Sir George Etherege — a remark

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“Nature, you know, intended me for an idle fellow, and gave me passions and qualities fit for that blessed calling, but fortune has made a changeling of me, and necessity now forces me to set up for a fop of business.”

Wry complaint about being driven from idleness into official duties · Letterbook

About Sir George Etherege

Sir George Etherege

c. 1635–c. 10 May 1692

Sir George Etherege (c. 1635/1636 – c. May 10, 1692) stands as a pivotal figure in English literary history, the elegant architect of the Restoration comedy of manners. With his razor-sharp wit, keen eye for the absurdities of fashionable society, and graceful prose that captured the sparkling surface of aristocratic…

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