E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Wycherley, William
(b. Clive, near Shrewsbury, 1640; d. London, January 1st, 1715). “Love in a Wood” (1672); “The Gentleman Dancing Master” (1673), “The Country Wife” (1675); and “The Plain Dealer” (1677). “Works in Prose and Verse” in 1728, and his Plays, with those of Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar, in 1842. “Miscellany Poems,” in 1704.
