In such misfortunes my Moth... by Margaret Cavendish, an English Writer

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“In such misfortunes my Mother was of an heroic spirit, in suffering patiently when there was no remedy, and being industrious where she thought she could help.”

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Margaret Cavendish

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Name: Margaret Cavendish

Nationality: English

Date of Birth: 1623

Date of Death: 1673

Profession: Writer

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Indeed I did not stand as a beggar at the Parliament door, for I never was at the Parliament-House, nor stood I ever at the door as I do know or can remember; not as a petitioner I am sure.

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Indeed I had not much wit, yet I was not an idiot - my wit was according to my years.

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In such misfortunes my Mother was of an heroic spirit, in suffering patiently when there was no remedy, and being industrious where she thought she could help.

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As for our garments, my Mother did not only delight to see us neat and cleanly, fine and gay, but rich and costly: maintaining us to the heighth of her estate, but not beyond it.

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First, they were bred when I was not capable to observe or before I was born; likewise the breeding of men is of a different manner from that of women.

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