ABOUT HUSBANDS.
[" Auckland Star."]
"A man is, in general, better pleased when he has a good dinner upon the table, than when his wife speaks Greek."' Sam. Johnson.
Johnson was right. I don't agree to all The solemn dogmas of the rough old
stager ; But very much approve what oue may call The minor morals of the" " Ursa Major." Johnson was right. \ Although some men
adore Wisdom in woman, and with learning cram her, \ . There isn't one in ten but thinks far more Of his own " grub " than of his spouse's grammar.
I know it is the greatest shame in life ; But who among them (save perhaps myself), Returning hungry liome, but asks his wife What beef— not books— she has upon the shelf. . ■ •
Though Greek and Latin bo the lady's boast, They're little valued by her loving mate ; The kind of tongue that husbands relish most Is modern, boiled, and served upon a plate ! Or if, as fond ambition may command, Some home-made verse the happy matron show him, What mortal spouse but from her dainty hand Would rather see a pudding than a poem ? Young lady— deep in love with Tom or Harry — .'.Tis sad.to_tell you such a talo,as rr this : But here's the! moral of it— D^ioTmarry ! Or, marrying, take your lover; as he is. A very man, with something -brute... / (Unless he prove a sentimedtatnoddy)V With passions strong and appetite to boot, A thirsty soul within a hungry body ! A very man— not one of Nature's clods— With human failings, whether saint or sinner; , Endowed, perhaps, with' genius from- the gods, - . - But apt to take his temper from his dinner/ Saxb. :
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 209, 12 October 1878, Page 5
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275ABOUT HUSBANDS. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 209, 12 October 1878, Page 5
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