houses. Adopting an Abandoned Farm In other words, his "jealousy" is not a solicitude for marital honor, for wifely purity and affection, but simply a question of lending his property and being paid for it. Primitive Love and Love-Stories Edward Henry would not lose sight of his priceless charge, but he sent Harrier to despatch a telegram to Nellie, whose wifely interest in his movements he had till then either forgotten or ignored. The Regent She had renounced the mistress qualities which the successful wife requires to supplement her wifely character, and she had learned too late that love must have other elements than the rigidly sensible ones. The Precipice With the seclusion of women and the laying of even greater stress on wifely chastity, romantic love was increasingly denied. The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry Whether she intended to act in a reasonable manner and show some wifely traits when my £250 of legacy and savings was quite dissipated I do not know. Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life The practice of "voluntary" widow-burning is, as the foregoing shows, about as convincing proof of wifely devotion as the presence of an ox in the butcher's stall is proof of his gastronomic devotion to man. Primitive Love and Love-Stories "Oh! if it is a question of wifely tenderness I will not insist." Without Dogma Amoret is the "Venus," but without the licentiousness of that goddess, warm, loving, motherly, and wifely. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Her cool assumption of wifely dignity--her actually bringing them up to see me without announcing their coming to me, and never letting them have one bout at me, was beyond anything! Not Pretty, but Precious Charlotte is not long in discovering that the Captain is a much better man than her husband; she loves him, but within the limits of wifely duty. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes She drew her hand away and retreated a step, coloring at the wifely liberty she had permitted herself to take. The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage She was wifely now in bed, accommodating, easily satisfied. O+F In an illness, Enid nursed Geraint with such wifely devotion that he felt convinced of his error. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook He found at home the ease of his body and the peace of his conscience, together with Mrs Verloc’s wifely attentions and Mrs Verloc’s mother’s deferential regard. The Secret Agent a Simple Tale And yet—for well I know that virgin heart— No wifely duty will she leave undone; Nor will her love neglect that woman's art Which courts and keeps a love already won. The Poems of Henry Timrod It was the Judge who was now docile, and even admiringly obedient to all Ruth's wifely advices and admonitions. The Man Between, an International Romance Her voice was as clear as a bell, and full of wifely solicitude. The Age of Innocence He had a great deal to say on the subject of wifely duty. The Shuttle Mrs Verloc’s wifely forethought had left the cold beef on the table with carving knife and fork and half a loaf of bread for Mr Verloc’s supper. The Secret Agent a Simple Tale This reflection must be understood, in her own case, as prompted by her unconquerable wifely love. An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry When would the days begin of that active wifely devotion which was to strengthen her husband's life and exalt her own? Middlemarch Alice began a little laugh of wifely incredulity, and then let it die away as she recognized that he was really troubled and sad in his mind. The Damnation of Theron Ware American women, he said, had no conception of wifely duties and affection. The Shuttle Ance a woman is the wife of any man, she becomes wife to all men for having had the wifely experience she kens! Freckles And he nodded down at her who stood beside him, apparently unconcerned except for her wifely joy. The Indian Lily and Other Stories In this solemnly pledged union of her life, duty would present itself in some new form of inspiration and give a new meaning to wifely love. Middlemarch With all Rebekah's faults she seems to have had things her own way and therefore she did not set any marked example of wifely submission for women of to-day to follow. The Woman's Bible It was her wifely duty not to talk about her own family and palpitatingly expect letters by every American mail. The Shuttle To her personal mood, to her wifely affection even, he must appear more plainly than ever as the callous and selfish citizen, ready and glad to take his own ease while his brethren perished. Sir George Tressady — Volume II That's all part of the play, too—wifely affection and the rest of it. Sir George Tressady — Volume I Dorothea could have liked nothing better, since wrongs existed, than that her husband should be in the thick of a struggle against them, and that she should give him wifely help. Middlemarch I've always thought her abandoned as to wifely and motherly instinct. Michael O'Halloran I had better calm the dread of my wifely reader by at once assuring her that I shall not harrow her feelings with any account of culinary blunders. The Vicar's Daughter Docile as ever, and eager to gratify my lightest wish, she left no wifely duty unfulfilled. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 To the cloister-reared maiden the idea of wifely duty was elevated almost to a religion. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger She'll go simply as a matter of wifely duty, and all that. The Gray Dawn Can a woman love with truest wifely love a man who has no care that she should attain to the perfect growth of her nature? Weighed and Wanting It seemed to her often as though he lay already on the breast of God; even her, wifely love grew timid and awestruck. Robert Elsmere Long will art-lovers linger before this monument raised by wifely devotion, a monument, with so many another, perpetuating rather the devotion of the survivor than claims on posterity of the dead. East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne Yet it was a foolish but wifely pride in her husband's official position that turned Bell Dundas' head—a wild ambition to beat all baptismal record. Auld Licht Idyls Her wifely devotion had won the Emperor's affection, and her unfailing gentleness had attracted all his friends. The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise It was evident to Edith that her husband was nervous and irritable, and with wifely protective instinct she attributed his condition to overwork. The Philistines She felt that it would be an act of wifely self-abnegation to defer the announcement of her interest in socialism and Mr. Kirkpatrick. The Sisters-In-Law Thank you … Symbol of Columbine's true wifely love for him. The Harlequinade An Excursion Already she was planning her wifely duties, and asking herself how she should learn to be always as interesting and as dear to her husband as she was to her lover. Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense He tried to quell the unreasonable inclination to find her lacking in wifely devotion because she had been out. The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors There was nothing he could actually take hold of, Craven was at all times considerate and thoughtful, Gillian a model of wifely attention. The Shadow of the East Moreover, she had not the slightest intention of permitting anything to interfere with her wifely duties as she saw them…. Together She rang the bell for aid, then kneeled, and took his throbbing temples to her wifely bosom. A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day Deirdre was clever in maidenly duties and wifely understanding, and Connachar thought he never saw with bodily eye a creature that pleased him more. Celtic Fairy Tales Calling this eminently wifely sentiment over her shoulder she ran down the front walk, hatless, wrapless, just as she was in her pretty flowered and looped-up bride's house dress. The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors Into the maiden’s tender and ardent affection stole the wifely wish to console and the motherly impulse to protect her dear one from pain, which are strong elements in every real woman’s love. An Ambitious Man Bessie thought that a good wife must be chaste, of course; other matters of wifely duty were less distinct. Together Many of her opinions, such as those on church government and the character of Archbishop Laud, seemed too decided under every alteration to have been arrived at otherwise than by a wifely receptiveness. Daniel Deronda With manly courtesy, proud Gates allowed Her wifely claim, and gave her all she asked. Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. A Drama. and Other Poems. Jane was sorry for Adeline, and able to perceive how the wifely feelings, which she had taken on herself, by choosing a man of inferior breeding and nature clashed with her hereditary character and principles. Modern Broods I pictured her both fair and neat, With voice so soft, with wifely skill, To make my home a snug retreat From many kinds of mortal ill. The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects But for the highest praise of her wifely devotion, her patience and unchanging love, and for her lofty admiration of Mozart, both as man and musician, there is a superfluity of proof. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 Eventually she has to abandon him, but demonstrates her wifely devotion by going back to nurse him through his last illness. The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood There was no one to advise, no one to check, no one to help her to keep in the path of wifely fidelity. The Tragedies of the Medici I'm not made of stone that I can look at such wifely doings through my fingers! Plays So your fine, fearless knight of chivalry Has won his way to your most wifely heart By boasting of his prowess! Under King Constantine In a word Mrs. Tutt performed her wifely functions in a purely matter-of-fact way. Tutt and Mr. Tutt "Yes; I am learning one of my wifely duties: not to keep my husband waiting." At Love's Cost Mrs. Hawthorne said she took a wifely pride in his having no small vices. Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals She repeatedly accused him of being a miser, but this is a wifely denunciation which in all classes of life is lightly made when the purchase of feminine finery is under discussion. The Hampstead Mystery Perhaps my wifely pride would have enabled me to bear it better if I had known that the steamer were trembling with honor rendered to my husband. Memories of Hawthorne She had accompanied him wherever he went with true wifely devotion, but had been constrained to drink deeply of the cup of privation, and had never been free from anxiety. The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales "I am quite content with the mission of my sex, sir," she returned, half in jest, half in wifely humility. The Battle Ground It is her army home—Brass Button's home—and however discouraging its condition may be, for his sake she pluckily, and with wifely pride, performs miracles, always making the house comfortable and attractive. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 The following instance of wifely devotion is related of a woman who came from the Red River of Louisiana with her husband, who was a Southern officer. Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" For "poaching" on the wifely preserves has become the favorite flapper sport! Nonsenseorship Ah, my dear, that was a wifely speech! King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays Such was heathen faithfulness even to death; and where the teaching of Christianity had not forbidden the taking away of life by one's own hand, perhaps wifely love could not go higher. A Book of Golden Deeds She was hurt not only in her wifely love, but in her queenly pride. Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood Mrs. Donner was urged to go with the relief party, but resolutely determined to heed the promptings of wifely devotion and remain by her husband. History of the Donner Party, a Tragedy of the Sierra "Fidelio" is a tale of wifely devotion, and Beethoven bent all his energies to a glorification of his heroine's love and fidelity. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time If you have any thoughts or impulses which do not fit into the frame of wifely domesticity, you know how to suppress them. King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays Stronger within her than wifely affection or parental affection or even maternal affection,—stronger than any womanly emotion, was the moral conviction born of her great faith. Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation Ah, English husbands should be loyal beyond measure to the illustrious lady, who has set such a matchless example of wifely faith, pride and devotion. Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood This woman had chosen a death of solitude, of hunger, of bitter cold, of pain-racked exhaustion, and was actuated by only the pure principles of wifely love. History of the Donner Party, a Tragedy of the Sierra "No, no, dear; forgive me!" she cried, with true wifely penitence. Her Weight in Gold His wife seated herself sideways upon the arm of his chair, and bent over him as he sat, with wifely confidence. Michael's Crag The ideal of wifely duty which impelled such sacrifice still survives; and more than one recent example might be cited of a generous life thus laid down in rebuke of some moral wrong. Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation And away she ran, for she had no power just then to speak in a wifely manner. The Young Step-Mother On the side of the former was maternal love; on the side of the latter, wifely devotion. History of the Donner Party, a Tragedy of the Sierra When Mr. Shepard made a sketch of Paul, Mrs. Bunyan, with wifely solicitude for his appearance, parted Paul's hair with a handaxe and combed it with an old cross-cut saw. The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan "My husband's quite an enthusiast for this particular place," Mrs. Trevennack interposed, watching his face as she spoke with a certain anxious and ill-disguised wifely solicitude. Michael's Crag My dear Belviso," I said, "Virginia is liable to impulse, it may be admitted; but she is never likely to forget what wifely duty involves. The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca Well of all the wifely things to say! The Holiday Round Something in us—instinct or tradition—will have it that the well-developed woman is richest in the purely womanly qualities—the wifely and maternal feelings. Afoot in England Mrs Farquharson went with her husband because, since his state of health had handed him over to her more than ever, she saw it a part of her wifely duty. The Imperialist See, I already take the wifely privilege you have given me to wish to share all that annoys you. A Siren I was much touched by her devotion and wifely duty, and assured her of it by every means in my power. The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca I'm sure I wish you joy with the selfish wretch and with your new- fangled ideas of wifely devotion. The Auction Block But all their wives remembered, and turned them out with wifely elbow. The Lilac Sunbonnet "Gardner worships the girls," she said, with wifely indulgence, "but I know he wants a son—and the girlies need a brother!" The Heart of Rachael Then, with true wifely instinct she sought to cheer him up with pleasing prattle of a new bonnet he had promised her. The Fiend's Delight Then she set about the somewhat difficult task of rousing him, quite her capable wifely little self when there was something she could do for him. The Story of Julia Page Christie was afraid that Mrs. Wilkins had seen her disappointment in her face, and tried, with wifely zeal, to defend her lord from even a disparaging thought. Work: a Story of Experience Mrs. Getz opened up the subject while she performed the wifely office of washing her husband's neck, his increasing bulk making that duty a rather difficult one for him. Tillie, a Mennonite Maid; a Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch She seemed full of a new wifely and matronly charm to-day, and it was quite in key with the pose that old Mrs. Gregory and young Charles should be constantly in her neighborhood. The Heart of Rachael Mrs Brindley had risen and with wifely attentiveness was turning over the music page for her husband. The Grim Smile of the Five Towns She and Mrs. Tarbury exchanged a look, and Julia knew exactly what concessions her mother had made before the reconciliation; knew just how sincere this unworldly wifely devotion was. The Story of Julia Page Fill, to the utmost of your ability, all your wifely relations, and seek to develop in your husband those higher qualities of thought and feeling to which your spirit can attach itself. The Hand but Not the Heart or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring Then she looked up at him—a long look of reproach, and sombre accusation, and wifely tenderness. Aaron's Rod Rachael would hang on his free arm, in happy wifely fashion, as they went back to the house. The Heart of Rachael However, Vera, with wifely and submissive tact made the best of things; and that evening she began to decorate the hall, dining-room, and drawing-room with holly and mistletoe. The Grim Smile of the Five Towns When she was putting on her hat four hours later to be driven home by Rodney, Martie heard Rose's wifely voice in the hall: "You are a darling to do this, Rod!" Martie, the Unconquered Not made with interest or feeling; but promptly, as the dictate of wifely duty. The Hand but Not the Heart or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring Never had it occurred to Widdowson that a wife remains an individual, with rights and obligations independent of her wifely condition. The Odd Women Was not her whole life a pretence, an affectation of wifely virtues? Demos I may say that without love—wifely duty—where was I?—I had something very particular to say, I know, once. North and South She had always fancied herself too broad-minded to resent this in the usual wifely way, but the fact angered her, and she suffered over the incident for days. Martie, the Unconquered How suddenly were Mrs. Dexter's wifely, unselfish and self-denying purposes in regard to her husband scattered upon the winds! The Hand but Not the Heart or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring Why, his wife was what he had thought her from the first, perfect in every wifely attribute. The Odd Women But even as Elizabeth said this, her woman's heart registered its first wifely vow. Herb of Grace She herself, in proper wifely fashion, proposed to give her little house a good red-up in its master's absence. Australia Felix Really, Lady Errington!" he said at last sarcastically, "your wifely enthusiasm and confidence are indeed charming! Thelma Smitten with remorse, after the execution, she quits Limoges, and, removing into the country, endeavours there by a life of charity and devotion to religion to redeem her lapse from her wifely duty. Balzac The union was unnatural; she felt herself constrained by a hateful force when he called upon her for the show of wifely tenderness. The Odd Women Fauvel's resistance grew weaker and more faint, as her niece pointed out the line for her to pursue: the path of wifely duty. File No. 113 As if she had never learned the truth, she returns to her wifely love for Arcesius. A Second Book of Operas This was his level Elysium—to sit at ease vicariously girdling the world in print amid the wifely splashing of suds and the agreeable smells of breakfast dishes departed and dinner ones to come. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million It should at the same time be remembered that among the "Canterbury Tales" the two which are of their kind the most effective, constitute tributes to the most distinctively feminine and wifely virtue of fidelity. Chaucer Any other man would deem her a model wifely virtue. The Odd Women "Did n't he insult your wifely honor and disgrace your home?" Homespun Tales Helen's first wifely duty was to insist that she should and could and would help her husband with the work of cleaning up after the sumptuous supper. The Man of the Forest When did two men ever disagree upon the subject of wifely duties? For the Term of His Natural Life He mildly wards off the reproach, sheltering himself behind his defender, the "lady in green," who afterwards proves to be herself that type of womanly and wifely fidelity unto death, the true and brave Alcestis. Chaucer Behold!" and she kissed him on the lips, "in token of my wifely love do I kiss my lord. She Together we went along the path through the wood, she keeping equal step with me in wifely way. The Lady of the Shroud She pictures herself as fulfilling exquisite ideals of wifely devotion, "all in all" to him, and he to her. The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) He had felt proud and happy then, happy that she was his, proud of her grace and wifely carriage. Dubliners "Jim was always very brilliant," returned Mrs. Bradley, indifferently, and with more than even conventionally polite wifely deprecation; "I wish he were more practical." A Phyllis of the Sierras Open the old cigar-box—let me consider awhile; Here is a mild Manilla—there is a wifely smile. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 "Tell him, Mac," said she; and that is another proof of Janet's goodness and wifely love. The Day's Work - Volume 1 The Greek poets give us types of tragic passions, of heroic virtues, of motherly and wifely devotion, but woman is not recognized as a profound spiritual force. The Women of the French Salons In all things she yields him wifely duty, seeks to render herself agreeable to him, suffers in silence his occasional caresses. John Ingerfield and Other Stories She has a thousand little wifely attentions for him; poor for herself, she is rich for him; she whelms this manure with her delicate solicitude. The Memoirs of Victor Hugo Her husband, usually meek and long-suffering under wifely discipline, evinced unwonted spirit. Mary-'Gusta Golden sovereigns were solid facts; wifely virtues, by a serious-minded and strong-willed husband, could be instilled—at all events, light-heartedness suppressed. Tommy and Co. “That’s not a very kind remark to make,” I said, “not a wifely remark.” Three Men on the Bummel In vain Helmer uses the old philistine arguments of wifely duty and social obligations. Anarchism and Other Essays Why should she not have entertained an affection for Termonde, which, while it in no wise interfered with her fidelity to her wifely duties, made my father not unnaturally jealous? The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels But whether it was her wifely anxiety or not—it was evident her mind was not at ease through it all, and I fancied that her brightness was feverish, her merriment slightly hysterical. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English She may have room for wifely love even now. We Two, a novel Mr. Pett, who always felt his responsibilities as chorus keenly during these wifely monologues, surmised that a remark from him was indicated. Piccadilly Jim If a rigid mind here and there condemns Julie for a sort of compromise between love and wifely duty, impassioned souls will lay it to her charge as a crime. A Woman of Thirty To be sure, it was during an absence of the flock on the other side of the hedge so that the moral effect of her spasm of wifely loyalty was quite lost upon them. The Diary of a Goose Girl But the lust of brandy overcame wifely obedience, and Brinsden, hoping for the best, was constrained to cut a hole in her skull. A Book of Scoundrels Have I not filled a great man’s days with bliss, and love, and wifely worship? A Lady of Quality For, as you may imagine, the wifely penetration was not to be deceived for any great length of time—the more so that the wife was older than the husband. Chance A Tale in Two Parts All Englishmen know the name of Lucy Hutchinson; and of her calling and election to the most wifely of all wifehoods—that of a soldier’s wife—history has made her countrymen aware. Essays He has touched her to caress, not injure, and it seems as if Nature accepted his fondness as a matter of course, and yielded him a wifely submission in return. The Soul of the Far East It was wifely but not right in Catherine to repeat this strict confidence in strictest confidence to her neighbor, Mrs. Bainbridge, over the fence next morning before breakfast. The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories Victoria, indeed, in her enthusiasm for wifely fidelity, had laid down a still stricter ordinance: she frowned severely upon any widow who married again. Queen Victoria I tapped the bright-eyed girl on the head, and she immediately fell prostrate at my feet, in token of her wifely submission. The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont The tender service of the proudest-souled of women, wifely rendered, how superlatively charming! Hiero And I observed that Davidson must have been vexed by this display of wifely anxiety. Within the Tides |
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