 | Anna Jane Buckland - English literature - 1882 - 544 pages
...thus describes the household : — " More has a house at Chelsea. There he converses with his wife, his son, his daughter-in-law, his three daughters...grandchildren. There is not a man living so affectionate as he ; he loveth his old wife, as if she were a young maid. I would call his house the academy of... | |
 | 1882 - 386 pages
...to his friend's house. "More has built himself a house at Chelsea. There he converses with his wife, his son, his daughter-in-law, his three daughters...grandchildren. There is not a man living so affectionate as he • he loveth his old wife as if she were a young maid I would call his house the Academy of... | |
 | England - 1886 - 848 pages
...wrote Erasmus, " surrounded by his numerous family, including his wife, his son, and his son's wife, his three daughters and their husbands, with eleven grandchildren. There is not any man living so affectionate to his children as he, and he loveth his old wife as if she were a girl... | |
 | Walter Thornbury - London (England) - 1892 - 606 pages
...Chelsea has been described by Erasmus in the following words : — " There he converses with his wife, his son, his daughter-in-law, his three daughters...husbands, with eleven grandchildren. There is not any man living so affectionate as he, and he loveth his old wife as well as if she was a young maid.... | |
 | Alfred Beaver - Chelsea (London, England) - 1892 - 448 pages
...grandchildren, and a poor relation, Margaret Giggs, whom he had adopted. All lived in peace and harmony. ' There is not a man living so affectionate to his children as he,' Erasmus writes, ' he loveth his old wife as well as if she was a young maid.' All his biographers agree... | |
 | Henry de Beltgens Gibbins - History - 1892 - 266 pages
...There he lives surrounded by his numerous family, including his wife, his son, and his son's wife, his three daughters and their husbands, with eleven grandchildren. There is not any man living so affectionate to his grandchildren as he, and he loveth his old wife as if she were... | |
 | William Marvel Nevin - English literature - 1895 - 526 pages
...modest but commodious mansion. There he lives surrounded by his numerous family, including his wife, his three daughters and their husbands, with eleven grandchildren. There is not any man living so affectionate to his children, and he loveth his old wife as if she were a girl of... | |
 | Anne Manning - 1896 - 362 pages
...Ulrich von Hutten : — " More has built himself a house at Chelsea. There he lives with his wife, his son, his daughter-in-law, his three daughters...husbands, with eleven grandchildren. There is not a man alive so loving as he : he loves his old wife as if she were indeed a young maiden." For Dame Alice,... | |
 | Anne Manning - 1896 - 366 pages
...to Ulrich von Hutten :—" More has built himself a house at Chelsea. There he lives with his wife, his son, his daughter-in-law, his three daughters...husbands, with eleven grandchildren. There is not a man alive so loving as he : he loves his old wife as if she were indeed a young maiden." For Dame Alice,... | |
 | 1896 - 266 pages
...magnificent enough ; there he converseth affably with his family, his wife, his son and daughter-in-lawe, his three daughters and their husbands, with eleven grand-children ; there is not any man living so loving to his children as he, and he loveth his old wife as if she were a young mayde,... | |
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There is not any man living so loving to his children as he ; and he loveth his old wife as well as if she were a young maid... 
