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Edward Moore on Women

d. 1757 England

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But from the hoop’s bewitching round,
Her very shoe has power to wound.

Fables for the Female Sex (1744)

Can’t I another’s face commend,
And to her virtues be a friend,
But instantly your forehead lours,
As if her merit lessen’d yours?

Fables for the Female Sex (1744)

The maid who modestly conceals
Her beauties, while she hides, reveals;
Give but a glimpse, and fancy draws
Whate’er the Grecian Venus was.

Fables for the Female Sex (1744)

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