1696

Explore 3 quotes from the year 1696

No time like the present.

Delarivier Manley

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Topic

No time like the present The present

Speaker

Sir Amorous Courtall

Author

Delarivier Manley

Source

The Lost Lover

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1696 1690s 17th century

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Citation

Manley, Mrs. The Lost Lover, or, the Jealous Husband. Mar. 1696, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1.

Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty.

Mary Astell

An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex

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Topic

Wealth as burden Downsides of wealth Wealth

Author

Mary Astell

Source

An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex

Medium

Essay

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1696 1690s 17th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

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

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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Topic

Infidelity Relationship challenges

Speaker

Berinthia

Author

Sir John Vanbrugh

Source

The Relapse

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1696 1690s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

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.

Current Citation

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