A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope. — Quoted

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“A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.”

Samuel Richardson · Hope

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Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly apt to think Marriage a sufficient amends.

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Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures.

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