"Love and a cottage! Eh, Fanny! Ah, give me indifference and a coach and six!"
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: Love in a hut, with water and a crust, Is — Love, forgive us! — cinders, ashes, dust.
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George Colman the Elder
George Colman (April 1732 – 14 August 1794) was an English dramatist and essayist, usually called "the Elder", and sometimes "George the First", to distinguish him from his son, George Colman the Younger. He also owned a theatre.
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