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Article CURIOUS ACCOUNT OF A DUMB PHILOSOPHER. ← Page 2 of 4 →
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Curious Account Of A Dumb Philosopher.
having , in some measure , discovered him ; but it was soon ov and with that pleasant look , which is so natural to him , he replied : ' ' I should not , Sir , so easily have passed over the liberty assumed by our landlord , without some shew , at least , of resentment , had s not procured me the happiness of being acquainted with a gentleman whose generous offer of friendshi p I gratefully acknowledge and aol ceptand whose of
, way thinking seems to be so consonant to my own I shall endeavour to make a suitable return , and as your franknesj requires the same unreservedness in . me , ' I should even now give yon an instance of it , were not mv story too long to be told at a time ol night , when nature seems to call us to rest : but I promise you ample amends , if you will favour me with your company at my house in the country , on Tuesday next . '
I accepted of his offer , and he promised to send his coach to fetch me , early in the morning . After several professions of a future friendship had passed between us , our dumb Philosopher , having found his tongue , to the surprize as well as joy ofthe whole famil y / ordered the servants to li ght us to our chambers , and in a friendly manner , wished me , as well as our landlord aiid landlady , a good ni ght . I him the next at the
saw day , common table , where we dined ; but we had agreed not to know one another , so I had no farther discourse with him at this time . The next day , after dinner , the greater part ofthe company beinogone , we , wdio remained , fell into a discourse upon the causes of so frequent unhappy marriages ; and one of us observing , that it was often occasioned b
very y the indiscretion of the wife , in not being careful to behave with that good- humour and complacency to the : husband , as to excite in him a pleasure in being at home , and enjoying her conversation ; another gave us an instance of the fatal consequences attending a sullen behaviour in a wife , which had lately happened Wthin his knowled ge ; and it is so singular , that 1 am tempted togivei it you , as near as I can , in his own words .
' 1 orva , ' said he , ' a beautiful young lad )' , of a considerable fortune , was married to Amiander , a gentleman , in every respeft , deserving of her . Never was pair , in appearance , more equally matched , not did there ever seem a fairer prasped , of a happy marriage : but all these pleasing hopes were frustrated , by a sulliness of temper in Torva , which , in her maiden state , was taken to be a too austere virtue and that Amiander
modesty , ' s good humour would soon wear off ; but which , after marriage , discovered itself in an ill-natured pride , and haughty affedation of superiority . This occasioned first an indifferency , and afterwards a coldness , in Amiander , who was all life and gaiety . Torva , who did not want good sense , could not be long a stranger to this coldness of her husbandand the more she
, was convinced of it the greater was her sullenness of behaviour towards him ; which hei ghtened his indifferency , and that , of course , her ill humour ; until , by a mutual dissatisfadtion , which daily encreased , they both conceived , as they thought , a just hatred , one to the other . ' Amiander , hereupon , grew weary ofhis wife and home , and , to . § ooth his uneasiness , sought other company more suitable to his own
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Curious Account Of A Dumb Philosopher.
having , in some measure , discovered him ; but it was soon ov and with that pleasant look , which is so natural to him , he replied : ' ' I should not , Sir , so easily have passed over the liberty assumed by our landlord , without some shew , at least , of resentment , had s not procured me the happiness of being acquainted with a gentleman whose generous offer of friendshi p I gratefully acknowledge and aol ceptand whose of
, way thinking seems to be so consonant to my own I shall endeavour to make a suitable return , and as your franknesj requires the same unreservedness in . me , ' I should even now give yon an instance of it , were not mv story too long to be told at a time ol night , when nature seems to call us to rest : but I promise you ample amends , if you will favour me with your company at my house in the country , on Tuesday next . '
I accepted of his offer , and he promised to send his coach to fetch me , early in the morning . After several professions of a future friendship had passed between us , our dumb Philosopher , having found his tongue , to the surprize as well as joy ofthe whole famil y / ordered the servants to li ght us to our chambers , and in a friendly manner , wished me , as well as our landlord aiid landlady , a good ni ght . I him the next at the
saw day , common table , where we dined ; but we had agreed not to know one another , so I had no farther discourse with him at this time . The next day , after dinner , the greater part ofthe company beinogone , we , wdio remained , fell into a discourse upon the causes of so frequent unhappy marriages ; and one of us observing , that it was often occasioned b
very y the indiscretion of the wife , in not being careful to behave with that good- humour and complacency to the : husband , as to excite in him a pleasure in being at home , and enjoying her conversation ; another gave us an instance of the fatal consequences attending a sullen behaviour in a wife , which had lately happened Wthin his knowled ge ; and it is so singular , that 1 am tempted togivei it you , as near as I can , in his own words .
' 1 orva , ' said he , ' a beautiful young lad )' , of a considerable fortune , was married to Amiander , a gentleman , in every respeft , deserving of her . Never was pair , in appearance , more equally matched , not did there ever seem a fairer prasped , of a happy marriage : but all these pleasing hopes were frustrated , by a sulliness of temper in Torva , which , in her maiden state , was taken to be a too austere virtue and that Amiander
modesty , ' s good humour would soon wear off ; but which , after marriage , discovered itself in an ill-natured pride , and haughty affedation of superiority . This occasioned first an indifferency , and afterwards a coldness , in Amiander , who was all life and gaiety . Torva , who did not want good sense , could not be long a stranger to this coldness of her husbandand the more she
, was convinced of it the greater was her sullenness of behaviour towards him ; which hei ghtened his indifferency , and that , of course , her ill humour ; until , by a mutual dissatisfadtion , which daily encreased , they both conceived , as they thought , a just hatred , one to the other . ' Amiander , hereupon , grew weary ofhis wife and home , and , to . § ooth his uneasiness , sought other company more suitable to his own