John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
George Farquhar 1678-1707 John Bartlett
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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. |
| 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] |