“But it may be asked, what are the evils which...

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“But it may be asked, what are the evils which accrue from dirty houses, &c? I answer, 1st. If a gentleman or lady visit you, they have no appetite to eat or drink in your houses; and what are your feelings when you are certain of your cause? 2. The can have no satisfaction in your beds, that smell so offensive, and are so infested with hungry night walkers, which thirst for human blood. 3d. The very disagreeableness of the air causes them to wish to make their escape, lest the should be seized with putrid or malignant fevers, which might terminate in death.”

Lorenzo Dow, Reflections on Matrimony.

“But it may be asked, what are the evils which accrue from dirty houses, &c? I answer, 1st. If a gentleman or lady visit you, they have no appetite to eat or drink in your houses; and what are your feelings when you are certain of your cause? 2. The can have no satisfaction in your beds, that smell so offensive, and are so infested with hungry night walkers, which thirst for human blood. 3d. The very disagreeableness of the air causes them to wish to make their escape, lest the should be seized with putrid or malignant fevers, which might terminate in death.”

Lorenzo Dow, Reflections on Matrimony.

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