Delarivier Manley Quotes (1663-1724)

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About Delarivier Manley

Delarivier "Delia" Manley (1663 or c. 1670 – 24 July 1724) was an English author, playwright, and political pamphleteer. Manley is sometimes referred to, with Aphra Behn and Eliza Haywood, as one of "the fair triumvirate of wit", which is a later attribution.

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“No time like the present.”
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Delarivier Manley on Women

“What woman's fair after we find her faulty? What lady innocent when no longer chaste? Or who so vain to hope for honour, or for pity from that soul who wants it for herself?”
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About Delarivier Manley

Delarivier "Delia" Manley (1663 or c. 1670 – 24 July 1724) was an English author, playwright, and political pamphleteer. Manley is sometimes referred to, with Aphra Behn and Eliza Haywood, as one of "the fair triumvirate of wit", which is a later attribution.