 | 1720 - عدد الصفحات: 532
...That he us'd to compare the great Number of Women to be chofen fot Wives, to a Bag full of Snakes, having amongft them but one Eel. If a Man puts his Hand into this Bag, he may chance to find the Eel ; but 'tis a hundred to one if he be not flung with the Snake. When Word was brought him,... | |
 | Cresacre More - 1828 - عدد الصفحات: 456
...chosen for wives unto a bag full of snakes having among them but one eel ; now if a man should put his hand into this bag, he may chance to light on the eel, but it is a hundred to one he shall be stung with a snake.f Many such witty similitudes would he use in private... | |
 | Cresacre More - 1828 - عدد الصفحات: 470
...chosen for wives unto a bag full of snakes having among them but one eel ; now if a man should put his hand into this bag, he may chance to light on the eel, but it is a hundred to one he shall be stung with a snake.f Many such witty similitudes would he use in private... | |
 | 1829 - عدد الصفحات: 342
...for wives, to a bag full of snakes, having in it one eel. Now," he observed, " if a man should put his hand into this bag, he may chance to light on the eel ; but it is a hundred to one that he will be stung by the snake." Sir John, however, plunged his hand into no less... | |
 | Edmund Lodge - 1835 - عدد الصفحات: 298
...are to be chosen for wives unto a bag full of snakes, having in it one eel. Now if a man should put his hand into this bag, he may chance to light on the eel, but it is a hundred to one that he shall be stung by a snake." He was to the last degree beloved and respected... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1848 - عدد الصفحات: 702
...chosen for wives unto a bag full of snakes, having among them a single eel : now, if a man should put his hand into this bag, he may chance to light on the eel ; but it is a hundred to one he shall be stung by a snake." f The future Chancellor sprung from that rank of life... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - عدد الصفحات: 538
...chosen for wives unto a bag full of snakes, having among them a single eel: now, if a man should put his hand into this, bag, he may chance to light on the eel; but it is a hundred to one he shall be stung by a snake."t Ihe future Chancellor sprung fiom that rank of life... | |
 | Evening recreations, John Hampden Gurney - 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 318
...unto a bag full of snakes, having among them a single eel : now if a man should put his hand into the bag he may chance to light on the eel ; but it is a hundred to one he shall be stung by a snake." Whether Sir John More had caught an eel, or been stung... | |
 | Edward Foss - 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 572
...chosen for wives unto a bag full of snakes having among them but one eel ; now if a man should put his hand into this bag, he may chance to light on the eel, but it is a hundred to one he shall be stung with a snake." But whether he made this remark before or after his... | |
 | Edward Foss - 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 568
...chosen for wives unto a bag full of snakes having among them but one eel ; now if a man should put his hand into this bag, he may chance to light on the eel, but it is a hundred to one he shall be stung with a snake." But whether he made this remark before or after his... | |
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I would compare the multitude of women which are to be chosen for wives unto a bag full of snakes, having among them a single eel. Now if a man should put his hand into this bag, he may chance to light on the eel, but it is a hundred to one he shall be... 
