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" Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in? And the reply of Socrates, to him who asked whether he should choose a wife,... "
Held in Bondage: Or Granville de Vigne. A Tale of the Day - Page 148
by Ouida - 1873
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 46

Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1859 - 670 pages
...marry," he was saying one evening to Marc, " since, as Emerson says, from the beginning of the world such as are in the institution want to get out, and such as are out want to get in." Violet, sitting near at the. piano, turned half round. "If all others are of my opinion, Major Telfer,...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 122

1861 - 520 pages
...through, he will long and thirst to undo. But he must have his own way ; he must do what he chooses, and perhaps, after all, as Emerson says, marriage...world, that such as are in the institution want to go out, and such as are out want to get in. Marriage is like a mirage : all the beauty it possesses...
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Familiar Quotations: Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Source : Passages ...

John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 pages
...and a Maid. (From Davison's Poetical Rhapsody, Lond. 1826.) Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in ? — Emerson, Rcprcscntati~Jc Men: Afontaigtic....
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men. English traits ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 504 pages
...which anything more than an approximate solution can be had 1 Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in 1 And the reply of Socrates, to him who asked whether...
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Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 500 pages
...which anything more than an approximate solution can be had ] Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in ] And the reply of Socrates, to him who asked whether...
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Familiar Quotations: Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Source Passages and ...

John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pages
...and a Maid. (From Davison's Poetieal Rhapsody, Lond. 1826.) Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in ? — Emerson, Representative Men : Montaigne RICHARD...
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Was it a marriage? By Karl Hähne, Volume 1

miss Cox - 1875 - 300 pages
... . '.IV WAS IT A MARRIAGE P BY KAKL HAHNE " la not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are oat wish to get in."— EMBESOJT. Repretentative Men,— Montaigne....
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Familiar Quotations ...

John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pages
...Contention betwixt a Wife, &c. (From Davison's Poetical Rhapsody.) Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in ? — Emerson, Representative Men : Montaigne....
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Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson ..., Volume 2

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 512 pages
...which anything more than an approximate solution can be had ? Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in ? And the reply of Socrates, to him who asked whether...
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Familiar Quotations: Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Sources Passages and ...

John Bartlett - 1881 - 892 pages
...Contention betwixt a Wift, &c. (From Davison's Poetical Rhapsody.) Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the instttution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to t:rt in ? — Emerson, Representative Men:...
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