How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show, and be good for nothing.
Mary AstellWhy is Slavery so much condemn'd and strove against in one Case, and so highly applauded and held so necessary and so sacred in another?
Mary AstellBut, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?
Mary Astell