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Isaac Bickerstaffe

Isaac Bickerstaffe or Bickerstaff (26 September 1733 - 1812?) was an Irish playwright and Librettist.

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Tatler - Subsequent Incarnations
... printer, continued to produce further issues in 1711 under the "Isaac Bickerstaffe" name from 4 January (No ... In 1753–4, several issues by "William Bickerstaffe, nephew of the late Isaac Bickerstaffe" were published. 1711, with "Donald Macstaff of the North" replacing Isaac Bickerstaffe ...

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    How happy is the sailor’s life,
    From coast to coast to roam;
    In every port he finds a wife,
    In every land a home.
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