The Polite Philosopher (1734) [ Practices / Concepts ]
… and we should pass our Lives, like Slaves, in continual Toil, without the Prospect of Pleasure or Relaxation. IT is the Conversation of Women that gives a proper Biass to our Inclinations, and, by abating the Ferocity of our Passions, … of our own Sex, tho I have been very careful, and particularly happy in the Choice of my Acquaintance. … "It is the Conversation of Women that gives a proper Biass to our Inclinations, and, by abating the Ferocity of our Passions, …
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