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I am fit for nothing but to carry candles and set chairs all my life.
Lord Hervey
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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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Born:
October 13, 1696
Died:
August 5, 1743
(aged 46)
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John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey English courtier and political writer and memoirist, was the eldest son of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, by his second wife, Elizabeth.
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