A woman well bred and well taught, furnished with the additional accomplishments of knowledge and behaviour, is a creature without comparison. (Daniel Defoe)

A woman well bred and well taught, furnished with the additional accomplishments of knowledge and behaviour, is a creature without comparison.

Daniel Defoe

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