In the days when, according to Juvenal, Roman matrons were Eloping with gladiators, and visiting the slums of Rome, Tacitus and Favorinus were preaching the duties of a pure motherhood.
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Samuel Dill
Captain Tomlinson:-Sir-I do assure you, that I shall be offended-I shall be extremely concerned-if I hear that word Eloping mentioned again- Capt.
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Samuel Richardson
And you, madam, may I ask what you have to say for thus Eloping with a married man?
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Charles James Lever (1806-1872)