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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

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George Farquhar. (1678–1707)

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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.

The Recruiting Officer. Act i. Sc. 1.

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I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.

The Beaux’ Stratagem. Act iii. Sc. 1.

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’T was for the good of my country that I should be abroad. 1

The Beaux’ Stratagem. Act iii. Sc. 2.

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Necessity, the mother of invention. 2

The Twin Rivals. Act i.

Thomas Parnell. (1679–1718)

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Still an angel appear to each lover beside,
But still be a woman to you.

When thy Beauty appears.

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Remote from man, with God he passed the days;
Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.

The Hermit. Line 5.

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We call it only pretty Fanny’s way.

An Elegy to an Old Beauty.

Note 1.
Leaving his country for his country’s sake.—Fitz-Geffrey: The Life and Death of Sir Francis Drake, stanza 213 (1596).

True patriots all; for, be it understood,
We left our country for our country’s good.
George Barrington: Prologue written for the opening of the Play-house at New South Wales, Jan. 16, 1796. New South Wales, p. 152. [back]

Note 2.
Art imitates Nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.—Richard Franck: Northern Memoirs (written in 1658, printed in 1694).

Necessity is the mother of invention.—Wycherly: Love in a Wood, act iii. sc. 3 (1672).

Magister artis ingenique largitor
Venter
(Hunger is the teacher of the arts and the bestower of invention).
Persius: Prolog. line 10. [back]

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