A husband and wife ought to continue united so long as they love each other. Any law which should bind them to cohabitation for one moment after the decay of their affection would be a most intolerable tyranny, and the most unworthy of toleration.
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How will thy soul, cloven to its depth with terror,
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An unskilled hand, yet one informed
With genius, had the marble warmed
With that pathetic life.
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