Which line in this excerpt from "the rape of the lock" by alexander pope suggests that women in eighteenth-century england were expected to readily accept proposals from rich gentlemen without much opposition?
[what dire offence from am'rous causes springs,]
what mighty contests rise from trivial things,
i sing — this verse to caryl, muse! is due:
this, ev'n belinda may vouchsafe to view:
[slight is the subject, but not so the praise,]
if she inspire, and he approve my lays.
[say what strange motive, goddess! could compel
a well-bred lord t' assault a gentle belle? ]
[o say what stranger cause, yet unexplor'd,
could make a gentle belle reject a lord? ]
[in tasks so bold, can little men engage,
and in soft bosoms dwells such mighty rage? ]
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