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Forced Marriage
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She learned to make it easier for herself, to evade pain by preparing her body to receive him. She learned to acquire some control so she was not always at his mercy, to delay and postpone, and to feign enjoyment. She said no when she could, and fought back when he rebuked her, returning vicious abuse to his hectoring threats. It was a nightmare she could not tell anyone about.
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― Theft
― Theft
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…evangelicals were instrumental in advancing the ideal of companionate marriage, one built on shared faith and mutual affection, a revolutionary notion in an era in which forced marriages were a not-so-distant memory.
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― Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More—Poet, Reformer, Abolitionist
― Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More—Poet, Reformer, Abolitionist
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