Memoirs of the life and conduct of DrFrancis Atterbury ..from his birth, to his banishmentAddress'd to the RtHonWilliam Pulteney, Esq . I) ivJinilA^ ?? trrttr ^iTiah it , rrrBTrm # T HE jFatal ^mout BETWEENA BeautifulLADY iA N D A Toung NOBLEMAN. E need not fearch into Hifto-ry for Inftanccs of unhappyMarriages ^ the Age we livein, affords too raany of that, and though but a melanchollySubjeft, to treat on, yet tis neceflary tobe known fonietimeSj that both Sexes in thf. ( ^S) the State of Matrimony, may, by theMisfortunes of others, prevent their ownKuin. As the Soul of Man governs the Bo-dy,
Memoirs of the life and conduct of DrFrancis Atterbury ..from his birth, to his banishmentAddress'd to the RtHonWilliam Pulteney, Esq . I) ivJinilA^ ?? trrttr ^iTiah it , rrrBTrm # T HE jFatal ^mout BETWEENA BeautifulLADY iA N D A Toung NOBLEMAN. E need not fearch into Hifto-ry for Inftanccs of unhappyMarriages ^ the Age we livein, affords too raany of that, and though but a melanchollySubjeft, to treat on, yet tis neceflary tobe known fonietimeSj that both Sexes in thf. ( ^S) the State of Matrimony, may, by theMisfortunes of others, prevent their ownKuin. As the Soul of Man governs the Bo-dy, fo ought the Woman to be fijbordi-mte to the Man. All Nations give theSuperiority and Domination to him : Sothat the Woman, in Matrimony, is thegreateft Ri^ht and Property a xVIan canpoffefs. How bold and d^^ring, then, how hor-ribly impious, muft that Robber appear,who is for breaking in upon fo facred aRhe ? Certainly there cannot be in-vented a Punilhment fofter than Death,to attone for this Violation •, and whichthe injurd Husbind has often Authorityon his fide^to punifli with his own Hands. The fair Sex, in this5nfi/7; Clime, haveEO reafon to reproach Foreigners^ fortheir lafcivious Treafons and Felonies^fince the Abufe of thofe Priviledges theyenjoy above other Women, have notmade ^cvcx more Virruou?^ or Chafte. Would (^9) Would they be governed by tlie Dic-tates of Virtue, theyd gladly Copy afterthe Lady Theanoin flutarch^ who, as (hevv^s Drefling herfe
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