Hannah Cowley — English Dramatist

Hannah Cowley was an English dramatist and poet. Although Cowley's plays and poetry did not enjoy wide popularity after the nineteenth century, critic Melinda Finberg rates Cowley as "one of the foremost playwrights of the late eighteenth century" whose "skill in writing fluid, sparkling dialogue and creating sprightly, memorable comic characters compares favourably with her better-known contemporaries, Goldsmith and Sheridan." Cowley’s plays were produced frequently during her lifetime. The major themes of her plays; including her first, The Runaway, and her major hit which is being revived, The Belle's Stratagem; revolve around marriage and how women strive to overcome the injustices imposed by family life and social custom... (wikipedia)

It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.
The charms of women were never more powerful never inspired such achievements, as in those immortal periods, when they could neither read nor write.
I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!
Every body about me seem'd happy but every body seem'd in a hurry to be happy somewhere else.