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The Alphabet of Requisites for a Wife |
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A WIFE SHOULD BE AMIABLE, AFFECTIONATE, AFFABLE, ACCOMPLISHED; BEAUTIFUL, BENIGN, BENEVOLENT; CHARMING, CANDID, CHEERFUL, COMPLAISANT, CIVIL, CONSTANT; DUTIFUL, DIGNIFIED; ELEGANT, EASY, ENTERTAINING; FAITHFUL, FOND, FAULTLESS, FREE; GOOD, GRACEFUL, GOVERNABLE; HANDSOME, HARMLESS, HEALTHY; INTELLIGENT, INDUSTRIOUS, INGENIOUS; JUST, KIND, LIVELY, LOVELY, MODEST, MERCIFUL, NEAT, OBEDIENT, PRETTY, RIGHTEOUS, SUBMISSIVE, TEMPERATE, VIRTUOUS, WELL-FORMED, AND YOUNG.
When I meet a woman possessed of these requisites, said an eldery bachelor, I will marry.
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Carlisle Patriot