Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
Literary
December 16, 1789
The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
An extract from 'The Batchelor' congratulating a friend on marriage, arguing it makes one a useful citizen and avoids the devalued state of lifelong celibacy, illustrated by metaphors of an odd book volume and half scissors.
Clipping
OCR Quality
98%
Excellent
Full Text
The BATCHELOR.-AN EXTRACT.
I AM glad you are married, and congratulate you most cordially upon it. You are now in the way of becoming a useful citizen, and you have escaped the unnatural state of celibacy for life, the fate of many here who never intended it, but who, having too long postponed the change of their condition find at length that it is too late to think of it, and so live all their lives in a situation that greatly lessens a man's value--an odd volume of a set of books bears not the value of its proportion to the set--What think you of the odd half of a pair of Scissors? It can't well cut any thing it may possibly serve to scrape a trencher.
I AM glad you are married, and congratulate you most cordially upon it. You are now in the way of becoming a useful citizen, and you have escaped the unnatural state of celibacy for life, the fate of many here who never intended it, but who, having too long postponed the change of their condition find at length that it is too late to think of it, and so live all their lives in a situation that greatly lessens a man's value--an odd volume of a set of books bears not the value of its proportion to the set--What think you of the odd half of a pair of Scissors? It can't well cut any thing it may possibly serve to scrape a trencher.
What sub-type of article is it?
Essay
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Marriage
Celibacy
Bachelor
Social Value
Useful Citizen
Literary Details
Title
The Batchelor. An Extract.
Subject
Congratulations On Marriage And Critique Of Celibacy
Form / Style
Prose Reflection
Key Lines
An Odd Volume Of A Set Of Books Bears Not The Value Of Its Proportion To The Set What Think You Of The Odd Half Of A Pair Of Scissors? It Can't Well Cut Any Thing It May Possibly Serve To Scrape A Trencher.