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EP.779.020
6 Mar 1779:323 (21)
"One of our correspondents thinks it very extraordinary that
the honorable member from Andover, who spoke so judiciously
in a certain assembly upon the subject of balls, concerts,
huskings, bundling and other amusements both of a public and
of a private nature. Who so clearly pointed out the
corruptions of the humane heart, by delineating the progress
of the passions in all their wills, from the first fond
interview to the more substantial pleasures of fruition and
its consequences--It is not extraordinary, says our
correspondent, that this honorable connoisieur in humane
nature, did not carry in the bill committed to him, to
prevent such wicked and indecent practicees, before the
breaking up of the General Assembly!". . . [9 more lines]
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