Maxims in prose and verse : addressed to the affluent and benevolent public / By an unfortunate prisoner, of long durance in his Majesty's Goal [sic] of Newgate, for a debt.
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- Printed in the year 1788
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Credit: Maxims in prose and verse : addressed to the affluent and benevolent public / By an unfortunate prisoner, of long durance in his Majesty's Goal [sic] of Newgate, for a debt. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[ ^5 ] There is reafon to fear that much of the wdrthlcfsnefs of many married men, as well as much of the unhappinefs of both them and their partners, muft be imputed to the turbulent paffions and uncom¬ plying humours of the latter, fuch is the famenefs of the matrimonial ftate on the one hand, and fuch its cares on the other; and it is but fair to add, fuch the indifpofition of numbers of men, to be long delighted, that to preferve the attachment of a hufband unimpaired, the utmoft attention, and the mildeft complaifance are commonly re- quifite on the fide of the woman. The point to which our fweeteft paffions move. Is to be truly lov’d, and fondly love; This is the charm that fmooths the troubled breaH ; Friend to our health, and author of our reft; That bids each gloomy, vexing paffion fly. And tunes each jarring firing to harmony. When once the fatal fire of jealoufy has got pofleffion of the mind, though it may lay dormant for awhile, yet the leaf! wafting of a fea¬ ther, or even a fhadow is fufficient to give it motion, and kindle the fmothered embers into a flame. What fame’s fecure from an invidious jefl? By flight the deer no more of dogs afraid. Falls by a fliot from fome dark covert made; So envious tongues their foul intentions hide. Wound, tho* unfeen, and kill us ere defery'd. V It](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31964965_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
