"Thus far we run before the wind."
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The Apprentice: A Farce in Two Acts (1756), Act v. Sc. 1.
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Arthur Murphy
Arthur Murphy (December 27, 1727 β June 18, 1805) was an Irish writer, known by the pseudonym, Charles Ranger.
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