| [No. 490] | Monday, September 22, 1712 | Steele |
Domus et placens Uxor.
Hor.
I have very long entertain'd an Ambition to make the Word
Wife
the most agreeable and delightful Name in Nature. If it be not so in it self, all the wiser Part of Mankind from the Beginning of the World to this Day has consented in an Error: But our Unhappiness in
England
has been, that a few loose Men of Genius for Pleasure, have turn'd it all to the Gratification of ungovern'd De
Sir
es, in spite of good Sense, Form and Order; when, in truth, any Satisfaction beyond the Boundaries of Reason, is but a Step towards Madness and Folly. But is the Sense of Joy and Accomplishment of De
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