'Tis hard we should be by the men despised,
Yet kept from knowing what would make us prized;
Debarred from knowledge, banished from the schools,
And with the utmost industry bred fools.


The Ladies Defence (1701)


'Tis hard we should be by the men despised, Yet kept from knowing what would make us prized; Debarred from knowledge, banished from the schools, And...

'Tis hard we should be by the men despised, Yet kept from knowing what would make us prized; Debarred from knowledge, banished from the schools, And...

'Tis hard we should be by the men despised, Yet kept from knowing what would make us prized; Debarred from knowledge, banished from the schools, And...

'Tis hard we should be by the men despised, Yet kept from knowing what would make us prized; Debarred from knowledge, banished from the schools, And...