VII.
Some others of milder tem∣per seek to have their Will by discontent upon refusal, ex∣pressing it by Tears, and pre∣tended indisposition of Body; and these find many times an indulgence, perhaps too often. Some are of so fiery constituti∣on,
Observations and advices oeconomical
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- Title
- Observations and advices oeconomical
- Author
- North, Dudley North, Baron, 1602-1677.
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- London :: Printed by T.R. for John Martyn ...,
- 1669.
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- Home economics.
- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 17th century.
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"Observations and advices oeconomical." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A52447.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 15, 2024.
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as upon denyal they are ready to fly in their Husbands face; and these deserve little encouragement. In this case the Husbands Patience must be a Narcotick to keep him from being too quick of sense, and so the fit may passe over with∣out Battail, and good use may be made of her passion, which being troublesom but in few cases, may be generally usefull in obliging Servants strongly to their duty. To prevent Contests between Man and Wife, a great Lord of the late times had a pretty way. He would often professe, that he never in his whole life deny∣ed any thing to his Lady; and his meaning was this, that when the matter proposed by
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her could not be convenient∣ly yielded to, she could not by any importunity wrest any answer from him.