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Juan De Dios Torralbo (4/21/2008 4:24:00 AM)
Among the COURT WITS' poetry, what is the role of Etherege?
Perhaps, his poetical legacy is not of long-range impact, but what about... if he is compared to Sedley's 'Not, Celya [...]', Sackville's 'Dorinda's sparkling wit [...]', even Wilmot's poems?
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  George Etherege - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Feb 2, 2009 ... He died in Paris, probably in 1691, for Narcissus Luttrell notes in February 1692 that Sir George Etherege, the late King James' ambassador ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Etherege


  George Etherege
George Etherege: Bibliography - A bibliography of the works of Sir George Etherege; includes a list of critical resources. ...
http://www.theatrehistory.com/british/etherege001.html


  Sir George Etherege (British dramatist) -- Britannica Online ...
Britannica online encyclopedia article on Sir George Etherege (British dramatist ), English diplomat and creator of the Restoration-era comedy of manners.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/193995/Sir-George-Etherege


  Sir George Etherege and his Place in the History of Restoration Drama
Of the earlier life of Sir George Etherege, we know next to nothing. It has been inferred from an allusion by Dryden, that Etherege was born in 1634 and, ...
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  ''When love grows diseased, the best thing we can do is to put it to a violent death; I cannot endure the torture of a lingering and consumptive passion.''
George Etherege (1635-1691), British dramatist, diplomat. Dorimant, in The Man of Mode, act 2, sc. 2 (1676).
 
  ''Writing, madam, 's a mechanic part of wit! A gentleman should never go beyond a song or a billet.''
George Etherege (1635-1691), British dramatist, diplomat. Sir Fopling, in The Man of Mode, act 4, sc. 1 (1676).

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