Word: husbanded
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...contained every variety of mistake, but there were two sentences which were the special stumbling-ground. "La pauvre femme, sentent la raison de son mari, no bougea et se contenta d'ecarter un peu son rideau pour voir sortir, etc., gave rise to "fearing for the reason of her husband," and "appreciating the reason of his marriage," and the words "ecarter un peu son rideau" gave large opportunities to the guessers. Among the many mistranslations of these five words were the following: "She disobeyed his command," "she softened his rigor," "she shunned his bedside," "she opened her blinds," "she raised...
...upon John Harvard's history. Of them all, however, probably the most interesting and the most valuable is that of Mrs. Harvard, or more properly, of Mrs. Katherine Rogers (Harvard) (Elletson) Yearwood. She makes reference to "my eldest sonne John Harvard Clarke," and to property received from her former husband, John Elletson. These references with her name, as it appears at the end, give indisputable evidence of her three marriages. The following, the closing sentences of the will, is represented here as accurately as the type will permit...
BIJOU THEATRE.- Union Sq. Co. in "One Touch of Nature," and "Three Wives to One Husband." Performance...
BIJOU THEATRE.- Union Sq. Co. in "One Touch of Nature," and "Three Wives to One Husband." Performance...
BIJOU THEATRE.-Union Sq. Co. in "One Touch of Nature," and "Three Wives to One Husband." Performance...