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Your great spirits are mere Jack-a-lanterns in the brain—they dance about, shine, and make vagaries—while those who possess happiness, soberly and quietly enjoy their treasure.

— Hannah Cowley The Runaway (1776)

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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)

Love has forc'd Heroes to forget their valour, and Philosophers their systems—no wonder he shou'd make a Woman forget her wrinkles.

The Runaway (1776)

But what is Woman?—only one of Nature's agreeable blunders.

Who's the Dupe? (1779)

Secrets are pleasant to each child of Eve.

The Runaway (1776)

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