And the fair Sex, whose chief delight is to be thought of, and who, for that reason, love to live in the midst of a crowd, and to be admired by all, cannot but be displeased at a solitude, which deprives them of all these pleasures.
— John Milton Early Modern

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The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce

Date / Period

1643

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Controversial

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/16604/16604-h/16604-h.htm

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