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Advantage of it; inaſmuch as he has a Maſter to whom he muſt render an Account of the Uſe of his delegated Authority.
But if after all, theſe Repreſentarions should not be thought worthy the Conſideration of the Legiſlature, or if they ſhould be conſidered, and we ſhould yet fail of obtaining any Relief; either becauſe the Legiſlature cannot find proper Means, or wants the Inclination to give it; there is ſtill one Part of my Sex, who may receive ſome Advantage from them; namely, the Unmarried, to whom I now Addreſs myſelf, entreating them to conſider the Hazards they run, when they venture an Alliance with the other Sex, who were deſigned by Nature for their Counter-parts, but who have taken upon themſelves to be the whole, inſomuch that they have voted us Dead in Law, except in criminal Cauſes. They do us indeed the Favour to conſider us as real Perſons, when they think fit to burn or hang us: This is incorporating with a Vengeance! They ſwallowed us up quick, when they were ſo wrathfully diſpleaſed at us!
But God be thanked, I have an Huſband who lets me be alive, and gives me leave to be ſome Body, and to tell other People what I think they are.
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