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Women have seldom sufficient employment to silence their feelings; a round of little cares, or vain pursuits frittering away all strength of mind and organs, they become naturally only objects of sense.
Women have seldom sufficient employment to silence their feelings; a round of little cares, or vain pursuits frittering away all strength of mind and organs, they become naturally only objects of sense.
Approximate author period: c. 1778 AD · early modern
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- Mary Wollstonecraft
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- Approximate author period: c. 1778 AD · early modern
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