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"One wife is too much for most husbands to bear, But two at a time theres no mortal can bear."
"Oh! tis a precious thing, when wives are dead, To find such numbers who will serve instead: And in whatever state a man be thrown, Tis that precisely they would wish their own."

A wife is a woman in a marital relationship. A woman who has separated from her partner continues to be a wife until their marriage is legally dissolved with a divorce judgment; or until death, depending on the kind of marriage. On the death of her partner, a wife is referred to as a widow. The rights and obligations of a wife to her partner and her status in the community and law vary between cul
"One wife is too much for most husbands to bear, But two at a time theres no mortal can bear."
"He knew whose gentle hand was at the latch, Before the door had given her to his eyes."
"Giving honour unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel."
"I will be master of what is mine own; She is my goods, my chattels; she is my house, My household stuff, my field, my barn, My horse, my ox, my ass, my anything; And here she stands, touch her whoever dare."
"Should all despair That have revolted wives, the tenth of mankind Would hang themselves."
"You know I met you, Kist you, and prest you close within my arms, With all the tenderness of wifely love."