as truly
as I
wished it
in reason.
My
objections
to the
marriage
were not
merely
those
which I
last night
acknowledged
to have
the utmost
force of
passion to
put aside,
in my own
case; the
want of
connection
could not
be so
great an
evil to my
friend as
to me. But
there were
other
causes of
repugnance;
causes
which,
though
still
existing,
and
existing
to an
equal
degree in
both
instances,
I had
myself
endeavoured
to forget,
because
