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C 11
Offences against Condition. Adultery.
is only in those case / cases which are comparatively
but rare) where the disproportion of ages is so great
that the death of one of the parties is an event
that appears likely soon to happen. the approach of which appears likely to be near.
36.
Facility of the French This is one of the cases in which
In France among people of quality and in
the capital, this sort of facility is regarded not
so much as a proof of generosity as of good breeding.
It is exerted not in favour of one person any one man in
particular, but in favour of any man whosoever
he may be. So far from being manifested It is exerted not out of friendship, but
it is most likely to be exerted by persons who are
least capable of a strong sentiments of friendship
In short it is exerted not so much at all out of regard
to the gallant, but only as a species of justice
to the wife. Sensible how little he can bear to confine
his amours to a single object, he is ashamed
to exact of his wife a constancy which would form
so unreasonable a contrast with his own levity.
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Not mischievous in forced matches But how great soever may be the mischief of Adultery
in a case which it is to be hoped is the
ordinary one, it vanishes altogether in those unhappy
countries where [the custom is for young
people to be matched by their parents without
any regard to their inclinations] it is the inclination
not of the contracting party himself but of the parents
or some other person still less competent
than the parents, that forms the match. ties the knot. Where there
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