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Work title:
"The Fair Jilt, or, the History of Prince Tarquin and Miranda"
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Date: 1688
"I'll prove to you the strong Effects of Love in some unguarded and ungovern'd Hearts; where it rages beyond the Inspirations of a God all soft and gentle, and reigns more like a Fury from Hell."
preview | full record— Behn, Aphra (1640?-1689)
Date: 1688
"She had an Air, though gay as so much Youth cou'd inspire, yet so modest, so nobly reserv'd, without Formality, or Stiffness, that one who look'd on her wou'd have imagin'd her Soul the Twin-Angel of her Body; and both together, made her appear something Divine."
preview | full record— Behn, Aphra (1640?-1689)
Date: 1688
"Yet notwithstanding his Silence, which left her in doubt, and more tormented her, she ceas'd not to pursue him with her Letters, varying her Style; sometimes all wanton, loose and raving; sometimes feigning a Virgin-Modesty all over, accusing her self, blaming her Conduct, and sighing her Destin...
preview | full record— Behn, Aphra (1640?-1689)
