Excerpt from M. Or N. Similia Similibus CuranturPerhaps of this young couple, the girl, in her perfect faith and entire self-sacrifice, may have be'eh less aghast than her lover at the imminence of dis covery, reprobation, and scorn. -when no other course was left open, she eloped willingly enough with the man she had trusted-shutting her eyes to con sequences, ih that recklessness of devotion which, lead though it may to much unhappiness in life, constitutes not the least lovable trait Of the female character, so ready to burst into extremes of right and wrong.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.