“O woman! lovely woman! Nature made thee
To temper man: we had been brutes without you.
Angels are painted fair, to look like you:
There ’s in you all that we believe of heaven,—
Amazing brightness, purity, and truth,
Eternal joy, and everlasting love.”

— Thomas Otway , Venice Preserv'd

Venice Preserv'd (1682), Act i. Sc. 1.

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English writer 1652–1685

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