 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1837 - 336 str.
...often of blows ; natural affection has given way before the iron pressure of want. The old proverb, that, " When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window," is true in a far more general sense than the one in which it is generally applied. They have the floor... | |
 | 1862 - 678 str.
...where his regiment was stationed, and all was to be rural felicity, but, as the proverb truly says, ' When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window,' so it happened with them. There were nothing but mutual reproaches and unavailing regrets on both sides,... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1868 - 724 str.
...discovery took place she was at the point of marriage with a neighbouring young farmer. The old proverb that " when Poverty comes in at the door, Love flies out at the window," was now exemplified, and Sally was left to a state of single blessedness. She has often said it was... | |
 | 1840 - 322 str.
...little1" will be quite enough', but, let me tell you', love and nothing* will be but sorry /are ; and, ' When poverty comes in at the door', love flies out at the window.' You think, perhaps, that no such thing can happen to you': then let me tell you, that, if you think... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1841 - 384 str.
...makes out a good case in favor of what she considers a prudent match, and thinks, with the old adage, " When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window ;" and that gold and bonds are superior to health, and strength, and youth : she is full of wise saws and... | |
 | 1842 - 418 str.
...often of blows ; natural affection has given way before the iron pressure of want. The old proverb, that, " When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window," is true in a far more general sense than the one in which it is generally applied. They have the floor... | |
 | Ellen Pickering - 1843 - 172 str.
...They do say that he threw the dumpling in her face. And only married six months ; how shocking ! " But when poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window." Smart. However great the evils of poverty, the lady had hope remaining in this case. Sharp. She seems... | |
 | People's and Howitt's journal - 938 str.
...needed), their exertions are seldom profitable enough to make home comfortable. In their case the saying that " when poverty comes in at the door love flies out at the window," is too often proved to bo true; and any young lady in search of a husband had better make up her mind... | |
 | Henry Mayhew, Augustus Mayhew, Horace Mayhew - 1848 - 320 str.
...and nursery, too — and become your husband's servant as well as wife. There is an old proverb, ' when poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window.' It may seem a harsh one to you, child, but experience has too often, alas! certified to its truth,... | |
 | Jane Vaughan Pinkney, lady Granard (fict. name.) - 1848 - 354 str.
...upon, and cry " All for love! and the world well lost." " Ah ! it is a true old saying which tells us, that: "When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out through the window." My dear young ladies, never believe that you and your husbands can quietly and... | |
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I'd have you remember that when poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window. 
