...Come, May, do you hesitate?" " If he were only twenty years younger !" " But you know the proverb, ' it is better to be an old man's darling than a young man's slave;' depend upon it, riches and honour are the best, the very best recipe for happiness." " Well, I choose,"...

...mind. " But, Mrs. Primbody, he is too old for Bella." " Yes — he is rather so ; but, as I told Bella, 'it is better to be an old man's darling, than a young man's slave,' beside," (how the small gray eyes of the conscientious aunt twinkled) " Mr. Oubbins will hardly live...

...heart would break, while he continued speaking softly, " Child, haven't you heard the old ladies say ' It is better to be an old man's darling than a young man's slave ?' I know my rival, Sina ! It is Dangerfield (curse him). Will he love you as I shall? I am not only...

...Miss. Well, if I ever be married, it shall be to an old man : they always make the best husbands ; and it is better to be an old man's darling than a young man's warling. Never. Faith, miss, if you speak as you think, I'll give you my mother for a maid. LADY SMART...

...to be a woman, and marry Captain Atherton. " He was not very old — only forty-three — and it was better to be an old man's darling than a young man's slave ! " Thus the days wore on, until one evening just as the family were sitting down to tea they were...

..." It must have been the "very old gentleman himself" who gave currency to the saying, that it was " better to be an old man's darling than a young man's slave." I suppose it would be unsafe to assume that any girl of the "young England school" is misled by such...

...the difference between them was no greater than between mamma and papa, and mamma al vays said it was better to be an old man's darling than a young man's slave. The illustration was not a happy one, as Mary had often heard Admiral Maynard address his •wife,...

...said; " I pray that your lover may succeed, and prove worthy of you. There is an old saying, that ' it is better to be an old man's darling than a young man's slave ;' but I hope and trust you will be a young man's darling, and be as happy as 1 wish you, happier none...

...whatever was set before him he eat, let it be loaf-bread or oatmeal, haggis or a joint. Was it not better to be an old man's darling than a young man's slave ? Spite of the fairy tales, and the lord's son, and the carriage and four, was not Captain Stondon's...

...into her ears. "Love is all very well, but as far as I have seen, it doesn't last very long ; it's better to be an old man's darling than a young man's slave, and Mr. Vernon has plenty of love for both. Besides, only think of the position she will have, one...