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Quotes from The Belle's Stratagem — Hannah Cowley

1743–1809 England

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It requires genius to make a good pun—some men of bright parts can't reach it.

The Belle's Stratagem (1780)

Every body about me seem'd happy—but every body seem'd in a hurry to be happy somewhere else.

The Belle's Stratagem (1780)

Five minutes! Zounds! I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!

The Belle's Stratagem (1780)

Vanity, like murder, will out.

The Belle's Stratagem (1780)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Hannah Cowley (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.