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To The Reader.
inanded that respect which Captain Bli gh and his predecessors had maintained . ^ It was observed that Christian had , previous to his departure from this island with the captain , entertained a penchant for some of the female natives ; to one he was particularly attached . She was young , affectionategenteelandsetting aside the disfigurements which the
, , , customs of their country render general , she might well be accounted handsome . Their mutual affection was remarkable , and the sincerity of their loves indisputable . In short , they were married according to their fashion ; which is no more than making a bargain for her with her parents , and exchanging mutual promises before all their friends , who are on this occasion invited . Among these natives
polygamy is allowable ; and what is not more wonderful than true , they enjoy domestic harmony even with a plurality of wives . ( To be continued . )
To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
SIR , A FEW gentlemen , united friends , have lately established a private periodical meeting at each other ' s houses , for the discussion of such subjects either of speculation or utility as may occur ; and in turn each proposes and opens the topic for the evening , his remarks on which are read from notes ; the discussion afterward is oral . Their confining'these meetings to their own little circle is a strong symptom
of modesty , and a proof that they rather hope to improve their minds by the observations of each other , than wish to obtrude them on the public . At times , however , I have thought it was to be regretted that usefiil remarks should be thus withheld from society at large , and shall endeavour to obtain , as I have in the present instance obtained , permission to send some of them for insertion in your elegant repository . J ,
Of The Influence Of The Female Character On The Manners Of Men.
OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE FEMALE CHARACTER ON THE MANNERS OF MEN .
SELECT PAPERS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS , HEAD BEFORE A LITERARY SOCIETY IN LONDON . No . I .
BY MR . S . JONES . READ JUNE $ 3 I
794-TO a subject of so extensive a nature as the present , the discussion of which might be made to include a kind of history of the sex from the creation , it will be proper to iix some limits ; at the same time it will be necessary that something like system should be preserved in our treatment of it , in order , not only to rivet VOL . Ill , A a
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To The Reader.
inanded that respect which Captain Bli gh and his predecessors had maintained . ^ It was observed that Christian had , previous to his departure from this island with the captain , entertained a penchant for some of the female natives ; to one he was particularly attached . She was young , affectionategenteelandsetting aside the disfigurements which the
, , , customs of their country render general , she might well be accounted handsome . Their mutual affection was remarkable , and the sincerity of their loves indisputable . In short , they were married according to their fashion ; which is no more than making a bargain for her with her parents , and exchanging mutual promises before all their friends , who are on this occasion invited . Among these natives
polygamy is allowable ; and what is not more wonderful than true , they enjoy domestic harmony even with a plurality of wives . ( To be continued . )
To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
SIR , A FEW gentlemen , united friends , have lately established a private periodical meeting at each other ' s houses , for the discussion of such subjects either of speculation or utility as may occur ; and in turn each proposes and opens the topic for the evening , his remarks on which are read from notes ; the discussion afterward is oral . Their confining'these meetings to their own little circle is a strong symptom
of modesty , and a proof that they rather hope to improve their minds by the observations of each other , than wish to obtrude them on the public . At times , however , I have thought it was to be regretted that usefiil remarks should be thus withheld from society at large , and shall endeavour to obtain , as I have in the present instance obtained , permission to send some of them for insertion in your elegant repository . J ,
Of The Influence Of The Female Character On The Manners Of Men.
OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE FEMALE CHARACTER ON THE MANNERS OF MEN .
SELECT PAPERS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS , HEAD BEFORE A LITERARY SOCIETY IN LONDON . No . I .
BY MR . S . JONES . READ JUNE $ 3 I
794-TO a subject of so extensive a nature as the present , the discussion of which might be made to include a kind of history of the sex from the creation , it will be proper to iix some limits ; at the same time it will be necessary that something like system should be preserved in our treatment of it , in order , not only to rivet VOL . Ill , A a