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A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine. - John Gay

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Author Information

English poet and playwright, 1685-1732

Born:30th June, 1685
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Starsign: Cancer

Author Keywords: Playwright, Poet, English

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Thomas Nashe, John Drinkwater, Nicholas Rowe, Edmond Rostand, Marquis De Flers

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