Ah Why Refuse The Blameless Bliss? Can

The Words In Prose Ought To Express The Intended Meaning, And No More; If They Attract Attention To Themselves, It Is, In General, A Fault.

With No Other Privilege Than That Of Sympathy And Sincere Good Wishes, I Would Address An Affectionate Exhortation To The Youthful Literati, Grounded On My Own Experience. It Will Be But Short; For The Beginning, Middle, And End Converge To One Charge: Never Pursue Literature As A Trade.

To Know, To Esteem, To Love,-and Then To Part, Makes Up Life's Tale To Many A Feeling Heart.

That Passage Is What I Call The Sublime Dashed To Pieces By Cutting Too Close With The Fiery Four-in-hand Round The Corner Of Nonsense.

How Deep A Wound To Morals And Social Purity Has That Accursed Article Of The Celibacy Of The Clergy Been! Even The Best And Most Enlightened Men In Romanist Countries Attach A Notion Of Impurity To The Marriage Of A Clergyman. And Can Such A Feeling Be Without Its Effect On The Estimation Of The Wedded Life In General? Impossible! And The Morals Of Both Sexes In Spain, Italy, France, And. Prove It Abundantly.