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Here 's to the maiden of bashful fifteen; Here 's to the widow of fifty; Here 's to the flaunting, extravagant quean, And here 's to the housewife that 's thrifty! Let the toast pass; Drink to the lass; I 'll warrant she 'll prove an excuse for the glass.
Here 's to the maiden of bashful fifteen; Here 's to the widow of fifty; Here 's to the flaunting, extravagant quean, And here 's to the housewife that 's thrifty! Let the toast pass; Drink to the lass; I 'll warrant she 'll prove an excuse for the glass.
Approximate author period: c. 1783 AD · early modern
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- Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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- Approximate author period: c. 1783 AD · early modern
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
School for Scandal. Act iii. Sc. 3.
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