A woman, till five-and-thirty, is only looked upon as a raw girl, and …

Mary Wortley Montagu
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A woman, till five-and-thirty, is only looked upon as a raw girl, and can possibly make no noise in the world till about forty. ✨ Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie Wharncliffe (1837). The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, p.294
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A woman, till five-and-thirty, is only looked upon as a raw girl, and can possibly make no noise in the world till about forty. ✨ Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie Wharncliffe (1837). The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, p.294

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