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AWM.730.025
10-17 Sep 1730:11 (559)
Foreigners attribute many of the evils that in a particular
manner, disturb the matrimonial peace in England, to the
large provisions and indulgences that the women enjoy by the
laws and customs of that realm: I shall now, like a thorough
philosopher, lay down some precautions, whereby those
inconveniences may, in some measure, be prevented or
render'd more tolerable.
Without great premeditation, I may safely affirm, the
principal means to procure that end, consist in the choice
of the woman; but, it will be said by that women, like
instruments of musick, require to be long used before their
sweetness or discord are certainly discovered. . . [Lengthy
discourse follows.]
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