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Our ancestors are very good kind of folks but they are the last people I should choose to have a visiting acquaintance with.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Age: 64 †
Born: 1751
Born: October 30
Died: 1816
Died: July 7
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A fluent tongue is the only thing a mother don't like her daughter to resemble her in.
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