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Phrase of the day 12/14

jim_1 (Zone 5B)

5 years ago

last modified: 5 years ago

A woman scorned

This was once the title of a motion picture – one of those three-handkerchief “women’s pictures” that still turn up occasionally on late night TV. The expression originally came from a line in William Congreve’s tragedy The Mourning Bride (1697):

Heaven has no rage like to hatred turned,

Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.

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Annie Deighnaugh
5 years ago
Thanks for doing these Jim...I'm finding them very interesting.
sal 60 Hanzlik
5 years ago
me too
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stacey_mb
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Thank you! These are little snippets of literature, interesting to read about.
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Love these Jim. Thanks!

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