Fantomina Flashcards
A young lady of distinguished birth, beauty and wit,
Happened to be in a bop one night at the playhouse
She who had been loved for
Most part in the country
She found a vast amount of pleasure in
Conversing with him in this unrestrained manner
The sudden arrival of her mother obliged her to put an
Immediate stop to the course of her whimsical adventures
The injury which you have done your family is of
A nature which cannot justly hope forgiveness
To put into practice a little whim, which came immediately into her head, to
Dress herself as near the fashion of those women who make sake of their favours
She knew exactly how to form her behaviour to the character she represented, that
All the comedians at all the playhouses are infinitely short of her performances
The dress she was in was a round-eared cap, a
Short red petticoat, and a little jacket of grey stuff
Perceiving she had a town of wit,
He changed the form of his conversation
Is this a reward for condescension? Can all the wealth you are possessed of make a reparation for
My loss of honour? I am undone beyond the power of heaven
Your love alone can compensate
For the shame you have involved me in
But then her quality and reputed virtue kept him from using with
Her, that freedom she now expected he would
He will revere and esteem
The virtuous and reserved lady
Wisely considering that complaints, tears, swooning, and all
The extravagances that women make use of in such cases
In this manner, she did applaud her own conduct, and exult with
The imagination that she had more prudence than all her sex aside
Swore that he
Must enjoy her
In love, she was undone; and he gained
A victory… Scarce could he have triumphed more
Held to his burning bosom her half-yielding, half-
Reluctant body, nor suffered to get her loose
But he varied not so much from his
Sex as to be able to prolong desire
Never had a thought which
Tended to her dishonour
Tis silly, believing sex are served
When they put faith in man
