Men are vile inconstant toads.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

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Topic

Nature of men Men and women

Author

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1710 1710s 18th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley. Letter to Anne Justice. c. 12 June 1710.

Current Citation

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley. "Letter to Anne Justice." Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Selected Letters. Penguin Books, 1997.

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The hungry judges soon the sentence sign,
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Source
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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Original Citation

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Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd,
Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd.

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Topic
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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Citation

Congreve, William. The Mourning Bride. 1697, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 2.