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Matrimony.
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We cannot always feel alike, and all are ſubject to changes of temper without an adequate cauſe.
Reaſon muſt often be called in to fill up the vacuums of life; but too many of our ſex ſuffer theirs to lie dormant. A little ridicule and ſmart turn of expreſſion, often confutes without convincing; and tricks are played off to raiſe tenderneſs, even while they are forfeiting eſteem.
Women are ſaid to be the weaker veſſel, and many are the miſeries which this weakneſs brings on them. Men have in ſome reſpects very much the ad-
vantage.
