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A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
That chastity of honour which felt a stain like a wound.
That chastity of honour which felt a stain like a wound.
We romantic writers are there to make people feel and not think. A historical romance is the only kind of read more
We romantic writers are there to make people feel and not think. A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
Even from the body's purity, the mind
Receives a secret sympathetic aid.
Even from the body's purity, the mind
Receives a secret sympathetic aid.
An unattempted lady could not vaunt of her chastity.
An unattempted lady could not vaunt of her chastity.
Me of my lawful pleasure she restrained
And prayed me oft forbearance--did it with
A pudency so read more
Me of my lawful pleasure she restrained
And prayed me oft forbearance--did it with
A pudency so rosy, the sweet view on't
Might well have warmed old Saturn--that I thought her
As chaste as unsunned snow.
Like the stain'd web that whitens in the sun,
Grow pure by being purely shone upon.
Like the stain'd web that whitens in the sun,
Grow pure by being purely shone upon.
Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.
Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.
