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But what is woman? Only one of nature's agreeable blunders.

Abraham Cowley

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Abraham Cowley
Age: 49 †
Born: 1618
Born: January 1
Died: 1667
Died: July 28
Essayist
Playwright
Poet
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the City
Blunders
Agreeable
Woman
Nature
Women

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