For time ſhall with his ready pencil ſtand; / Retouch your figures with his ripening hand; / Mellow your colors, and imbrown the teint; / Add every grace, which time alone can grant; / To future ages ſhall your fame convey, / And give more beauties than he takes away.

In early life the father is gentle and loving; later on there is an abrupt change to brusqueness and dictatoriality when the child reaches puberty.

If his performance does not improve very soon, his days at this company are numbered.

We have known wives to forget that they had husbands…, especially when they supposed that a tax bill or a notification to do military duty might be in the offing!