"Yes, Sophia, let this prospect confirm your resolution, if nothing else speaks for me in your heart; then will I renounce the irregularities of dissipation; then will I shake off all unworthy fetters, and live only to chain your affection to my heart."
The Writing Desk, or, Youth in Danger: a Play in Four Acts
August von Kotzebue, <u>The Writing Desk, or, Youth in Danger</u> (London: G.G. and J. Robinson, 1799). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=CR7VSgAACAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;