Excerpt from The Empire of the Nairs, or the Rights of Women, Vol. 1 of 4: An Utopian Romance, in Twelve Books How inferior is the boasted liberty of the Briton, when compared to this inestimable right enjoyed by a nation whom he affects to consider as slaves. Would a wise Prussian, _ though represented in no parliament, and without the right of jury, change his situation with an Englishman, and barter the power of choosing and changing the partner of his fortune, for an impunity, when uttering an indecent satire or caricature, or for the luxury of burning the effigy of an unpopular minister? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.