"She who Elects a Monarch for Life, who gives him an Authority she cannot recall however he misapply it, who puts her Fortune and Person entirely in his Power; nay even the very desires of her Heart according to some learned Casuists, so as that it is not lawful to Will or Desire any thing but what he approves and allows; had need be very sure that she does not make a Fool her Head, nor a Vicious Man her Guide and Pattern, she had best stay till she can meet with one who has the Government of his own Passions, and has duly regulated his own Desires, since he is to have such an absolute Power over hers."
Some Reflections Upon Marriage
6 entries in ESTC (1700, 1703, 1706, 1730).<br>
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<u>Some Reflections Upon Marriage, Occasion'd by the Duke & Dutchess of Mazarine's Case; Which Is Also Consider'd.</u> (London: Printed for John Nutt near Stationers-Hall, 1700). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/R32824">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/astell/marriage/marriage.html">Link to Penn's Women Writers</a>&gt