The Town Talk Author:Richard Steele Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: T O The AUTHOR Of The LOVER. TH AT all your Readers may have a right notion of the ufe and abufe of Love, as founded upon the unerring laws of nature, I he... more »re communicate the difcuffion of two cafes of confcience, as refolved by our learned countryman Dr. Gilbert Burnet, i680; and they are freely at your fervice. Yours, ciafgow, John Mitchell. Nov. 20, i7i4- The general title of the publication from which this article is taken is as follows: " Memoirs towards a Hiftory of Men eminent in the R'- " public of I-etters, as well foreign as domeftic." (See p. 3i5.) Of how many half-crown numbers this work confifted we are not certain, nor that there ever was any more of it printed than the part from which we are now extracting. That part has the following feparate title; " Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Sir Richard Steele. Wherein " are contained, Two curious DuTertatiocis, written by the late Biihuit " Burnet, viz. , " I. A Defence of Polygamy, proving, that it is not contrary to the Law and Nature of Marriage; and that an exprefs prohibition of it is no where to be found in Scripture. II. [The Lawfulnefs of Divorce on account of Sterility in Women, proving that Defect a fufficient reafou for Separation.] Alfo fame Memoirs of the Earls of Nottingham, Portmore, and Lord Chief Baron Pengelly, with his Will. London, Printed for E. Curll ami W. Le- venthor-p, at Congreve's Head, directly over-againft Catherine-ftreet, in the Strand, i73i, Price 2S. 6d." This copy is taken from the original, atfefted by Dr. Patterson, Archbifllop of Glasgow, now in Pofleffion of the Honourable Archi- Bald Campbell, where it may be feen if there is occafion. The Archbijhop of Glafgow's alteration under Ms hand and epifcopal feal manual. Edifiborough, the 5...« less