"Cos. Pray now, what may be that same bed of honour? Kite. Oh, a mighty large bed! bigger by half than the great bed at Ware: ten thousand people may lie in it together, and never feel one another."
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The Recruiting Officer (1706), Act i. Sc. 1.
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George Farquhar
George Farquhar (1678 – April 29, 1707) was an Irish dramatist.
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