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The Novels and Miscellaneous Works: Religious courtship
The Novels and Miscellaneous Works Religious courtship Author:Daniel Defoe Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: please to lay on me, than put you into passions at me. Fa. I desire no reasons, nor no discourse; answer me the question in short, whether you will have him o... more »r no ? it will raise my passion less than your impertinent reasons. Da. If it must be so, sir, without hearing any reasons, then my answer is, No, never while I live; and I leave my reasons for it to him that judges righteous judgment. Fa. Then from this time forward you are no relation of mine, any more than my cook-maid. ( The young lady was too full to say any more, and went out of the room while he was speaking.) Eld. Da. Dear father, do not say so. Fa. Nay, 'tis no matter whether she heard me or no ; I'll keep my promise with her. Eld. Da. I hope you won't, sir; it may be my sister may be better advised, or you may be further satisfied of her reasons. Fa. I know her reasons well enough ; he is not hypocrite enough for her, I suppose; if a fawning, smooth-tongued fellow, would come and talk Scripture to her, she would take him presently; she does not know what religion is. Eld. Da. Sir, if that were true, she would have stronger reasons for desiring a religious husband than she may have now, that she might have a kind instructor to assist her : we have all need of helps, that way, at least; we need no profane husbands to keep us back: a loose, irreligious husband, is a dreadful snare. This was a night of passion, and little was done all the evening by the father but to make work for repentance. He was so provoked at his daughter,that he made terrible resolutions against her: that he would never give her a farthing ; that he would turn her out of doors ; that she should go to service ; that he would make his will, and whatever he left to the rest of his children, it should be upon condition th...« less