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Susanna Rowson

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Also known as Susanna Haswell Rowson

English-born American novelist, poet, playwright, religious writer, stage actress, educator, geographer (1762-1824)

Person · Open Library

Born
1762
Died
1824
Works
63

Top works

  • Will you rise my belov'd
  • A present for young ladies
  • The test of honour
  • Youth's first step in geography
  • Orphan nosegay girl

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Type
Person

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
15
Total plays
68

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Quotes

  • Wealth and titles, which were sure to be heaped on the hero or heroine of the tale at last, she considered as the ultimatum of all sublunary good.
  • ... she had on a blue bonnet, and with a pair of lovely eyes of the same color, has contrived to make me feel devilish odd about the heart.
  • The mind of youth eagerly catches at promised pleasure: pure and innocent by nature, it thinks not of the dangers lurking beneath those pleasures, till too late to avoid them.
  • Oh my dear girls, for to such only am I writing, listen not to the voice of love, unless sanctioned by paternal approbation; be assured it is now past the days of romance.
  • Of all the pleasures of which the human mind is sensible, there is none equal to that which warms and expands the bosom, when listening to commendations bestowed on us by a beloved object, and are conscious of having deserved them.
  • Pleasure is a vain illusion; she draws you on to a thousand follies, errors, and I may say vices, and then leaves you to deplore your thoughtless credulity.

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