 | John Heneage Jesse - 1871 - 510 pages
...garden-house, she being pleasant told him that she had been informed he could resolve, whether man or wife should die first ? ' Whether shall I,' quoth...he called her, ' thou wilt bury me, but thou wilt much repent it.'—' Yea, but how long first V—' I shall die,' said he,' ere Thursday night.'—Monday... | |
 | J. Heneage Jesse - 1871 - 508 pages
...garden-house, she being pleasant told him that she had been informed he could resolve, whether man or wife should die first ? ' Whether shall I,' quoth she, ' bury you or no f ' Oh, Trunco !' for so he called her, ' thou wilt bury me, but thou wilt much repent it.' — ' Yea,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1876 - 510 pages
...their garden-house, she being pleasant told him that she had been informed he could resolve whether man or wife should die first. "Whether shall I," quoth..."Yea, but how long first?" "I shall die," said he, " on Thursday night." Monday came, all was well ; Tuesday came, he was not sick ; Wednesday came, and... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1889 - 448 pages
...their garden-house, she being pleasant, told him she had been informed he could resolve whether man or wife should die first. "Whether shall I," quoth she, "bury you or no ?" " Oh, Truais," for so he called her, " thou shalt bury me, but thou wilt much repent it." " Yea, but how... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1902 - 500 pages
...garden-house, she being pleasant, told him that she had been informed he could resolve, whether man or wife should die first. ' Whether shall I,' quoth...he called her, ' thou wilt bury me, but thou wilt much repent it.' 'Yea, but how long first?' 'I shall die,' said he, ' ere Thursday night.' Monday came... | |
 | 1946 - 658 pages
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 | Richard Niccols - 1957 - 234 pages
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 | Daniel George - 1959 - 388 pages
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Monday came, all was well. Tuesday came, he not sick. Wednesday came, and still he was well ; with which his impertinent wife did much twit him in the teeth. 
