when a swinging sin is to be committed, there is nothing like a gown and a cassock to cover it. — Laetitia Pilkington Copy Share Image
by the general love of scandal and detraction in Dublin, one might reasonably imagine they were all to feed themselves through the holes which… — Laetitia Pilkington Copy Share Image
The child who is permitted to torment, or destroy, the minutest object in creation, who will wantonly tread upon a worm, or unhumanly pass… — Laetitia Pilkington Copy Share Image
I was most incorrigibly devoted to versifying, and all my spouse's wholesome admonitions had no manner of effect on me; in short, I believe… — Laetitia Pilkington Copy Share Image
Reputation ... is as often gained without merit as lost without a crime. — Laetitia Pilkington Copy Share Image
A third volume of Memoirs is really a bold undertaking ... I cannot, like a certain female writer, say, I hope if I have… — Laetitia Pilkington Copy Share Image
