One did commend me to a Wife Fair and Young That had French Spannish and Italian Tongue I thankd him kindly and told him I loved none such For I thought one tongue for a Wife too Much What love ye not the Larned Yes, as my Life A Learned Schollar, but not a Larned Wife.

Full Text: One did commend me to a Wife Fair and Young That had French Spannish and Italian Tongue I thankd him kindly and told him I loved none such For I thought one tongue for a Wife too Much What love ye not the Larned Yes, as my Life A Learned Schollar, but not a Larned Wife.
Listed on Page Number: 256
Sampler Worked By: Anne Wing
Date of Sampler: 1739
Place Sampler Made: Boston, MA
Sampler Listed on Page: 87
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Notes: Also used by: Anna Lippincott, 1820 Riverton NJ. p189; try to find Pollock, L. (1989). ‘Teach her to live under obedience’: The making of women in the upper ranks of early modern England. Continuity and Change, 4(2), 231-258. doi:10.1017/S0268416000003672 ??John Milton “I will not allow my daughters to learn foreign languages because one tongue is sufficient for a woman.” “One tongue is enough for a woman” Ray, John, (1627-1705) Compleat Collection of English Proverbs by p45. 1768.