Tis an admirable thing to see how some people will labour to find out terms that may obscure a plain sense, like… — Dorothy Osborne Admirable Copy Share Image
I do not know that ever I desired anything earnestly in my life but 'twas denied me, and I am many times… — Dorothy Osborne Denied Copy Share Image
Will the kindness of this letter excuse the shortness of it? — Dorothy Osborne Excuse Copy Share Image
To marry for love were no reproachful thing if we did not see that of ten thousand couples that do it, hardly… — Dorothy Osborne Couple Copy Share Image
“But 'tis a sad thing that all one's happiness is only that the world does not know you are miserable.” — Dorothy Osborne Doe Copy Share Image
What an age do we live in, when 'tis a miracle if in ten couples that are married, two of them live… — Dorothy Osborne Age Copy Share Image
All letters, methinks, should be free and easy as one's discourse, not studied, as an oration, nor made up of hard words… — Dorothy Osborne Charm Copy Share Image
