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He pronounced the letter R (littera canina) very hard—a certain sign of a satirical wit.
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He was a handsome, well-shaped man: very good company, and of a very ready and pleasant smooth wit.
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His Comedies will remain wit as long as the English tongue is understood, for that he handles mores hominum [the ways of mankind]. Now our present writers reflect so much on particular persons and coxcombeities that twenty years hence they will not be understood.
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A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.
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Born:
March 12, 1626
Died:
June 7, 1697
(aged 71)
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