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Mary Leapor
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“In spite of all romantic poets sing, This gold, my dearest, is an useful thing.”
Mary Leapor (1722–1746) said by 1746 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mira to Octavia", in Poems upon Several Occasions, vol. 1 (1748)
“Woman, a pleasing but a short-lived flower, Too soft for business and too weak for power: A wife in bondage, or neglected maid: Despised, if ugly; if she’s fair, betrayed.”
Mary Leapor (1722–1746) said by 1746 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: An Essay on Woman", in Poems upon Several Occasions, vol. 2 (1751)