| 单词 | henpecked |
| 例句 | He looked like a henpecked husband, a pushover, a sucker. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I swear, Gitl, that man is already henpecked and not even married to you yet.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a henpecked businessman who throws Gonda over in favor of toadying to his nagging wife and his harridan of a mother-in-law. Review: Ayn Rand’s ‘Ideal’ Presents a Protagonist Familiar in Her Superiority 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z But Pepys was so grateful for his rescue from this trackless wilderness that he roared with laughter at the landlord's jokes about the henpecked sailors at Bristol. Election memories 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z In American Beauty, a henpecked husband gave himself a new lease on life by rejecting suburbia for a simpler existence of weightlifting, pot-smoking, and skirt-chasing. Office Space at 20: how the comedy spoke to an anxious workplace 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z The humble teacher and henpecked husband — that was the disguise. Cross Cuts: How Walter White Found His Inner Sociopath 2013-07-24T14:48:26Z She is on the run from her abusive daughter-in-law and henpecked son in Houston, desperate to see the family farm in Bountiful once more before she dies. Cicely Tyson and ‘Blessed Assurance’ 2013-05-28T01:53:23Z Despite the jokey, kneejerk assumption that male abuse either isn’t real or is only reserved for the henpecked and weak, there is no question that female abusers exist. Feminism didn’t kill men’s rights advocate Earl Silverman 2013-04-29T14:55:00Z Miss Taylor gained 25 pounds and donned a gray wig and extra padding to play Martha, the frumpy, foul-mouthed, highly educated wife of Burton's henpecked college professor. Obituary: Elizabeth Taylor, of movies and men 2011-03-24T02:49:21Z Hilariously henpecked by his wife—their constant squabbles are the inverse of Carlos and the Queen’s camp romance—the dictator is almost entirely passive, an old man losing his grip on power. A Surreal End for an Unforgettable Queen: Pedro Lemebel, 1952-2015 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z It's hard to tell here if Tesman's just an obtuse, henpecked fool — or if he's aware his wife despises him, and is making the best of a bad bargain. In Intiman's 'Hedda,' we don't feel her pain 2012-07-17T23:27:06Z Flinching at every flap of his wife’s lacerating tongue, he’s a near caricature of the henpecked husband, and Mr. Shannon plays him with the air of a slightly vexed manservant. Review: In ‘The Harvest,’ Love Is Wielded With a Chill 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Taylor gained 25 pounds and donned a gray wig and extra padding to play Martha, the frumpy, foul-mouthed, highly educated wife of Burton's henpecked college professor. Elizabeth Taylor, legendary actress, dies at 79 2011-03-23T13:57:00Z Most of them work; four of the six are single or divorced, without the superrich, henpecked sugar-daddy husbands that are a staple on other versions. ‘Real Housewives’ in Greece, Israel and Canada 2013-06-06T12:00:01Z But at the same time her men weren't henpecked. Paglia on Taylor: "A luscious, opulent, ripe fruit!" 2011-03-24T02:58:00Z Everything else falls hopelessly flat in another trudge around that cosy Britcom universe where henpecked husbands, mistaken sexual identity and the repetition of the word "willy" are considered inherently hilarious. 12 in a Box – review 2013-03-21T23:20:01Z In the language of 1950s sitcoms, he might be described as a “henpecked husband.” Movie Review: ‘Better Living Through Chemistry,’ or at Least Better Loving 2014-03-13T23:05:47Z This unflattering portrait has survived to this day, not least thanks to a poem by Robert Browning, who depicts the henpecked artist sadly diminished by a faithless wife. Free hand 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Jean-Philippe Lafont, the French baritone making his overdue Covent Garden debut as Cinderella's father, was sympathetic, at once tender in his big duet with his daughter and henpecked by his hideous wife. Cendrillon; Rinaldo ? review 2011-07-09T23:06:30Z Men in anti-suffragist posters were depicted as henpecked, crouching to clean the floor, while their suffragist wives marched out the door to campaign for the vote. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z A henpecked husband looks to his talking dog for consolation. Movies on TV this week: 'The Phantom of the Opera' on TCM 2021-01-15T05:00:00Z In 1961, Helen Evans Brown and her husband, Philip, wrote in “The Cookout Book” : “Nothing makes a man look — and we should think, feel — more henpecked than to have his wife officiate at the cookout.” Perspective | Five myths about barbecue 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z He doesn’t want to be seen as cowardly or credulous or henpecked — spoiler alert: he’s all of those things — and the supposedly homeless houseguests merrily play on his shallow motives like a xylophone. ‘The Arsonists’ review: 1950s play sounds like an indictment of politics in the age of Facebook 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z I already understand the agony of being henpecked by younger generations. When Your Meat Suit Is Angry With Some Other, Louder Meat Suit 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z After all, poor George comes across as noble — he tells his stepson that he is married to both his sword and to Martha, and “death alone shall divorce me from either” — but also henpecked. The fake news that haunted George Washington 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Though highly bingeable and at times bitingly funny, the series is also patently ridiculous and riddled with pernicious stereotypes of henpecked husbands and scheming mean-girl mothers who use their children as pawns. 'Big Little Lies' is an engrossing but glib tale of murder, marriage and motherhood 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z “People at airports are on tight schedules and are henpecked enough as it is,” Jay Cost, a senior writer for the conservative Weekly Standard, said on Twitter. Trump Supporters Applaud Immigration Order as a ‘Welcome Change’ 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z The subjects covered by the broadsides were wide-ranging, from the Peterloo Massacre and Manchester's Great Flood of 1872 to light-hearted ditties about henpecked spouses and gossipy songs about extramarital affairs. Broadside ballads: When the news was spread through song - BBC News 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z And that, in turn, is no match for “The Kugelmass Episode,” written by Woody Allen for this magazine, in 1977, which transports a balding, henpecked humanities professor into the midst of “Madame Bovary”: Why Can’t the Future Be Fun? 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z In it, Mr. Astorino, playing himself as a henpecked suburban husband, is harangued by his wife, Sheila, who wants a new kitchen. Decorating and Design Meet Taxation and Politics Where Cuomo Lives 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Matthew hated the very sight of a brush or pail, and would have grumbled if he dared; but he dared not; he was thoroughly henpecked. It May Be True, Vol. II (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:12.527Z Not a man to be henpecked, I take it. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z It is said the poet's observation of this pair prompted the couplet of "Don Juan:" "But oh! ye lords of ladies intellectual, Inform us truly, have they not henpecked you all?" A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z My little wife, however, will know better than that; I have no fear of being henpecked. A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:44.097Z But he would probably conclude I was henpecked.” The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z “They generally do,” sighed the professor, who looked subdued and henpecked, as distinguished savants are apt to be. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z For a henpecked man, it was impossible to be more imposing or agreeable than General Temple. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z In fact, they are consulted on every matter, and the henpecked husband is of no extraordinary rarity in the Nicobars. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z He is likely to be demoralized and henpecked. Four signs you're micromanaging 2011-06-06T21:26:04Z Before their arrival in February at Deer Haven, a retirement home for creatures ranging from henpecked roosters to abused alpacas, prospects for Sissy and her guide team of 10 were grim. Seeing-eye sheep, goats guide blind horse in Montana 2011-05-22T15:04:15Z She skipped and screamed and laughed, now here, now there, almost as much the object of amusement to the mob as the henpecked husband and his shrew of a wife. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z They may even, here and there,—delicious idea!—be henpecked! One Year Abroad 2011-03-27T02:00:18.457Z Maureen Dowd gleefully adopts "henpecked into war" line Was President Obama "henpecked" into waging war on Libya by his "Amazon warrior" female advisors? Maureen Dowd gleefully adopts "henpecked into war" line 2011-03-23T15:54:00Z All the luckiest and happiest men have been henpecked. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z From the little I had seen of him I had set him down as a rather meek character, what manhood he may formerly have had henpecked out of him; an entity, forsooth, but nothing more. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z He was one of your meek men, and had the reputation of being badly henpecked. Boys' and Girls' Biography of Abraham Lincoln 2011-01-21T03:00:11.447Z Hint to the Managers of Poultry Shows.—Exhibit some henpecked husbands. Mr. Punch's Country Life 2010-12-20T17:12:17.723Z A moral point involved appears to be that a henpecked husband is a disgrace to manhood in general; and the purpose of the coolstrin is to reform it altogether. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Look at the fate of the men who won't be henpecked. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z If she pronounce her verdict, the matter is settled; there is no appeal, not even to her poor henpecked husband, whose conscience, every now and then, requires all her care and eloquence to soothe. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 His neighbours used to say of him, "The puir body's henpecked." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 Wait until I show you my true character," laughed madame, "take the reins of government into my own hands, and leave you with no will of your own—a henpecked husband. Glories of Spain The case is argued by the advocates; witnesses are examined to prove, first, that the man is henpecked, second, that his wife has struck him and drawn blood with the blow. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z It's a worse slavery than that of the most henpecked husband. The Children of the World He behaves, not like a henpecked husband, but only as a gentleman, and a man should always be as polite to his wife as he would to any lady he comes in contact with. Her Royal Highness Woman The second Kapellmeister was a vague, weak creature, henpecked by his vain little wife who was never happy unless she was the centre of some one's admiration. Confessions of an Opera Singer Why does a man permit himself to be henpecked? The Handbook of Conundrums No longer a slave, she tends to follow, to submit, to adjust her conduct to the wish of man, and it is significant that a powerful man is seldom henpecked. The Intelligence of Woman Evidently, we must regard Mark Antony as being the great historical type of the "henpecked" husband; there is, however, no occasion for sympathy; his punishment was no greater than he deserved. Roman Women We have an inveterate habit of laughing at the "henpecked husband," and no essayist has been bold enough as yet to devote a chapter to him from a purely historical point of view. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections How beautifully, in short, Andrew," said the deacon, "are you henpecked! Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 Certainly you never could have henpecked me into Congress the way you did Jim Walton! The Co-Citizens The henpecked deserve to be henpecked, and I would point out that there is no intention in these notes to attempt to substitute henpecked husbands for cockpecked wives. The Intelligence of Woman It was sort of a neighborhood rendezvous; most of the henpecked husbands of the district sought haven there, and surcease of care with cribbage and pale beer. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story For instance, he is probably right in calling the famous "intellectual" and "henpecked you all" in "Don Juan," "the happiest triple rhyme ever written." Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 It was, she said, just the opposite—she who had been henpecked. Adventures and Recollections Between times he was a shiftless, indulgent, and somewhat henpecked little man of watery eyes, a mouth with several missing teeth, and a limp in one "sprung leg." The Roof Tree He fell into very comfortable quarters, and, if he was henpecked, he took it as a part of his discipline, and found good food and good lodging a full compensation. Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney But there is just one little thing further that I drop for the henpecked to pick at. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II “Poor old Harry, henpecked Harry,” she bantered gayly. The Dominant Dollar He was a henpecked husband, a tamed bear. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts The story of his marriage is slightly pathetic, but more than slightly ludicrous, and he appears to have been greatly henpecked as well as obliged to lead an uncongenial life at a country living. A History of Elizabethan Literature Suffice it to say that when he secured some few hundreds a year out of the residue of the estate, he married Mrs. Lisle, and possibly became a henpecked husband. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley Mr. Train saying amid shouts of laughter, that he supposed that a few henpecked men would say "No" here, because they didn't dare to say their souls were their own at home.... History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II I'm glad that I am not that poah henpecked maid of hers. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation One comedian, who was playing the part of a henpecked husband, did remark: "If my wife gets any meaner, I'm going to send Stan Martin after her!" Anything You Can Do ... As for me, although a wife, I never wear the—well, you know what they call them when they wish to quiz henpecked husbands—even in the strictest privacy of life. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Then Socrates—the brute!—would laugh at her, and would go out and sit on the front door-steps, and look henpecked. Second Book of Tales The quickness of the transition made me vaguely ask myself whether he were henpecked,—a shocking conjecture, which I instantly dismissed. The Author Of Beltraffio If it were not for her large benevolence and suavity, which makes her a very agreeable woman, he would be badly henpecked. How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony Cornelia thought he looked more henpecked than ever, but he received her warmly, and hovered round to assist with the smaller impedimenta, while his wife hurried forward into the hotel. Flaming June He is said to be a very much henpecked husband. Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes The Quest of a Summer Vacation Only one of them, a henpecked fellow as malicious people said, confessed the whole transaction to his wife. Legends of the Rhine I am a shining example of a much henpecked husband. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among the Kentucky Mountaineers I have observed that he was a simple, good-natured man; he was, moreover, a kind neighbor and an obedient, henpecked husband. The Literary World Seventh Reader On her way thither she is steadily snubbed by the masculine element of the party, and henpecked by the feminine. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters I saw one instance where a henpecked husband "ran amok" and killed or wounded seventeen people before he himself was killed. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists And a beef love has equally been heard of, Wont—in romances—to brow-beat its mate, And still they say its trace may be detected Amongst the henpecked of the married state. Love's Comedy He was an acquiescent if not an obedient husband, and, rather than bicker, would submit to be moderately henpecked. The President A novel Here it is:— Ten henpecked husbands agreed to form themselves into a society for resisting the oppression of their wives. China and the Chinese It was charming to see that she henpecked her handsome old husband completely. Letters from Egypt Oh, world enchantress! oh, soother of the fatigues of man, employer of the idle, comforter of the henpecked husband's heart, encourager of timid dependents, who can know thy glory! The Poison Tree A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal Inform us truly, have they not henpecked you all? Familiar Quotations The fact that his sister was the "boss of his shack," and that he, indeed, was a henpecked man, was never, by any slip of courtesy, conversationally paraded, especially in his hearing. Bruvver Jim's Baby They were outrageously henpecked, made to dance attendance until all hours of the morning upon silly, bridge-loving wives. Bought and Paid For From the Play of George Broadhurst Omar was telling me of some little family tribulations, showing that he is not a little henpecked. Letters from Egypt There is only one point alone in which I have done him injustice, and that is in depicting him as a henpecked husband. The Ned M'Keown Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three There are henpecked husbands, it has been remarked, even in aboriginal Australia. Little Essays of Love and Virtue All which the husband, the poor henpecked thing, heard without a word escaping his lips. Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject. Peasants laugh at the hysterical outbreaks of their women, and the "bold, bad man" is as likely to be henpecked as any other. Sex and Society Uncle Issy did as he was required, and the henpecked one played his part of the comedy with elaborate slyness. I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales Ay, I thought so," replied the stranger; "but a man of your size to be henpecked must be a great knave, otherwise your wife would allow you more liberty. The Ned M'Keown Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three This does not prevent him from being "henpecked" in many cases, but on the whole it assures his superior status. The Nervous Housewife "I only tried to show him that he was henpecked—and he is." Homestead on the Hillside Her treatment of his proffered consolations made him feel slightly henpecked. Mr. Britling Sees It Through Now, there is nothing a weak man likes so much as to be considered strong, nothing a henpecked man likes so much as to be regarded a tyrant. The End of the World A Love Story The neighbors reported that he was henpecked, which was impossible, by such a mild-spirited woman as his wife was. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 "See, Hochenheimer, when you get a wife how henpecked you get!" Every Soul Hath Its Song Mr. Poplington laughed, and said that as the man looked as if he was a fit subject to be henpecked it might be a good way of getting another Tory vote. Pomona's Travels A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her Former Handmaiden He was a spare, unintelligent, henpecked, elderly man, and she, a stout, forbidding-looking lady. The Reason Why And a henpecked husband always makes a great show of opposing everything that looks toward the enlargement of the work or privileges of women. The End of the World A Love Story "Is it true that he is henpecked?" asked the second grouch. Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations Yes, two blocks from the Bridge, and for a henpecked husband you got a large fat job on your hands if you want to make another getaway to-night. Every Soul Hath Its Song I am sure that Bushmen are, generally speaking, henpecked. Primitive Love and Love-Stories The suffragette and a little henpecked fellow crawling along beside her; that is her husband. A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. The same is true of the perpetual jokes in comic papers about shrewish wives and henpecked husbands. All Things Considered Mr. Chick is somewhat henpecked; but in the matrimonial squalls, though apparently beaten, he not unfrequently rises up the superior and gets his own way. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook It is because this petty domineering temper is found much oftener in women than in men, that we see a score of henpecked husbands to one ill-used wife. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 Her Isaiah, poor henpecked critter, 's been dead seven years er more, An' looked happier in his coffin than he ever did afore. Cape Cod Ballads, and Other Verse Waldo went on to explain that he was a henpecked CPA who needed a hobby that would bore his wife to tears. Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel They will further cause hair to grow on a bald head and give courage to a henpecked husband. The Chinese Boy and Girl It was obvious at the first glance that, despite mace and gold frogs, the Lord Keeper was somewhat henpecked. The Bride of Lammermoor I had heard of henpecked husbands and now I felt that I saw one. Anne of Avonlea What man would be henpecked, I say?—We will cut off all the heads in Christendom or Turkeydom rather than that. The History of Pendennis, Volume 2 His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy Know that all religious and pious men in this our generation are henpecked by their wives, the reason being connected with the mystery of the Golden Calf. The Book of Delight and Other Papers Happily, she exercised her power with that subtle tact which is the finest gift of woman, and his worst enemies could scarcely call Frederick Armstrong a henpecked husband. The Lovels of Arden Think what Goldy might have been if some good woman had taken compassion upon him and married him, and henpecked him ever afterwards. Charlotte's Inheritance Faith, you have descended, sir, like an agreeable meteor, upon two of the most scandalously henpecked husbands in all the universe. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes "And it is a common wish of all henpecked husbands in the neighborhood, when life hangs heavy on their hands, that they might have a quieting draught out of Rip Van Winkle's flagon." A Study of Hawthorne Of course, I know it's as bad as being henpecked; but then Jeeves is always right. My Man Jeeves I vow nothing would induce her to believe that Harry was not henpecked—nothing. The Virginians He's henpecked, but with good manners; it's their system. The Possessed (The Devils) His colleagues call him henpecked; but he smiles, and tells them that he is happy in spite of it, because he has in his wife a very sweet and sensible companion. Married If men were never henpecked except by learned wives, Spain would be the place of all others for timid men to marry in. Castilian Days "Why are ninety-nine men out of a hundred henpecked?" Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War Her nephew Eugene, she said, was doomed to be henpecked for the rest of his days that she saw clearly. The Virginians The plain truth was that poor Isaac was at times badly henpecked. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece Wealthy and disagreeable, he was nevertheless a henpecked tyrant. The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton) Meanwhile, a truce seems to have been concluded between the principals, and Lady Hester again invited the doctor's visits, contenting herself with sarcastic remarks about henpecked husbands, and the caprices of foolish women. Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century And his fame as a physician spread far and wide, inasmuch as he knew the secret of Death, that uxorious and henpecked Angel having revealed it to his wife in a weak moment. Without Prejudice Take it he was henpecked when he married, and Madam Esmond took the spirit out of him when she got him in her island. The Virginians His features became sharpened by misery, for a termagant wife is the whetstone on which all the calamities of a henpecked husband are painted by the devil. Stories by English Authors: Ireland He felt like a henpecked Mormon husband; he was red with wrath at the Sculptor Girl's cool bossiness; he loathed the very idea of living in the same house with such a person. Little Miss By-The-Day Martha paid as little attention to the old man's injunctions as a predominant dame gives to those of a henpecked husband. The Fortunes of Nigel A henpecked husband: from a celebrated character in one of Mr. Foote's plays, representing a man governed by his wife. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue The poor Colonel! after his wife, he had been henpecked by his little daughter. The Virginians Wives: one man is boss at home, the other is henpecked. Writing for Vaudeville These henpecked gentlemen always nominate themselves chastity's guardians. Moral The man who marries such a one must be content to take the second place in his household, and play the character of the henpecked husband with what meekness he best may. Vendetta: a story of one forgotten A husband governed by his wife, is said to be henpecked. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue A henpecked husband imagines he has escaped by divorce from the clutches of his wife and his mother-in-law. Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic And the "henpecked husband," or the mistreated wife, who gets back at the final curtain, is a second. Writing for Vaudeville If ever there were a henpecked husband, that man is the prince. Omoo In books about blacks, you always read of the subjection of the women, but I have seen henpecked black husbands. The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia He is one of the many men who absolutely need being henpecked. Jezebel's Daughter Here was a transformation from the paternal position into that of a henpecked husband! The Discovery of the Source of the Nile The idea of one of his choristers being in the henpecked line was very amusing to the bishop. Doctor Thorne The quickness of the transition made me vaguely ask myself if he were perchance henpecked—a shocking surmise which I instantly dismissed. The Author of Beltraffio Only he had a finer head than the English novelist At last the henpecked man discovered my inattention and fell silent. The Rise of David Levinsky Her remark was intended for the ear of Jos� Le Tardeur, her husband, a lazy, good-natured fellow, whose eyes had been fairly henpecked out of his head all the days of his married life. The Golden Dog People said that Squire Hall was henpecked; they also said that he had married beneath him. The Way to Peace "No, not by letter," said Frank, speaking rather low as he looked at the bishop and the earl; "I got a promise from his wife: I think he's a little in the henpecked line." Doctor Thorne But, when his novel came out and failed completely, she changed her conduct, and has, ever since that unfortunate publication, henpecked the poor author unmercifully. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 Was Nodelman the henpecked husband that his mother advertised him to be? The Rise of David Levinsky It was whispered, in fact, that Bilson stood in awe of her as he never had of his wife, and that he was "henpecked in his own farmyard by a strange pullet." From Sand Hill to Pine He was so thoroughly beaten down and henpecked, that he, as it were, gloried in his servitude, and fancied that his wife's magnificence reflected credit on himself. Men's Wives His Grace is, I fear, henpecked, and the Duchess herself is the sport of cleverer people. The Yellow Crayon When that interesting creature marries, her husband will be—shall I use the vulgar word?—henpecked. I Say No Sir Jeoffry, who had bullied his wife, had now the pleasurable experience of being henpecked by his daughter; for so, indeed, he was. A Lady of Quality |
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