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Date: 1739
"Marriage is a chain shou'd never be impos'd by Force upon a Heart, and if the Gentleman is a Man of Honour, he should never accept a Person, who must be his by Constraint."
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774); Miller, James (1706-1744)
Date: 1739
"[S]he suffers me to believe every thing, and glories in every thing; and at the same Time, my Heart is still cowardly enough, not to break the Chain that binds it, not to arm it self with a generous Disdain against the ungrateful Object it is but too much smitten with!"
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774); Miller, James (1706-1744)
