WEALTHY 
 
 
A man, young lady! Lady, such a man 
As all the world-  Why, he's a man o' wax! 
       Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (1595). 
 
  Way of the World (The), a comedy by 
W. Congreve (1700). The "way of the 
world" is to tie, up settlements to wives, 
to prevent their husbands squandering 
their wives' fortunes.   Thus, Fainall 
wanted to get into his power the fortune 
of his wife, whom he hated, but found it 
was "in trust to Edward Mirabell," and 
consequently could not be tampered with. 
 
  Way to Keep Him fThe), a comedy 
by A. Murphy (1760). The object of this 
drama is to show that women, after mar- 
riage, should not wholly neglect their hus- 
bands, but should try to please them, and 
make home agreeable and attractive. The 
chief persons are Mr. and Mrs. Lovemore. 
Mr. Lovemore has a virtuous and excel- 
lent wife, whom he esteems and loves; 
but, finding his home insufferably dull, he 
seeks amusement abroad; and those pas- 
sions which have no play at home lead 
him to intrigue and card-playing, routes 
and dubious society. The under-plot is 
this: Sir Bashful Constant is a mere imi- 
tator of Mr. Lovemore, and Lady Constant 
suffers neglect from her husband and in- 
sult from his friends, because he foolishly 
thinks it is not comme ilfaut to love after 
he has married the woman of his choice. 
 
  Ways and Means, a comedy by Col- 
man, the younger (1788). Random and 
Scruple meet at Calais two young ladies, 
Harriet and Kitty, daughters of Sir David 
Dunder, and fall in love with them. They 
come to Dover, and accidentally meet Sir 
David, who invites them over to Dunder 
Hall, where they are introduced to the 
two young ladies. Harriet is to be mar- 
ried next day, against her will, to Lord 
 
 
Snolts, a stumpy, "gummy" nobleman of 
five and forty; and, to avoid this hateful 
match, she and her sister agree to elope at 
night with the two young guests. It so 
happens that a series of blunders in the 
dark occur, and Sir David himself becomes 
privy to the whole plot, but, to prevent 
scandal, he agrees to the two marriages, 
and discovers that the young men, both 
in family and fortune, are quite suitable 
to be his sons-in-law. 
 
  Wayland (Launcelot), or WAYLAND 
SMITH, farrier in the vale of Whitehorse. 
Afterwards disguised as a pedlar at Cum- 
nor Place.-Sir W. Scott, Kenilworth (time, 
Elizabeth). 
 
  Wealtheow (2 syl.), wife of Hrothgar, 
king of Denmark. 
  Wealtheow went forth; mindful of their 
races, she ... greeted the men in the hall. 
The freeborn lady first handed the cup to the 
prince of the East Danes.. , The lady of the 
Helmings then went about every part . .. she 
gave treasure-vessels, until the opportunity oc- 
curred that she (a queen hung round with rings) 
. .. bore forth the mead-cup to Beowolf.... 
and thanked God that her will was accomplished, 
that an earl of Denmark was a guarantee against 
crime.-Beowulf (Anglo-Saxon epic, sixth cen- 
tury). 
 
  Wealthy Hoogs. Yankee housewife, 
"hungry for books, full of keen thought, 
energetic to preeminence even among 
Yankee notables"-"' she lived here, sim- 
ply where she had been put, made and 
packed her butter, wove her homespun, 
and loved faithfully-and forbearingly, 
for the most part-(were it praise worth 
a woman's having to say more?) the man 
whose name and home she shared."-A. 
D. T. Whitney, The Gayworthys (1865). 
 
  Wealthy (Sir William), a retired City 
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