Congreve

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Watch League Two Bromley take a shock lead as Cameron Congreve scores within eight minutes against Newcastle United in the FA Cup at St James' Park.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2025

Any woman of a certain age in anything by Shakespeare, Dickens, Congreve, Dryden or Sheridan.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2021

The Way of the World, written and directed by Theresa Rebeck, adapted from the play by William Congreve.

From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2018

The quote about Alexander the Great that they use in Die Hard is actually bastardised from dramatist William Congreve.

From The Guardian • Oct. 9, 2017

Congreve was a Whig, but Swift insisted that he should find honor at the hands of the Tories, and Harley honored him accordingly.

From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various