Anonymous

The Rival Mother; a Late True History: Digested into a Novel

London

Printed for R. Baldwin

1692

"And therefore, to gain, by Flattery, the Soveraignty of a Heart, which her other Artifices had not been able to subdue; O Tazander! Cry'd she, after she had continu'd a while in silence, O generous Tazander! How much do I admire your constancy!"

Tazander, who apprehended not upon what Motives Asteria was so pressing in this Concern, being displeas'd that she should do so much Injustice to Eliciana, and that she should pretend to gain him by Interest, acquainted her in few words, that he was not only uncapable of being mov'd by so disallowable an overture, but also, that he would prefer Eliciana, without any thing of Fortune, before the richest Heiress of the Kingdom. Asteria was too perspicacious, not to be convinc'd that she was not to hope any thing by that way. And therefore, to gain, by Flattery, the Soveraignty of a Heart, which her other Artifices had not been able to subdue; O Tazander! Cry'd she, after she had continu'd a while in silence, O generous Tazander! How much do I admire your constancy! How few Men are there in the World who have so great a Portion of that precious Virtue. And how unjust would Heaven seem to be, if it bestows not on her, whom it has design'd for you, the same Sentiments, and the same knowledge, which I have of your Merit.
(pp. 59-60)

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Anonymous, The Rival Mother; a Late True History: Digested into a Novel (London: Printed for R. Baldwin, 1692)

06/14/2013