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Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft
Born: Apr 27, 1759
Died: Sep 10, 1797

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Woman, Mind, Beauty, Prison, Gilt, Seeks, Only, Adorn, Shapes, Cage, Roaming, Infancy, Itself, Taught, Body, Round

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