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NHG-P.771.028
7 Jun 1771:21 (764)
Messieurs Fowles, . . . [3 lines, 38 lines on matrimony]
How frequently may we see a fop, destitute of every
principle of honor and virtue, without any accomplishments,
and unskilled in everything, but the art of complimenting,
flattery, and adorning his person, lead off the fair in
triumph; while a man of virtue and merit, who has not
served an apprenticeship to a barber or taylor and taken a
degree at a French dancing school; with the dogs of whose
flock the other is not worthy to be counted, shall be that
object of their ridicule and merriment. Lucretia was
certainly dreaming when she recommended to the ladies of the
present day a companion, 'whose breast is planted with
virtue, and fortified with true religion;' and imagined,
that esteem and affection were essential covenants in their
marriage contracts.
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