Five minutes! Zounds! I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!
Hannah Cowley Quotes
It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.
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| Birth: | 14th March, 1743 |
| Death: | 11th March, 1809 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Playwright, Poet |
About
Hannah Cowley was born in Tiverton, England. She was an English playwright and poet. She wrote several plays include: The Runaway, Who's the Dupe?, Which is the Man?, Albina, The Belle's Stratagem, A Bold Stroke for a Husband, and The Town Before You. She wrote plays until 1794, and then retired to Tiverton, where she composed long narrative poems under the pseudonym "Anna Matilda" and presided over a salon for women.
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