 | English fiction - 1784 - 556 pages
...engage in marriage, mould ' be well verfed in all thole thing1;, * whatever they are, which conlhtute * the happinefs of it : this town is an ' ample fchool, and both of us have ac* quain tance enaiigh in it to learn, from ' the mi Rakes of others, how to regulate ' our own conduct... | |
 | Katherine Sobba Green - Literary Criticism - 1991 - 204 pages
...vers'd in all those things . . . which constitute the happiness of it;—this town is an ample school, and both of us have acquaintance enough in it to learn, from the mistakes of others, how to regulate our own conduct and passions, so as not to be laugh'd at ourselves... | |
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I have often had occasion to make the same reflections; — it follows then, that every one before they engage in marriage should be well vers'd in all those things, •whatever they are, which constitute the happiness of it; — this town is an ample... 