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"An Epistle to Mr. Pope. Occasioned by his Characters of Women"
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Date: 1736, 1737, 1759, 1744, 1771, 1773
"A female mind like a rude fallow lies; / No seed is sown, but weeds spontaneous rise."
preview | full record— Ingram, Anne [née Howard; other married name Douglas], Viscountess Irwin (c. 1696-1764)
Date: 1736, 1737, 1759, 1744, 1771, 1773
"As well might we expect, in winter, spring, / As land untilled a fruitful crop should bring; / As well might we expect Peruvian ore / We should possess, yet dig not for the store: / Culture improves all fruits, all sorts we find, / Wit, judgement, sense--fruits of the human mind."
preview | full record— Ingram, Anne [née Howard; other married name Douglas], Viscountess Irwin (c. 1696-1764)
