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First, then, a woman will or won't, depend on 't; If she will do 't, she will; and there 's an end on 't. But if she won't, since safe and sound your trust is, Fear is affront, and jealousy injustice.
First, then, a woman will or won't, depend on 't; If she will do 't, she will; and there 's an end on 't. But if she won't, since safe and sound your trust is, Fear is affront, and jealousy injustice.
Approximate author period: c. 1717 AD · early modern
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- Aaron Hill
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- Approximate author period: c. 1717 AD · early modern
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Zara. Epilogue.
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