In the Inconstant, or the Way to Win him. 1702.
Reading edition
Pag. 10. ‘My Blessing! Damn ye, you young Rogue.
Pag. 20. ‘What do you pray for? Why, for a Husband; that is, you implore Providence to assist you in the just and pious Design of making the wisest of his Creatures a Fool, and the Head of the Creation a Slave.
Pag. 43. ‘But don't you think there is a great deal of Merit in dedicating a beautiful Face to the Service of Religion?
‘Not half so much as devoting them to a pretty Fellow. If our Femality had no Business in this World, why was it sent hither? Let's dedicate our beautiful Minds to the Service of Heaven: And for our handsom Persons, they become a Box at the Play, as well as a Pew in the Church.