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(19) CONJUGAL AFFECTION.

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F all the pleaſures that endear human life, there are none more worthy the of a rational creature than thoſe  flow from the mutual return of conjugal.

When minds are thus engaged by the ties bf reciprocal ſincerity, each alternately receives and communicates a tranſport that is to all but thoſe who are in  ſituation: hence ariſes that heart-ennobling ſolicitude for one another's welfare; that tender ſympathy which alleviates affliction, and that participated pleaſure which heightens proſperity and joy itſelf.