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John Dryden, The Mistaken Husband (1675), Epilogue
 • John Harold Wilson, Court Satires of the Restoration (Ohio State UP, 1976), p. 14
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To act with raw boys is loving without men. What will not poor forsaken women try? When man's not near, the Signior must supply.

— John Dryden on Dildo

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "To act with raw boys is loving without men. What will not poor forsaken women try? When man's not near, the Signior must supply." in the context of "John Dryden, The Mistaken Husband (1675), Epilogue
 • John Harold Wilson, Court Satires of the Restoration (Ohio State UP, 1976), p. 14" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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John Dryden

About John Dryden

John Dryden (19 August O.S. 9 August 1631 – 12 May O.S. 1 May 1700) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate.