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George Crabbe on Marriage

d. 1832 England

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The wife was pretty, trifling, childish, weak;
She could not think, but would not cease to speak.

Tales (1812)

Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead,
To find such numbers who will serve instead:
And in whatever state a man be thrown,
'Tis that precisely they would wish their own.

Tales (1812)

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