I'll suffer no daughter of mine to play the fool with her heart, indeed! She shall marry for the purpose for which matrimony was ordained amongst people of birth--that is, for the aggrandisement of her family, the extending of their political influence--for becoming, in short, the depository of their mutual interest. These are the only purposes for which persons of rank ever think of marriage.
SUSAN FERRIER, Marriage
From the first dawn of consciousness, it was a parent's love that beamed upon our hearts, and awakened all their best and holiest sympathies.
SUSAN FERRIER, Destiny; Or, The Chief's Daughter
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