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Letter XVII on marriage contrasts and political guidance
The letter compares English and Dutch marriage norms, detailing passion versus restraint, fidelity challenges, and social behavior. It retells the Choang Hanfi tale of lessons on trust and deception, then shifts to political theory on sovereignty, ministers, foreign affairs, and state power, ending with maritime notices and ship movements from Falmouth, Weymouth, Poole, and Deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Machiavel
Pntients
Cardinal Richelieu
Bristol
Liverpool
Falmouth
Swanzey
Humble
Sandwich
Holyhead
Hellum
Neath
London
Unity
Wade
Wales
Cholmondeley
Weymouth
Baltimore
Grisdall
New York
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Catherine
Elizabeth
Tingmouth
Liverpdole
Roth
Esther
God
Den
Bayley
Amsterdam
Deal
S. W
Robinson
Philadelphia
William
Chilton
Rem
Downs
Jatt
Concord
Jacobson
New-York
Gordon
Guadalupe
Victuallers