A Lecture on the Writings: Prose and Poetic, and Character, Public and Personal, of John Milton, Delivered at Several Metropolitan Literary InstitutionsH. Hooper, 1838 - 55 pages |
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... Divorce under such circumstances . His doctrine is " that indisposition , unfit- " ness , or contrariety of mind , arising from a cause in na- " ture , unchangeable , hindering , and ever likely to hinder the " main benefits of conjugal ...
... Divorce under such circumstances . His doctrine is " that indisposition , unfit- " ness , or contrariety of mind , arising from a cause in na- " ture , unchangeable , hindering , and ever likely to hinder the " main benefits of conjugal ...
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... divorce , should have been looked at by him , and should be looked at by others , before and not after marriage ; and we shall , probably , assent to the soundness of the observations made by Lord Stowell on this subject , in the course ...
... divorce , should have been looked at by him , and should be looked at by others , before and not after marriage ; and we shall , probably , assent to the soundness of the observations made by Lord Stowell on this subject , in the course ...
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... Divorce , " he thus opens- 66 Fourthly , Marriage is a covenant the very being whereof con- sists not in a forced cohabitation , and counterfeit performance of duties , but in unfeigned love and peace ; and of matrimonial love no doubt ...
... Divorce , " he thus opens- 66 Fourthly , Marriage is a covenant the very being whereof con- sists not in a forced cohabitation , and counterfeit performance of duties , but in unfeigned love and peace ; and of matrimonial love no doubt ...
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