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Quotation from Oroonoko by Aphra Behn

“it was a Riddle he said would turn his Brain to conceive, and one could not make him understand what Faith was”

Aphra Behn (spoken by Narrator)

Oroonoko, Surinam, at Parham with the narrator's household

The narrator's attempts to teach Caesar the doctrine of the Trinity fail; he makes a jest of it.

Citation: "it was a Riddle he said would turn his Brain to conceive, and one could not make him understand what Faith was" — Aphra Behn, Oroonoko, Surinam, at Parham with the narrator's household. (id behn-oroonoko-q6)

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