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Congreve, William. Love for Love. 30 Apr. 1695, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 21.

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Congreve, William. "Love for Love." The Way of the World and Other Plays, edited by Eric S. Rump. Penguin Classics, 2006, act 4, sc. 21.

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Drake, Judith [published as written by a lady]. An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex. London: A. Roper and E. Wilkinson, 1696.

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Addison, Joseph. "A Song for St. Cecilia's Day, at Oxford." 1694.

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Dryden, John. Alexander's Feast, or The Power of Musique an Ode, in Honour of St. Cecilia's Day. London: Jacob Tonson, 1697, I. 97.

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Dryden, John. "Alexander's Feast." John Dryden Selected Poems. Penguin Classics, 2002, I. 97.

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Locke, John. "The Epistle Dedicatory." An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. London: Thomas Basset, 1690.

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Locke, John. "The Epistle Dedicatory." An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, edited by Roger Woolhouse. Penguin Classics, 1998.

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Locke, John. "Second Treatise of Civil Government." Two Treatises of Government. London: Awnsham Churchill, 1690, ch. 7, sect. 87.

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Locke, John. Second Treatise of Civil Government, edited by C. B. Macpherson. Hackett Publishing Company, 1980, ch. 7, sect. 87.

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Locke, John. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. London: Thomas Basset, 1690, bk. 4, ch. 20, sect. 17.

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Locke, John. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, edited by Pauline Phemister. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 4, ch. 20, sect. 17.

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Locke, John. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. London: Thomas Basset, 1690, bk. 4, ch. 19, sect. 1.

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Locke, John. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, edited by Pauline Phemister. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 4, ch. 19, sect. 1.

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Locke, John. Some Thoughts Concerning Education. London: A. and J. Churchill, 1693, sect. 46.

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Locke, John. "Some Thoughts Concerning Education." Some Thoughts Concerning Education and of the Conduct of the Understanding, edited by Ruth W. Grant and Nathan Tarcov. Hackett Publishing Company, 1996, sect. 46.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

John Dryden

To My Dear Friend, Mr. Congreve, On His Comedy Called The Double-Dealer

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Dryden, John. "To My Dear Friend, Mr. Congreve, On His Comedy Called The Double-Dealer." 1694, I. 60.

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John Dryden. "To my Dear Friend Mr. Congreve (1694)." John Dryden: Selected Writings, edited by Steven N. Zwicker. Oxford University Press, 2020.

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Locke, John. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. London: Thomas Basset, 1690, bk. 4, ch. 19, sect. 4.

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Locke, John. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, edited by Pauline Phemister. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 4, ch. 19, sect. 4.

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Congreve, William. The Old Bachelor. United Company, 1693, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 7.

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Congreve, William. "The Old Bachelor." The Way of the World and Other Plays, edited by Eric S. Rump. Penguin Classics, 2006, act 4, sc. 7.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Richard Franck

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Franck, Richard. Northern Memoirs: Calculated for the Meridian of Scotland. London: Henry Mortclock, 1694.

For love is but discovery:
When that is made, the pleasure's done.

Thomas Southerne

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Southerne, Thomas. Sir Anthony Love; Or, The Rambling Lady. Sept. 1690, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK.

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Southerne, Thomas. Sir Anthony Love; or, the Rambling Lady. British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011.

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Congreve, William. Love for Love. 30 Apr. 1695, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 3.

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Congreve, William. "Love for Love." The Way of the World and Other Plays, edited by Eric S. Rump. Penguin Classics, 2006, act 3, sc. 3.

No man worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or ever will be so.

Sir John Vanbrugh

The Relapse

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Vanbrugh, John, Sir. The Relapse. Performed by Colley Cibber, Mary Kent, John Verbruggen, and Jane Rogers. Patent Company, 1696, Drury Lane, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 2.

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Vanbrugh, John, Sir. "The Relapse." The Relapse and Other Plays. Oxford University Press, 2009, act 3, sc. 2.

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Congreve, William. The Mourning Bride. 1697, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 1.