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Sheer necessity,-the proper parent of an art so nearly allied to invention.

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Age: 64 †
Born: 1751
Born: October 30
Died: 1816
Died: July 7
Dramaturge
Librettist
Playwright
Poet
Politician
Dublin city
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan
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Parenthood
Sheer
Necessity
Nearly
Proper
Invention
Parent

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