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Etherege

American  
[eth-er-ij, eth-rij] / ˈɛθ ər ɪdʒ, ˈɛθ rɪdʒ /

noun

  1. Sir George, 1635?–91, English dramatist.


Etherege British  
/ ˈɛθərɪdʒ /

noun

  1. Sir George. ?1635–?92, English Restoration dramatist; author of the comedies The Comical Revenge (1664), She would if she could (1668), and The Man of Mode (1676)

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Aunt Etherege will be sure to have her in New York, or traveling about, ten months out of twelve.

From Faith Gartney's Girlhood by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney

Etherege and Pillichody then proceeded slowly towards Cheapside, while the earl remained with his arms folded upon his breast, and his gaze fixed upon the house.

From Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire by William Harrison Ainsworth

Mrs. Etherege remained a few days longer at Cross Corners.

From Faith Gartney's Girlhood by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney

Mrs. Etherege, seeing that the need for it was passing, went out to tell her sister so, and to ask the strange woman who had originated all the commotion, what it could possibly mean.

From Faith Gartney's Girlhood by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney

Congreve is only an artist in style writing for himself and half a dozen in the pit, while Wycherley and Vanbrugh—and for that matter Etherege and Farquhar—are playwrights producing for the whole theatre. 

From Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation by William Ernest Henley

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