...but the difficulty in filling my place with the proper dignity is, that I am only th« husband, nnd not the master in the house." This was a state of things which manifestly could not long continue; sion. The marriage-vow " to obey," as well as " to love and honor," could have but one meaning for...

...indicated by a passage, quoted in The Early Years^ from one of his letters to Prince von Lb* wenstein so early as May, 1840 : ' In my home life I am very...authority and influence of the Prince as ' master in the house.5 These, it has already been made known,1 were not confined to attempts to exclude him from participation...

...Yc.irs, from one of his letters to Prince von Lb'-.vjnstcin so early as May, 1840: — "In my home-life T am very hap'py and contented ; but the difficulty...only the husband, and not the master in the house." We weary a little, we confess, of the court records, of journeys, and visits, and readings, and long...

...write, " In my home life I am very happy and contented; but the difficulty in filling my place with proper dignity is, that I am only the husband, and not the master in my own house." This arose from the powers vested in the holders of certain offices, who were not at...

...and customs which had become so strong as to be almost impossible of alteration. The Prince wrote, " In my home life I am very happy and contented ; but...only the husband, and not the master in the house." It was not long before the Queen asserted for her husband and herself the claims which her love and...

...and customs which had become so strong as to be almost impossible of alteration. The Prince wrote, " In my home life I am very happy and contented ; but...only the husband, and not the master in the house." It was not long before the Queen asserted for her husband and herself the claims which her love and...

...his friend, Prince von Liiwenstein : ' The difficulty in filling my place with the proper dignity ia that I am only the husband, and not the master in the house.' Such a state of things could not last long, when the queen herself was determined that in all matters,...

...Ye.irs, from one of his letters to Prince von Lmvcnstein so early as May, 1840: — "In my home-life \ am very happy and contented; but the difficulty in...only the husband, and not the master in the house." We weary a little, we confess, of the court records, of journeys, and visits, and readings, and long...

...retained control of the privy purse and of several departments of the royal household. " The difficulty is that I am only the husband, and not the master in the house," wrote Albert within three months of his wedding. Stockmar remonstrated on his behalf with Melbourne,...

...himself, but so early as the following May the prince wrote to his friend, Prince von Ltiwenstein : ' The difficulty in filling my place with the proper...only the husband, and not the master in the house.' Such a state of things could not last long, when the queen herself was determined that in all matters,...