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Domestic Peace And Happiness,
DOMESTIC PEACE AND HAPPINESS ,
( FROM Mr . BUCKLE ' S ESSAYS . ) T KNOW a very worthy and sensible old lady , who has often re-Ji . marked , that m disputes between married people , let what will be u > e contest the victory belongs to the
, party which first quits the . 'Were we to consider , that the quarrel most frequently arises from some . trtfle , about which both are equall y indifferent ; and that it is only pertinacity of opinion , and blind self-willed nature which expects U * glVeS t 0 ° 110 dut ratl the
, £ ? in Vr I" ' P" *« s dispute : Surely , we should blush from very shame , and cease to wound each other ' s feelings , upon points as unimportant , as a dispute between two of our own fid ^ t fc oSS . SOme ° Cher " * ' foUnd hy ° ne 0 f them > and rJ \ " x favourit f maxl T among th « h ^ ies , that where married couples disagree , the man has every advantage ; as he can , if his home ^ rendered disagreeableleave itand b
, , y company and amusements , ' make up for the loss he exepnences at his own fire-side . t ,- „ -l 4 _ em u ly J den }'; - J ay ' , Certain that Ae reverse is the tiuJi . lhe husband may , indeed , keep himself from home , and share in what will soon cease to prove amusements , unless his mind be cal-ZZ Z 7 U ^ T T ; ' ^ thl , S he ™ y for a ^ wander fiom the tavern to the brothel : but whenever he guits home in
, search of happiness ,-he may be assured , that he ' will be as often dis appointed . Let those who really possess the inestimable blessing of domestic peace , value it as- a jewel above all price . ¦ ^ -e « ic Let not the drunkard , the libertine , or the gambler , ever laueh them ( particularl y the husband ) out of their real bliss , to introduce them . to want , disease , and misery . "muuuce
_ Too often have the envenomed shafts of ridicule , conveyed perhan . in the epithet , of Milksop , Jerry Sneak , Coward , and S ft sions as taese drawn away tfie truly ha PPy man from a smiling ; ard , if I may use the expression , paradisaical fire-side ,- never more o fe" hilst ^ ? f ff fyP-on of guilt , ha , been taxed a his bosom ; and which , perhaps , every effort of his amiable partner could never afterward extract And
. you , < ye fair ma ried dames , ' ever . listen to this one piece of advfce , _ o well ' enforcedT y he Dramatic Poet- " Let your every nerve ^ be strained to make home com ^ rtable . and engaging to your husbands-.. Remember , he com ™ you to unbend from the weightier cares of life , which furrow his brow with a prospect of providing for you and his children . There are lub firt ^* - pr hapS ! in wMch > pIaces some ° f his Pl ^ - ? - " £ upate uat indulgence ; nay , make it a point of the first consequence ,
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Domestic Peace And Happiness,
DOMESTIC PEACE AND HAPPINESS ,
( FROM Mr . BUCKLE ' S ESSAYS . ) T KNOW a very worthy and sensible old lady , who has often re-Ji . marked , that m disputes between married people , let what will be u > e contest the victory belongs to the
, party which first quits the . 'Were we to consider , that the quarrel most frequently arises from some . trtfle , about which both are equall y indifferent ; and that it is only pertinacity of opinion , and blind self-willed nature which expects U * glVeS t 0 ° 110 dut ratl the
, £ ? in Vr I" ' P" *« s dispute : Surely , we should blush from very shame , and cease to wound each other ' s feelings , upon points as unimportant , as a dispute between two of our own fid ^ t fc oSS . SOme ° Cher " * ' foUnd hy ° ne 0 f them > and rJ \ " x favourit f maxl T among th « h ^ ies , that where married couples disagree , the man has every advantage ; as he can , if his home ^ rendered disagreeableleave itand b
, , y company and amusements , ' make up for the loss he exepnences at his own fire-side . t ,- „ -l 4 _ em u ly J den }'; - J ay ' , Certain that Ae reverse is the tiuJi . lhe husband may , indeed , keep himself from home , and share in what will soon cease to prove amusements , unless his mind be cal-ZZ Z 7 U ^ T T ; ' ^ thl , S he ™ y for a ^ wander fiom the tavern to the brothel : but whenever he guits home in
, search of happiness ,-he may be assured , that he ' will be as often dis appointed . Let those who really possess the inestimable blessing of domestic peace , value it as- a jewel above all price . ¦ ^ -e « ic Let not the drunkard , the libertine , or the gambler , ever laueh them ( particularl y the husband ) out of their real bliss , to introduce them . to want , disease , and misery . "muuuce
_ Too often have the envenomed shafts of ridicule , conveyed perhan . in the epithet , of Milksop , Jerry Sneak , Coward , and S ft sions as taese drawn away tfie truly ha PPy man from a smiling ; ard , if I may use the expression , paradisaical fire-side ,- never more o fe" hilst ^ ? f ff fyP-on of guilt , ha , been taxed a his bosom ; and which , perhaps , every effort of his amiable partner could never afterward extract And
. you , < ye fair ma ried dames , ' ever . listen to this one piece of advfce , _ o well ' enforcedT y he Dramatic Poet- " Let your every nerve ^ be strained to make home com ^ rtable . and engaging to your husbands-.. Remember , he com ™ you to unbend from the weightier cares of life , which furrow his brow with a prospect of providing for you and his children . There are lub firt ^* - pr hapS ! in wMch > pIaces some ° f his Pl ^ - ? - " £ upate uat indulgence ; nay , make it a point of the first consequence ,