We travellers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and have observed nothing. If we tell anything new, we are laughed at as fabulous and romantic.
Mary WortleyAbout author
- Author's profession: Royalty
- Nationality: english
- Born: May 26, 1689
- Died: August 21, 1762
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