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Excerpt from A Philosophical, Historical, and Moral Essay on Old Maids, Vol. 3 of 3If my heart beat with rapture at en tering the avenues leading to the temple of Marriage, thofe which led to the abode of this folitary goddefs produced a very contrary efi'eét; the grove was compofed of evergreens, which call: a gloomy and 'f melancholy ibede the way was rough and thorny, and covered with plants bf.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.