"But why, oh! why have you given me an Interior, bearing so great a Resemblance to your own divine Purities, and not given me the Power to act accordingly; but have fix'd me in such a State, that my Actions must combat my Conscience, and my Conscience oppose my Reason, and all make a civil War in my Affections."
Exilius: or, the Banishâ€™d Roman. A New Romance
At least five entries in ESTC (1712, 1715, 1719, 1736, 1743). [Final three dates for <u>The Entertaining Novels</u>].<br>
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See <u>Exilius: or, the Banishâ€™d Roman. A New Romance. In Two Parts: Written After the Manner of Telemachus, for the Instruction of some Young Ladies of Quality. By Mrs. Jane Barker</u> (London: [1712?]). Copy at Princeton University.<br>
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