Excerpt from A Bold Stroke for a Husband, Vol. 9: A Comedy, in Five ActsStill there is another plot, of which Oliva is the heroine, as Victoria is of the foregoing, and this more comic fable, in which the former is chie¿y concerned, seems to have been the favourite story of the authoress, as from this she has taken her title.But if Oliva makes a bold stroke to obtain a hus band, surely-victoria makes a still holder, to preserve one, and there is something less honourable in the enterprises of the young maiden, in order to re nounce her state, than in those of a married woman to avert the dangers that are impounding over hers.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.