The Ato Mic Poems of Margaret (Lucas) Cavendish

By Cavendish, Margaret

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Title:	The Ato Mic Poems of Margaret (Lucas) Cavendish
Author:	Cavendish, Margaret
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction--Women authors--History and criticism., Literature--Women authors, Literature
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Excerpt: To Natural Philosophers. Date: 1653. IF any Philosophers have written of these Subjects, as I make no question, or doubt, but they have, of all that Nature hath discover'd, either in meere Thought, and Spe- culation, or other waies in Observation; yet it is more then I know of: for I never read, nor heard of any English Booke[5] to Instruct me: and truly I understand no other Language;not French, although I was in France five years.Neither do I un- derstand my owne Native Language very well; for thereare many words, I know not what they signifie; so as I have one- ly the Vulgar part, I meane, that which is most usually spoke.