Frances Polidori Quote

My wish was that my husband should be distinguished for intellect, and my children too. I have had my wish,—and I now wish that there were a little less intellect in the family so as to allow for a little more common sense.


William Rossetti (ed.) Dante Gabriel Rossetti: His Family Letters with a Memoir (1895)


My wish was that my husband should be distinguished for intellect, and my children too. I have had my wish,—and I now wish that there were a little ...

My wish was that my husband should be distinguished for intellect, and my children too. I have had my wish,—and I now wish that there were a little ...

My wish was that my husband should be distinguished for intellect, and my children too. I have had my wish,—and I now wish that there were a little ...

My wish was that my husband should be distinguished for intellect, and my children too. I have had my wish,—and I now wish that there were a little ...