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How the mother is to be pitied who hath handsome daughters! Locks, bolts, bars, and lectures of morality are nothing to them: they break through them all. They have as much pleasure in cheating a father and mother, as in cheating at cards.
- John Gay

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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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