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Mary Astell: There is not...

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There is not anything so excellent, but some will carp at it. . .

Source: Quoted in preface (18 Dec 18, 1724), Letters of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, 1766.
-- Mary Astell, (Nov 12 1666-1731), English feminist, writer; Her writings include A Serious Proposal to the Ladies for the Advancement of their True and Greatest Interest, 1694.


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