Excerpt from The Inspector, Literary Magazine and Review, 1827, Vol. 2 The charms of society, and the necessity that the afl'ections which Nature has implanted in us should be decentl satisfied, illustrate the advantages of marrying, were it not desirab e for any thing else. But, besides this, we establish a fire-side of our own, we bind one heart to our service, and secure one bosom in which we may confide in seasons of adversity; and from which, in such dark hours, we may draw forth ainple consolationand affectionate sup rt: and this last, appears to me, the highest privilege of connubia bliss. When the results of business have thwarted the worldly man, and the caprice of dissipation, the gay man; or when, rhaps, some imagined coldness in another's conduct has wounded t e feelings of a friend, it is then that each of these may fly to his home, and seek in the bosom of his wife that alleviation to his uneasiness, which an interchange of thoughts and feelings ought not in any, and does not in most cases, falito ensure. I can easily imagine a man may pass through life singly with less care, but in sickness he will have to purchase kind ness with money; and, in misfortune, he will look in vain for that corp'panionship and countenance which it is the nature of the least wo yor most miserable to wish for. As a sign-post, whose direction line is washed off by the hand of time, is thought an incumbrance to a highway, so an old bachelor, without money to buy attention to his sufferings, is regarded by travellers, on the grand highway of life, as a thing of no interest, and not worthy of speculation. If this be the ease, and the hearts of all men yearn for social intercourse; if they do so, how access is it, then, to attach oneself, early in life, to an intelligent and amia ls woman. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.