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Quotes from Venice Preserv'd — Thomas Otway

1652–1685 England

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Give but an Englishman his whore and ease,
Beef and a sea-coal fire, he's yours forever.

Venice Preserv'd (1682)

Dear as the vital warmth that feeds my life;
Dear as these eyes, that weep in fondness o’er thee.

Venice Preserv'd (1682)

O woman! lovely woman! Nature made thee
To temper man: we had been brutes without you.
Angels are painted fair, to look like you:
There ’s in you all that we believe of heaven,—
Amazing brightness, purity, and truth,
Eternal joy, and everlasting love.

Venice Preserv'd (1682)

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