 | 1810 - 420 pages
...havebeen pecking at. Dean SwiftCuriout Proclamation. In 1547, a proclamation was issued by Henry 8, " That women should not meet together to babble and talk, and that all men should keep their wives in tl.eir houses." Riddle. More fickle than the wind that blows, More fragrant than the damask rose ;... | |
 | England - 1817 - 264 pages
...to risk the experiment of bringing up the " Good Old Times /" What think ye, my friends, of a law, " that WOMEN should not " meet together to BABBLE and...ALL MEN SHOULD KEEP " THEIR WIVES IN THEIR HOUSES ?" (P. 274.) Here would be precious work.'.' We may talk of THE RIGHTS OF MEN ; but, if we were to... | |
 | Friend to rational mirth - English wit and humor - 1817 - 456 pages
...only a little i>';s a fool than the others." 53. In 1547, a proclamation was issued by Henry VIII. " That women should not meet together to babble and...all men should keep their wives in their houses." — Query, what effect would such a proclamation have now ? 54. Milton was asked by a friend, whether... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1819 - 368 pages
...under-sheriff, though much respected in the city. They also threatened cardinal Wolsey with some insult; and be thought it necessary to fortify his house, and put...was issued, that women should not meet together to habble and talk, and that all men should keep their wives in their houses. Next day the duke of Norfolk... | |
 | Robert Dodsley, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Great Britain - 1821 - 304 pages
...their knees hefore the Kmg cried for mercy. A curious proclamation was afterwards issued, directing that women should not meet together to babble and...that all men should keep their wives in their houses. There appears to have heen a great improvement in the manners of the people since the reign of Henry... | |
 | 1822 - 430 pages
...of police and reform we would remind them, that in 1457 a proclamation was issued by Henry VIII. 4< that women should not meet together to babble and...and that all men should keep their wives in their houses.1' A MERCHANT being attacked by some thieves so early as five in the evening: "Gentlemen," said... | |
 | John Farmer - New Hampshire - 1823 - 570 pages
...on an arerage. Cvriout Proclamation.— In 1547, a Proclamation was issued by Henry the 8th : — " That women should not meet together to babble and...and that all men should keep their wives in their honses." The new Pope.— Cardinal Delia Genga was elected Pope on the 2", th of Sept. and has taken... | |
 | Jacob Bailey Moore - Belknap, Jeremy - 1823 - 564 pages
...average. Curious Proclamation.— In 1547, a Proclamation was issued by Henry the 8th : — " Tha^romen should not meet together to babble and talk, and that...all men should keep their wives in their houses." The new Pope — Cardinal Delia . Genga was elected Pope on the 27th of Sept. and has taken the title... | |
 | English literature - 1823 - 442 pages
...policy wad. reform we would remind them, »at in: 1 457 a proclamation was issued by Henry VHb «• that women should not meet together to babble and talk; and that all men should keep their -wives it» their houses.'' • > '' A MERCHANT being attacked by some thieves so early as five in the evening... | |
 | Thomas Byerley - 1823 - 528 pages
...he might he served with three. In the year lut? a ireclamation wu issued by Henry VIII. commanding " that women should not meet together to babble and talk ; and that all men should keep their nh-cs in their houses." A Clergyman heing ¡nd:spo-ed, and mnfmed to his hed, s-чН his servant to... | |
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A proclamation was issued, that women should not meet together to babble and talk, and that all men should keep their wives in their houses. 
