Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea Quote

How are we fallen! Fallen by mistaken rules,
And education's, more than nature's, fools;
Debarred from all improvements of the mind,
And to be dull, expected and designed.


'The Introduction' (1713) l. 51


How are we fallen! Fallen by mistaken rules, And education's, more than nature's, fools; Debarred from all improvements of the mind, And to be dull,...

How are we fallen! Fallen by mistaken rules, And education's, more than nature's, fools; Debarred from all improvements of the mind, And to be dull,...

How are we fallen! Fallen by mistaken rules, And education's, more than nature's, fools; Debarred from all improvements of the mind, And to be dull,...

How are we fallen! Fallen by mistaken rules, And education's, more than nature's, fools; Debarred from all improvements of the mind, And to be dull,...