Famous quotes containing the words merry and/or wives:
“As I went on Yule day
In our procession,
Knew I jolly Jankin
By his merry tone
Kyrie eleison.”
—Unknown. Jolly Jankin (l. Chorus.)
“I was amongst the virtues like the great Turk in his seraglio of women, and I chose to dwell with that virtue which looked the fairest in my eyes and gave me at that season most pleasure. In short, I made wives of them: I first admired them, then made them my own property, and if they would not submit to my will, I again turned them off and divorced them.”
—Sarah Fielding (17101768)
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