Hannah Webster Foster Quote

You ask me, my friend, whether I am in pursuit of truth, or [of] a lady? I answer, both. I hope and trust they are united; and really expect to find truth and the virtues and graces besides in a fair form.


The Coquette: The History of Eliza Norton (A Novel) (p. 10), Oxford University Press. 1986


You ask me, my friend, whether I am in pursuit of truth, or [of] a lady? I answer, both. I hope and trust they are united; and really expect to find...

You ask me, my friend, whether I am in pursuit of truth, or [of] a lady? I answer, both. I hope and trust they are united; and really expect to find...

You ask me, my friend, whether I am in pursuit of truth, or [of] a lady? I answer, both. I hope and trust they are united; and really expect to find...

You ask me, my friend, whether I am in pursuit of truth, or [of] a lady? I answer, both. I hope and trust they are united; and really expect to find...