1. Love And Marriage In 18th Century
... you, Kate, I expect the young gentleman I have chosen to be your husband from town this very day. I have his father's letter, in which he informs me his son is set out, and that he intends to follow himself shortly after." (p. 3) Mr. Hardcastle later explains that he would never control her daughter's choice, ... it ever produces a lasting repentance" Hastings insists on letting their feelings flow: "Perish fortune. Love and contempt will increase what we possess beyond a monarch's revenue. Let me prevail" (p.56). Mary narrates a similar story in Mary the Wrongs of Woman. Peggy is marrie...
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