Free and unquestion'd through the wilds of love; While woman,— sense and nature's easy fool. If poor, weak, woman swerve from virtue's rule; If, strongly charm'd, she leave the thorny way, And in the softer paths of pleasure stray ; Ruin ensues, reproach... Tamerlane: A Tragedy in Five Acts - Seite 17 von John Hughes, Nicholas Rowe, Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 61 Seiten Vollansicht -
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