 | John Wilson - English language - 1844 - 142 pages
...much the more ; and, in the excess of her rage, she ran up stairs, and emptied a dish of foul water upon his head ; at which he only laughed, and said that so much thunder must needs produce a shower. OTHER MARKS USED IN WRITING AND PRINTING. In addition to the sentential pauses and marks, explained... | |
 | 1849 - 396 pages
...so much the more ; and in the excess of her rage, she ran up stairs, and emptied a vessel of water upon his head ; at which he only laughed, and said,...that so much thunder must needs produce a shower." Alcibiades, his friend, talking with him one day about his wife, told him, he wondered how he could... | |
 | Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1850 - 582 pages
...sometimes be transported with such an excess of rage, as to tear off his cloak in the open street;*1 and even one day, after having vented all the reproaches her fury could suggest, she emptied a pot of foul water upon his head : at which he only laughed, and said, ' That so much thunder must needs... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1853 - 476 pages
...tear off his cloak in the open street ; and even one day, after having vented all the re; proachesher fury could suggest, she emptied a pot upon his head...said, " That so much thunder must needs produce a shower."V Some ancient authors write, that Socrates married a second wife, named Myrto, who was the... | |
 | William Chambers - 1856 - 444 pages
...excess of her rage, she ran up stairs and emptied a pail of foul water upon his head : at which ho only laughed, and said, " That so much thunder must needs produce a shower." SINGULAR INSTANCE OF GOOD TEMPER. It was said of M. Abaurct, a philosopher of Geneva, that he had never... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1858 - 414 pages
...irritated her so much the more ; and in the excess of her rage, she ran up stairs and emptied a vessel upon his head, at which he only laughed, and said,...that so much thunder must needs produce a shower." Alcibiades, his friend, talking with him about his wife, told him he wondered how he could bear such... | |
 | Anecdote book - 1866 - 238 pages
...irritated her so much the more ; and in the excess of her rage, she ran up-stairs and emptied a vessel upon his head, at which he only laughed, and said,...That so much thunder must needs produce a shower!" Alcibiades, his friend, talking with him about his wife, told him he wondered how he could bear such... | |
 | Charles Hole - 1871 - 298 pages
...ran upstairs and emptied a pail of dirty water upon his head, which excited in him no resentment, and at which he only laughed, and said ' that so much thunder must needs produce a shower." ON PEACE AND UNION. Five great enemies to peace inhabit with us — namely, avarice, ambition, envy,... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1880 - 416 pages
...much the more ; and, in rushlight iuto the excess of her rage, she ran upstairs and emptied a vessel upon his head, at which he only laughed, and said....that so much thunder must needs produce a- shower." Alcibiades, his friend, talking with him about his wife, told him he wondered how he could bear such... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1893 - 484 pages
...sometimes be transported with such an excess of rage, as to tear off his cloak in the open street ; and even one day, after having vented all the reproaches...write, that Socrates married a second wife, named Uryrto, who was the grand-daughter of Aristides the Just ; and that he suffered exceedingly from them... | |
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There was no kind of abuse or injurious treatment •which he had not to experience from her. She would sometimes be transported with such an excess of rage, as to tear off his cloak in the open street ; and even one day, after having vented all the reproaches... 
