{"product_id":"the-conflict-or-love-honour-and-pride-a-heroic-comedy-von-hannah-brand","title":"The Conflict; or, Love, Honour, and Pride: A Heroic Comedy","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom whom they wish their Queen to chuse a Consort. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst, my dear Mother! let me mount my throne, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore I fix with whom, that Throne to share. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAh! my foreboding fears! Your choice is made. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReflect, my Child! whilst yet the power remains, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat grief, what dangers may await your love. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResist this fatal impulse of your heart, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich will embitter all your future life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCould my maternal bosom yield consent, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet would the Nobles of your Realm submit \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo bow the knee to one, plebeian born? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToo much, alas! the valiant Carlos charms you. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what avails his matchless worth? His blood \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSprings from some base, contaminated source, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich he, through pride, with conscious shame, conceals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet, though conceal'd, its source may be most pure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor have not princes, men of high renown, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisguis'd themselves, their names, and birth deny'd, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhose swords alone have signaliz'd their fame; \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSubduing kingdoms, and bestowing crowns: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSingly the fate of empires, and of kings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs this the flattering hope your heart has cherish'd? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the distinction which you pay to Carlos, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs it then love, grafted on hope fallacious? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAh! my dear Child! give not such room for censure, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNor cherish sentiments, you must subdue. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvoid the converse which destroys your peace, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd lends the venom'd tongue of slander, speech. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuch rare endowments, and such gallant worth, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Carlos owns, in noble minds, excite \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEsteem, complacent friendship, and urbanity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI but that tribute of regard bestow, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich his transcendent virtues justly claim; \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChaste as a sister's innocent affection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan this reflect upon my virgin fame, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr draw the breath of calumny against me? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeauty and youth, with princely rank combin'd, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinning admirers, draw observers too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9791041986972\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9791041986972","offer_id":48235661295941,"sku":"9791041986972","price":12.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/56d3aaaf-e439-42d1-b8df-89660ded5639.jpg?v=1749531305","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/the-conflict-or-love-honour-and-pride-a-heroic-comedy-von-hannah-brand","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}