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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: One ugly trick...

Source: DRAMATISTS

One ugly trick has often spoiled
The sweetest and the best;
Matilda, though a pleasant child,
One ugly trick possessed.

Source: In Dictionary of Quotations, by Bergen Evans, 1968.
-- Ann (and Jane) Taylor, (Jun 30 1782-1866), English children's author, poet; She wrote, with sister Jane, Original Poems for Infant Minds, 1804.


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