The Modern World disrob'd or, both sexes Stript of their pretended vertue. In Two Parts. First, Of the Ladies. Secondly, Of the Gentlemen. With Familiar Descant upon every Character [by Edward Ward] |
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The Female Student;
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The Female Student;
OR, The Learned Lady.
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Unhappy
he that's doom'd to wear
The Matrimonial Collar,
With her who is not only fair,
But fancies she's a Schollar.
The Matrimonial Collar,
With her who is not only fair,
But fancies she's a Schollar.
Puff'd up with Pride and vain Conceit,
She'll soar above her Station,
And think she has, by Dint of Wit,
The Right of Domination.
She'll soar above her Station,
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The Right of Domination.
What, tho' she scolds in French or Dutch,
Or chatters in the Roman,
One Tongue is always found too much
For a contentious Woman.
Or chatters in the Roman,
One Tongue is always found too much
For a contentious Woman.
If with more Languages she's hung,
Than taught her by her Mother,
Whene'er you bid her hold one Tongue,
She'll plague you with another.
Than taught her by her Mother,
Whene'er you bid her hold one Tongue,
She'll plague you with another.
Therefore let none select a Wife,
For having sundry Speeches;
The more she has, the greater Strife
Will rise about the Breeches.
For having sundry Speeches;
The more she has, the greater Strife
Will rise about the Breeches.
Nor let the youthful Novice chuse
A Woman for her Learning;
For Wives turn greater Jilts or Shrews,
The more they are discerning.
A Woman for her Learning;
For Wives turn greater Jilts or Shrews,
The more they are discerning.
Therefore, I say, beware, my Friend,
Of learned Dame or Gammar,
Who will with Tongue and Broom, contend
About the Rules of Grammar.
Of learned Dame or Gammar,
Who will with Tongue and Broom, contend
About the Rules of Grammar.
The prattling Shrew, in Spite of Art,
Will prove a head-strong Creature;
And thro' her cursed Pride, invert
The very Laws of Nature.
Will prove a head-strong Creature;
And thro' her cursed Pride, invert
The very Laws of Nature.
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