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The charms of women were never more powerful never inspired such achievements, as in those immortal periods, when they could neither read nor write.

Source: Gradus in Who's the Dupe?, Act 1, Sc. 23, 1779.
-- Hannah Cowley, (NA 1743-1809), English playwright; She is best known for Who's the Dupe?, 1779 and The Belle's Strategem, 1780s.

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