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232 appearances, will keep her mind in that childih, or vicious, tumult, which detroys all its energy. Beides, in time, like thoe people who habitually take cordials to raie their pirits, he will want an intrigue to give life to her thoughts, having lot all relih for pleaures that are not highly eaoned by hope or fear.

Sometimes married women act till more audaciouly; I will mention an intance.

A woman of quality, notorious for her gallantries, though as he till lived with her huband, nobody choe to place her in the clas where he ought to have been placed, made a point of treating with the mot inulting contempt a poor timid creature, abahed by a ene of her former weaknes, whom a neighbouring gentleman had educed and afterwards married. This woman had actually confounded virtue with reputation; and, I do believe, valued herelf on the propriety of her behaviour before marriage, though when once ettled, to the atisfaction of her family, he and her lord were equally faithles,—o that the half alive heir to an immene etate, came from heaven knows where!

To view this ubject in another light.

I have known a number of women who, if they did not love their hubands, loved nobody ele, give themelves entirely up to vanity and diipation, neglecting every dometic duty; nay, even quandering away all the money which hould have been aved for their helples younger children, yet have plumed themelves on their unullied reputation, as if the whole compas of their duty as wives and mothers was only to erve&ensp;