Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-05-10
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nam hrance IS 50 sweet. Let them TO-
sret the favours they have already grant
LAD and they will not labour to eAceee
TeSs L,et d m slffer US of fgct and w
lshsn exaet tie less. Let them rouse oui
affections by new difficulties. Let ou'
ID iici udes revive; Let our doubts a feSihifs
fresh proofs Of a passion whose certainty mt,
81 nrrb asates its ya!us.-l hey wi
Then have less to complain % ~ U.s. AM
]be more satisfied with sbeshsepeS'
Tbe scene would change Il "omea a,
WAYS remembered that their pait was to
receive petitions ours to supplicate and
and earn new favoufs, That .nade t.
grant, they Eever should offer. Resery-
). ed. even in the excess OF passion, they
;. should not surrender Themselves withdu'
cotrol. Let them leave tie lover some
thing to desire, and ne will be obsequious
Ito obtain it. Cnliuaited compliances de-
stroy the power Of the most beWitchlng
charns anu disgust tie very persons who
exact them. This is truth which ex.
lneitsnce condims.
! Possession places all women upon lie
vel--The homeiy ard the tsir, differ, al
ter conquest, only In the alt G pFese'v.
ing our hearts. lsut WI is comulunh
.|lhe case, she deems ii only necessary
Ito be fond, eteetioncte, Mix, euef len
! pered, and faithful. She Is right II max
ing these qualities the foundltioo Of hel
character. They will ensure CTR sstesn.'
but valuable as they are, unless season
Ell with spice oL humor and relieve
iby a shade Of caprice, they will Suffer
tile flame to expire, and will ilauce an
euor and WEAKNESS, mortal goisohs to
the best constituted hearts.
7 WHY are lovers SO soon tired ofqros-
perityl and why do women please Sc
little, after having pleased SO much p
Because both have entertained errone-
Gus opinions. one believes he mas nc
thing farther to obtain, aud the othei
sppposes she has nothing more to give
Of course, the one slackens his pursua
the other negiects to exert herself,
confines her exertions to substantial GU
lilies. They substitute reason 4 estee4
4 for passion. Then farewell tie quick
ening salt of love. Adlcu those bias
Of jealous alteration which fan the {,
pifing fires Of affection.
8, But il the calm of a fond commit
, should sometimes he RULED by breeZ'
let not contention be the business of Ii
let thei, riaacs and approximations a 81
only from the deiicacies OF love. /.
not the fair one, from gus;lIanimous as
J quiescence. remit those references a
regards TO which she is entitled ; nor /
a too tender sensibility, render lore :
, source OF inquietudes &c enbitter allie
days; nor bya conduct too scrRrntca
to rendc. the lover too certain that {
has nothing 70 arpreherd il fne, lei
, her not, from excess Of n.:loness & ever
fiuess CT te.nrer, have tie weakness L
pardon every deficiency CT respect anc
E, attention.
/ Experience 100 often sbews that We
men lose TIE hearts Of their husbands
land lovers by excess Of indulgence aUo
lremissness. What indiscretian j.
IImak;rs a merir of sacrificing every thig
they spoil and render them upgrateiu..
Too much generosity turns against them
,,selyes, and they learn 10 consider as q
irisht what vas at first accorded as IL
rIvor.
i We often see women, the n ost des-
! Dicable of their sex, rule with rod ..
lIiron. and by force Of management treai
like slaves and render conten,ptible the
linen who fall into their power. indeed
la woman of sense, breeding ard mora
-Iity will neyer regulate Ter conduct b.
,tsuch examples; an air SO military is re
Ipugr ant to feminine sotness, and wants
: That decency Which constitutes the
lchaim even OF those things which leae
etthem asies4 trem virtue. Eat Solemn,
jthese hideous colors, and choosing al
.Ihappv medium between The tern acan
Wand the ,niil, sop, she viii govern in ;
9 smanner most fitted to insure kar oNl
land her husbands felicity.
i Men are slaves whom TOO much levity
lrenders insolent. Like these OF Amer
lea, they should sometimes be treate,
I.'@ith discipline and chains. Our innate
-ssense Of justice will teach Us patienc'
.iunder arbitrary power, because reasor
Inay sometimes direct It's application.
! TO conclude. In every thing within
1.-THE province Of love, women SHOULD b.
r|absolute soyereigns. FROM then alor'
J we expect eur happiness; I. trim then
shall we inia!libly receive i. when they
,lshall learn TO rule our affections Will
prudence, to moderate their own with