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• So comes a reckoning when the banquet 's o'er,-- The dreadful reckoning, and men smile no more.
  -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- The What d' ye call it, Act ii, Sc. 9...
• If the heart of a man is depress'd with cares, The mist is dispell'd when a woman appears.
  -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- The Beggar's Opera, Act ii, Sc. 1...
• Talks as familiarly of roaring lions As maids of thirteen do of puppy-dogs!
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King John -- Act ii, Sc. 1...
• Brother, brother! we are both in the wrong. -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- The Beggar's Opera, Act ii, Sc.
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• The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets. -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- The Beggar's Opera, Act ii, Sc.
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• How happy could I be with either, Were t' other dear charmer away!
  -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- The Beggar's Opera, Act ii, Sc. 2...
• Beat all your feathers as flat down as pancakes. -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- The Roaring Girl, Act i, Sc.
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• That disease Of which all old men sicken,--avarice.
  -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- The Roaring Girl, Act i, Sc. 1...
• The charge is prepar'd, the lawyers are met, The judges all ranged,--a terrible show!
  -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- The Beggar's Opera, Act iii, Sc. 2...