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The Letters and Works: In Three Volumes

Book by Mary Wortley Montagu · 26 quotes · Ifs, Passion, Women

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“The pious farmer, who ne'er misses pray'rs, With patience suffers unexpected rain; He blesses Heav'n for what its bounty spares, And sees, resign'd, a crop of blighted grain. But, spite of sermons, farmers would blaspheme, If a star fell to set their thatch on flame.”

“There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me.”