dull-got

Updated: May 12, 2025

A trick, a wise device of priests, no more to make the nauseated, tired-out pair drag on the careful business of life, drudge for the dull-got family with greater satisfaction, because they are taught to think marriage was made in heaven; a mighty comfort that, when all the joys of life are lost by it: were it not nobler far that honour kept him just, and that good nature made him reasonable provision?

Aphra Behn - Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister