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Custom, that unwritten law,
By which the people keep even kings in awe.
Charles D'Avenant
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Charles D'Avenant
Born:
1656
Died:
1714
(aged 58)
Bio:
Charles Davenant was an English mercantilist economist, politician, and pamphleteer. He was Tory member of Parliament for St Ives, and for Great Bedwyn.
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