AND Modes of Courtship OF THE VARIOUS NATIONS OF THE UNIVERSE. WITH REMARKS ON THE CONDITION OF WOMEN, PENN'S MAXIMS, AND COUNSEl to the single and MARRIED, &c. &c. BY THEOPHILUS MOORE, Esq. サ But happy they, the happiest of their kind, Who in each other clasp whatever fair High fancy forms, or lavish hearts can wish. NNNNNN SECOND Edition. THOMSON, London: PRINTED FOR JOHN BUMPUS, HOLBORN, NEAR MIDDLE ROW. PREFACE. PRODUCTIONS of the nature of this work can possess little other merit than that of accurate selection, and their utility or entertainment principally consists in presenting, under a brief view, information dispersed throughout a number of expensive and elaborate volumes, in which references are occasionally made to the subjects mentioned in our title. It is interesting and important to the observing mind to compare the different sentiments which every where respect the relative situations of man and wife, to observe the customs with which different nations cement the conjugal union, and the condition of the sex in society. It should seem in proportion |