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210 be roued by licentious arts or variety. What atisfaction could a woman of delicacy promie herelf in a union with uch a man, when the very artlenes of her affection might appear iniped? Thus does Dryden decribe the ituation,

But one grand truth women have yet to learn, though much it imports them to act accordingly. In the choice of a huband, they hould not be led atray by the qualities of a lover—for a lover the huband, even uppoing him to be wie and virtuous, cannot long remain.

Were women more rationally educated, could they take a more comprehenive view of things, they would be contented to love but once in their lives; and after marriage calmly let paion ubide into friendhip—into that tender intimacy, which is the bet refuge from care; yet is built on uch pure, till affections, that idle jealouies would not be allowed to diturb the dicharge of the ober duties of life, nor to engros the thoughts that ought to be otherwie employed. This is a tate in which many men live; but few, very few women. And the difference may eaily be accounted for, without recurring to a exual character. Men, for whom we are told women were made, have too much occupied the thoughts of women; and this aociation has o entangled love with all their motives of action; and, to harp a little on an old tring, having been olely employed either to prepare themelves to excite love, or actually putting their leons in practice,&ensp;