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general can be happy in this country ; let a woman rise one stqp and she becomes discontented , for her mind and her circ i ^ m- * stances are no longer in accordance , and she is withont a hope ' of present remedy , for the majority is not with her . Custom , like an impracticable barrier walls her in on all sides , and a curse is on her if she look over it .
She knows not what the curse may be , Therefore she weaveth steadily , Therefore no other care hath she . " If her husband be disgusting , she perceives he is so ; but she i * his wife , and if it be his pleasure sne must act as such , or be
considered immoral and punished accordingly . Hence , she tries to do her duty for the sake of her reputation , and the peace of mind of all her relations and friends , or her children ; or , perhaps , she has no means of separate subsistence . In the case of the sensitive and imaginative , some unknown or undefined happiness is expected in marriage ; it is not found .
and they do not know what is unrealised . These , like the Vicar ot Wakefield , tell their young friends that the happiest days of existence are those of courtship ; whereas , Love grows sweeter and greater every hour of its life . Even where great happiness is found in marriage , this intoxicating joy rarely lasts
longer than a few short months ; then he goes to his friends , or his business , or his pleasures , for he has them all . She tries to feel as happy as ever , to believe that he lores her still , or that he will very soon again , as soon as he has time . If she confide her state of mind to any sensible friend he will tell her
so , and that she must rein in her imagination . She thinks over the past , reads old letters , remembers old words , old looks ; " this happiness is still with her , he has been hers / 1 She hopes and prays for the future ;
• ' Hope who never dreamed of guile , Believed he'd come again . " He does not ; or very coldl y ; very differently to that first joy ; and what does she do ? Nothing ; she has nothing to do , for the brilliance of that bridal dream makes all else look faded
and dim ; she becomes melancholy , and he finds her in tears . Men hate to see tears ! nothing annoys them so much ! so childish 1 so ridiculous ! She cries more bitterly ; he is seriously angry , — * ' Hope ' s morning dream of love is o ' er , Love never came again . "
It i » a fearful thing for a woman to love , even under the beat circumstances , trained and developed as she is now . For a short time she may be happy , blessedly so , for she loves i bat htr happiness depends on him she loves wholly , entirely , A frown from hxmx would wither it all . When he is abveat * b #
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1836, page 431, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2659/page/39/
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