Sarah (KIRKMAN) CHAPONE

1699 – 1764

*The Hardships of the English Laws in Relation to Wives. with an Explanation of the Original Curse of Subjection passed upon the Woman, in an Humble Address to the Legislature.* Published anonymously but commonly attributed to Sarah Chapone.

Proinde concepta rabie saeviore, quam desperatio incendebat et fames, amplificatis viribus ardore incohibili in excidium urbium matris Seleuciae efferebantur, quam comes tuebatur Castricius tresque legiones bellicis sudoribus induratae.

His cognitis Gallus ut serpens adpetitus telo vel saxo iamque spes extremas opperiens et succurrens saluti suae quavis ratione colligi omnes iussit armatos et cum starent attoniti, districta dentium acie stridens adeste inquit viri fortes mihi periclitanti vobiscum.