CCXI sociable letters written by the thrice noble, illustrious, and excellent princess, the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle.
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CCXI sociable letters written by the thrice noble, illustrious, and excellent princess, the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle.
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Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674.
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London :: Printed by William Wilson ...,
M.DC.LXIV [1664]
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"CCXI sociable letters written by the thrice noble, illustrious, and excellent princess, the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A53064.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.
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LXXIII.
MADAM,
I Was reading to day some several Satyrs of several Famous Poets, wherein I find, that they Praise Themselves, and Dispraise all O∣thers, which expresses a great Self-dotage, and a very Ill Nature; besides, they seem more Co∣vetous than Generous, to desire All the Praise, and to give their Neighbour not Any; In truth, VVriters should never speak of themselves, but in Praefatory Epistles, or in a History of their own Lives, wherein they may freely declare their own Acts and Opinions. But, Madam, I wish that all Writers would use their Pens as your Noble Lord and Husband orders his Dis∣course in Speech, to speak the Best of all men, and to Bury their Faults in Silence, which would make Virtue an Emulation, and Faults such a
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Novelty, as men would be Asham'd to Commit them, whereas declaring Former Faults, causes Precedent Faults no Strangers, nay, it causeth Precedent Faults to be more Confident and A∣ctive; But, Madam, you are so Innocent and Harmless, as you are not acquainted with the Faults of others, for which I am,
Madam,
Your most humble Servant, and faithful Friend.
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