Anne Ingram, Viscountess Irvine

thumb| Anne, Viscountess Irvine (c. 1696 – 2 December 1764) was a British court official. She was a poet and a correspondent of Sir John Vanbrugh and Horace Walpole. Quotes A female mind like a rude fallow lies; No seed is sown, but weeds spontaneous rise. As well might we expect, in winter, spring, As land untilled a fruitful crop should bring. "An Epistle to Mr Pope. Occasioned by his Characters of Women", in The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 6, no. 12 (December 1736), p. 745 Variants in BL, Add. MS 28101, fol. 100v; reported in the ODNB, online ed. (2008): In Education all the Diff'rence lies: ... A Female Mind like a rude Fallow lies, Thorns there—& Thistles—all spontaneous rise. ... Culture improves all Soils. External links Category:1690s births Category:1764 deaths Category:Poets from England Category:Women authors from England