I saw it was hopeless--most of all, because I'm not a man who could consent to pose as the pensioner of a rich wife.
By the laws of common prudence and duty, I ought to have backed out of my little engagement with Miss Theo (who would have married somebody else), and taken a rich wife.
I tell you, child, that Colonel Washington wants a rich wife.
Nor is it unlawful to get a rich wife, or more custom to my shop.
The idea of his seeking a rich wife is sufficiently droll; he must have been naturally a persuasive lover, to have gained so good a helpmate.
But when his creditors understood that he was about to marry, and in a fair way to get a rich wife, they said among themselves, We will not be hasty with him; if he gets a rich wife he will pay us all.
You shall have a rich wife, Arthur, if you are good, and this affair is un fait accompli.
I am a poor unlucky devil, and the only way to save me is by settling me with a rich wife such as she promises.
It is Fate, I suppose; and if Fate has ordained I must marry a rich wife or none, where is the good of my puny struggles?
He must marry a rich wife--there was no alternative--and he knew the power of his handsome face extremely well.
And he wants a rich wife," said Lady Leroy, with a spiteful glance over at him.
The best proof of my assertion is that every lieutenant tries to find a rich wife; when he has found one he either leaves the army immediately, or stays there as long as he gets any enjoyment from it.
He did not, of course, quite like it that his son Fritz should have to go abroad, but if the old manufacturer insisted upon it, why one must agree to it, and perhaps he might find a rich wife there.
But Hay, on the look-out for a rich wife, got Pash to introduce him to the ladies, who were charmed with him.
I fear you will be disappointed in losing a rich wife, sir," said the elder woman, sweetly.
I shall look out for a rich wife by and by, when the war is over, and try to restore the fallen fortunes of the old house.
It's only just your envy of Gilly's rich wife, that makes you saucy to me.
But when his Creditors understood that he was about to marry, and in a fair way to get a rich Wife, they said among themselves, We will not be hasty with him, if he gets a rich Wife he will pay us all.
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