The Bachelor and the Married Man, Or The Equilibrium of the "Balance of Comfort.", Volume 2 |
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Page 193 - It appears from what has been said, that to adult persons, who have fortune sufficient to provide for a family according to their rank and condition in life, and who are endued with the ordinary degrees of prudence necessary to manage a family, and educate children, it is a duty they owe to society, to marry.
Page 196 - The more the pity. As matters stand, Marjorie, I know that your conduct will be full of the sweetest tact. We have a few old-fashioned rules," said good, well-meaning Cassandra, " to guide us in our perplexities. The first is, to do unto others as we would they should do unto us.
Page 200 - R. the the harmony of society more than if they were all unisons to each other. And this union of moral sexes, if we may express it so, is evidently more conducive to the improvement of each, than if they lived apart. For the man not only protects and advises, but communicates...
Page 180 - I most heartily appreciated them ; and you will not be very much surprised when I tell you that I ate a little more than I ought.
Page 80 - In your conduct to your own sex be governed by the principle of ' doing to others as you would they should do unto you/ This principle excludes the possibility of detraction, envy, and their attendant vices.