Why, Sir, when I have anything to invent, I never trouble my head about it, as other men do; but presently turn over this Book, and there I have, at … - George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham

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Why, Sir, when I have anything to invent, I never trouble my head about it, as other men do; but presently turn over this Book, and there I have, at one view, all that Perseus, Montaigne, Seneca's Tragedies, Horace, Juvenal, Claudian, Pliny, Plutarch's lives, and the rest, have ever thought upon this subject: and so, in a trice, by leaving out a few words, or putting in others of my own, the business is done.

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About George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham

George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, KG, PC, FRS (30 January 1628 – 16 April 1687) was an English dramatist, poet, politician, wit and rake.

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Alternative Names: George Villiers George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
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