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"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."
George Farquhar / The Recruiting Officer. Act i. Sc. 1.

The Recruiting Officer. Act i. Sc. 1.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly."
George Farquhar / The Beaux' Stratagem. Act iii. Sc. 1.

The Beaux' Stratagem. Act iii. Sc. 1.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"'T was for the good of my country that I should be abroad."
George Farquhar / The Beaux' Stratagem. Act iii. Sc. 2.

The Beaux' Stratagem. Act iii. Sc. 2.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"Necessity, the mother of invention."
George Farquhar / The Twin Rivals. Act i.

The Twin Rivals. Act i.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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