Crossword-Solution: PEEVISH 7 letters, 44 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 15

Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign, one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance; commits his body To painful labor, both by sea and land; To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, Whilst thou li’st warm at home, secure and safe; And craves no other tribute at thy hands But love, fair looks, and true obedience-Too little payment for so great a debt. Such duty as the subject owes the prince, Even such a woman oweth to her husband; A…

... for when a man's spirit has been thoroughly crushed, he may be peevish at small offenses, but never resentful of great ones.

A man's life is his whole life, not the last glimmering snuff of the candle; and this, I say, is considerable, and not a little matter, whether we regard its pleasures or its pains. To draw a peevish conclusion to the contrary from our own superannuated desires or forgetful indifference is about as reasonable as to say, a man never was young because he has grown old, or never lived because he is now dead. The length or agreeableness of a journey does not depend on the few las…