Lauretta! ay, you would have her called so; but for my part I never knew any good come of giving girls these heathen Christian names: if you had call… - Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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Lauretta! ay, you would have her called so; but for my part I never knew any good come of giving girls these heathen Christian names: if you had called her Deborrah, or Tabitha, or Ruth, or Rebecca, or Joan, nothing of this had ever happened; but I always knew Lauretta was a runaway name.