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" Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance commits his body To painful labour both by sea and land... "
The Works of Shakespeare - Page 429
by William Shakespeare - 1752
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Individualist Feminism of the Nineteenth Century: Collected Writings and ...

Wendy McElroy - Social Science - 2001 - 222 pages
...who ever dare. And Katharina endorses what her husband says when she thus lectures rebellious wives: Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy...And for thy maintenance: commits his body To painful labor, both by sea and land; To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, While thou liest warm at...
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The Culture of Playgoing in Shakespeare's England: A Collaborative Debate

Anthony B. Dawson, Paul Yachnin - Drama - 2001 - 240 pages
...well-being that she is enjoying - the feeling of being cared for, being made warm, secure, and comfortable: Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy...And for thy maintenance; commits his body To painful labor, both by sea and land; To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, Whilst thou li'st warm...
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Elizabeth

Alexander Walker - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 502 pages
...from it. Accordingly, she pronounced Kate's act of submission to her lord Petruchio as if she meant it: 'Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper...Thy head, thy sovereign, one that cares for thee.' It was like the communiques she had been issuing to the press over four marriages, though perhaps better...
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A History of the Wife

Marilyn Yalom - History - 2009 - 466 pages
...selfless "Griselda" model, she goes so far as to make the followmg declaration to the two other women. Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign — one that cares for thee, 1 am ashamed that women are so simple To offer war where they should kneel for peace, Or seek for rule,...
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Vagrancy, Homelessness, and English Renaissance Literature

Linda Woodbridge - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 360 pages
...Katharina's lecture to fellow housewives in Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew: Thy husband is ... . . . one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance commits his body To painful labor both by sea and land, To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, Whilst thou liest warm at...
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William Shakespeare: The Complete Works

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1989 - 1286 pages
...ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty; And while it is so, none so dry or thirsty Will deign to sip, ase sea and land, To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, Whilst thou liest warm at home, secure...
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The Wisdom of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - Quotations, English - 2002 - 244 pages
...ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty; And while it is so, none so dry or thirsty Will deign to sip or touch one drop of it. Thy husband is thy lord,...maintenance commits his body To painful labour both by sea and land; To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, Whilst thou li'st warm at home, secure...
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Shakespeare's Domestic Economies: Gender and Property in Early Modern England

Natasha Korda - Drama - 2002 - 304 pages
...this task by defining the housewife's (nonproductive) activity as a form of leisure rather than labor: Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy...And for thy maintenance; commits his body To painful labor both by sea and land, To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, Whilst thou liest warm at...
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The Taming of the Shrew: Critical Essays

Dana E. Aspinall - 2002 - 228 pages
...(95) and its negative implications for women and instead employs a more secular, political conceit: Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy...And for thy maintenance commits his body To painful labor both by sea and land. To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, Whilst thou liest warm at...
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Secrets of Acting Shakespeare: The Original Approach

Patrick Tucker - Performing Arts - 2002 - 316 pages
...seeming, thicke, bereft of beautie, And while it is so, none so dry or thitstie Will daigne to sip, or touch one drop of it. Thy husband is thy Lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy soveraigne: One that cares for thee. And for thy mainrenance. Commits his body To painiull labour,...
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