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Is curious, and such may make,
That our dull can never finde, but scape.
For, small as, may be there,
If every beare.
If foure a can make, then see
What severall might in an bee:
For of these may bee in
The of one, little,.
And if thus, then may well weare
A of, as in each.

Margaret Cavendish

The Marriage-bed proves the Grave of Love...

Margaret Cavendish

In such misfortunes my Mother was of an heroic spirit, in suffering patiently when there was no remedy, and being industrious where she thought she could help.

Margaret Cavendish

But for the most part, women are not educated as they should be, I mean those of quality; oft their education is only to dance, sing, and fiddle, to write complimental letters, to read romances, to speak some languages that is not their native…their parents take more care of their feet than their head, more of their words than their reason.

Margaret Cavendish

Margaret Cavendish

Margaret Cavendish

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Born: 1623

Died: December 15, 1673 (aged 50)

Bio: Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne was an English aristocrat, a prolific writer, and a scientist. Born Margaret Lucas, she was the youngest sister of prominent royalists Sir John Lucas and Sir Charles Lucas, who owned the manor of St.

Known for:

The Blazing World (1666)
Sociable Letters
The Convent of Pleasure (1668)
Grounds of Natural Philosophy (1668)
Bell in Campo and The Sociable Companions

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