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Love and merit as guides to lasting affection in society
A reflective essay argues love thrives through merit rather than beauty alone, criticizing poets and modern stage works for inflaming libertine ideas. It warns marriage requires virtue and tact to sustain passion through age and adversity, citing advice from a worldly lady and observations on different peoples and sensibilities.
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France
M. St. Evremont
Lss
Narfinga
East-Indies
Marchioness de Lambert