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In thy face have I seen the eternal.
In thy face have I seen the eternal.
An undutiful Daughter will prove an unmanageable Wife.
An undutiful Daughter will prove an unmanageable Wife.
It was a wife's duty to be interested in whatever interested her husband, whether it was politics, books, or a read more
It was a wife's duty to be interested in whatever interested her husband, whether it was politics, books, or a particular dish for dinner.
 She would rather be an old man's darling than a young man's 
warling.  
 She would rather be an old man's darling than a young man's 
warling. 
 Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead,
 To find such numbers who will serve instead:
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 Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead,
 To find such numbers who will serve instead:
  And in whatever state a man be thrown,
   'Tis that precisely they would wish their own. 
 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, 
giving honour onto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, read more 
 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, 
giving honour onto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as 
being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be 
not hindered. 
 The wife was pretty, trifling, childish, weak;
 She could not think, but would not cease to speak.  
 The wife was pretty, trifling, childish, weak;
 She could not think, but would not cease to speak. 
There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife
There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife
 What is there in the vale of life
 Half so delightful as a wife,
  When friendship, love, read more 
 What is there in the vale of life
 Half so delightful as a wife,
  When friendship, love, and peace combine
   To stamp the marriage-bond divine?