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George Farquhar - The Recruiting Officer (1706)

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Reason still keeps its throne, but it nods a little, that's all.

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Cos. Pray now, what may be that same bed of honour?
Kite. Oh, a mighty large bed! bigger by half than the great bed at Ware: ten thousand people may lie in it together, and never feel one another.


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It is a maxim that man and wife should never have it in their power to hang one another.

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Spite of all modesty, a man must own a pleasure in the hearing of his praise.

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George Farquhar

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Born: 1677
Died: April 29, 1707 (aged 30)
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