1702, George Farquhar, The Inconstant: Or, The Way to Win Him, Act IV in The Works of Mr. George Farquhar, London: John Rivington et al., 10th edition, 1772, p. 48, Oriana. But don’t you think there is a great deal of Merit in dedicating a beautiful Face and Person to the Service of Religion? Bisarre. Not half so much as devoting ’em to a pretty Fellow: If our Feminality had no Business in this World, why was it sent hither?
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