 | Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ Kāshifī - Fables of Bidpai - 1854 - 698 pages
...herself to be ill when she is not, and the sight of such a wife is a renewal of death every hour. VERSE. In a good man's house an evil wife Is his hell above...life. From a vixen wife protect us well; Save us, 0 God! from the paiua of hell.' ' Again the Devotee who wished to marry, asked, ' Of what age shall... | |
 | Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ Kāshifī - Fables of Bidpai - 1854 - 818 pages
...herself to be ill when she is not, and the sight of such a wife is a renewal of death every hour. VERSB. In a good man's house an evil wife Is his hell above...present life. From a vixen wife protect us well ; Save <M, 0 God ! from the paiits of hell.' ' Again the Devotee who wished to marry, asked, ' Of what age... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1855 - 590 pages
...began to give a loose to her tongue, and to disturb my happiness, as they have said : — DISTICH. ' In a good man's house an evil wife Is his hell above...life. From a vixen wife protect us well, Save us, 0 God ! from the pains of hell.' " At length she gave vent to reproaches and said : ' Art thou not... | |
 | Sir R. Arthur Arnold - Iran - 1877 - 342 pages
...dinars. As time went on, the girl turned out of a bad temper, quarrelsome and unruly. She began to give loose to her tongue and to disturb my happiness, as...above in this present life. From a vixen wife protect ns well, Save its, 0 God ! from the pains of hell. " At length she gave vent to reproaches, and said,... | |
 | Saʻdī, Edward Backhouse Eastwick - English literature - 1880 - 280 pages
...shed Of savages I must my dwelling make." COUPLET. Better to live in chains with those we love, Than with the strange 'mid flow'rets gay to move. He took...life. From a vixen wife protect us well, Save us, 0 God ! from the pains of hell." At length she gave vent to reproaches, and said, " Art thou not he... | |
 | Saʻdī - 1880 - 280 pages
...of a bad temper, quarrelsome and unruly. She began to give a loose to her tongue, and to disturb iny happiness, as they have said, DISTICHS. " In a good...life. From a vixen wife protect us well, Save us, 0 God! from the pains of hell." At length she gave vent to reproaches, and said, " Art thou not he... | |
 | F. F. Arbuthnot - Iran - 1887 - 196 pages
...began to give a loose to her tongue, and to disturb my happiness, as they have said : ' DISTICH. ' " In a good man's house an evil wife Is his hell above...life ; From a vixen wife protect us well — Save us, 0 God, from the pains of hell !" 1 At length she gave vent to reproaches, and said, " Art thou not... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne - Anthologies - 1897 - 680 pages
...in the marriage knot, with a portion of a hundred dinars. As time went on, the girl turned out to be of a bad temper, quarrelsome and unruly. She began...this present life. From a vixen wife protect us well ; Sai'e us, O God! from the pains of hell. At length she gave vent to reproaches, and said, "Art thou... | |
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As time went on, the girl turned out to be of a bad temper, quarrelsome and unruly. She began to give a loose to her tongue, and to disturb my happiness, as they have said: — DISTICHS In a good man's house an evil wife Is his hell above in this present... 