Denis Ignatius Moriarty
Published: 2016-06-26
Total Pages: 356
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Excerpt from The Wife Hunter, And, Flora Douglas, Vol. 1 of 3: Tales by the Moriarty Family But Hymen's kinder ames unite And burn for ever one Chaste as cold Cynthia's virgin light, Productive as the Sun. Oh, source of every social tie, United wish and mutual joy What various joys on one attend, As son, as father, brother, husband, friend. Pope. Matrimony should be the happiest state in the world said my uncle, Henry Grant. The old gentleman was a stately bachelor, and had never been known to honor any member of the softer sex with an offer of his hand. Why, Sir, such a declaration sounds very strange from you, said my mother; for surely. 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."