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Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.

Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.

Washington Irving
Husband, Home, Men
Washington Irving (1835). “The Beauties”, p.15

Nothing can be more touching than to behold a soft and tender female, who had been all weakness and dependence, and alive to every trivial roughness while treading the prosperous paths of life, suddenly rising in mental force to be the comforter and supporter of her husband under misfortune, and abiding with unshrinking firmness the bitterest blast of adversity.

Washington Irving
Husband, Adversity, Wife
Washington Irving (1834). “The Complete Works: With a Memoir of the Author”, p.231

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