A positive engagement to marry a certain person at a certain time, at all haps and hazards, I have always considered the most ridiculous thing on earth.


Letter to Thomas Carlyle (January 1825).


A positive engagement to marry a certain person at a certain time, at all haps and hazards, I have always considered the most ridiculous thing on...

A positive engagement to marry a certain person at a certain time, at all haps and hazards, I have always considered the most ridiculous thing on...

A positive engagement to marry a certain person at a certain time, at all haps and hazards, I have always considered the most ridiculous thing on...

A positive engagement to marry a certain person at a certain time, at all haps and hazards, I have always considered the most ridiculous thing on...