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J. Johnson, 1806
 

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Página 88 - Away he goes, he flies the rout, Their steeds all spur and switch ; Some are thrown in, and some thrown out, And some thrown in the ditch : But a hunting we will go.
Página 352 - Shakespeare was a pretty fellow, and said some things which only want a little of my licking to do well enough; King John, as now writ, will not do — but a word in your ear, I will make him do. Apol. How? Ground. By alteration, Sir. It was a maxim of mine, when I was at the head of theatrical affairs, that no play, tho...
Página 267 - VOTER. Odes, my Lord ! what are those ? LORD PLACE. Faith, sir, I can't tell well what they are; but I know you may be qualified for the place without being a poet.
Página 464 - I thou foolish follower of the ragged Nine, You'd better stuck to honest Abraham Adams, by half: He, in spite of critics, can make your readers laugh.
Página 4 - It is your misfortune to bring the greatest genius for acting on the stage at a time when the factions and divisions among the players have conspired with the folly, injustice, and barbarity of the town, to finish the ruin of the stage, and sacrifice our own native entertainments to a wanton affected fondness for foreign music ; and when our nobility seem eagerly to rival each other in distinguishing themselves in favour of Italian theatres, and in neglect of our own.
Página 65 - Then indeed knight-errantry were of no use; but I tell thee, caitiff, gaols in all countries are only habitations for the poor, not for men of quality. If a poor fellow robs a man of fashion of five shillings, to gaol with him: but the man of fashion may plunder a thousand poor, and stay in his own house.
Página 292 - My lord of Law, I sent for you this morning; I have a strange petition given to me. Two men, it seems, have lately been at law For an estate, which both of them have lost, And their attorneys now divide between them.
Página 267 - I wear fine clothes and have something to do in the kitchen or the cellar ; I own I should like the cellar, for I am a devilish lover of sack. LORD PLACE. Sack, say you? Odso, you shall be poetlaureat.
Página 5 - ... so well, in the support of an aged father ; did they see you, who can charm them on the stage with personating the foolish and vicious characters of your sex, acting in real life the part of the best wife, the best daughter, the best sister, and the best friend.
Página 88 - But a hunting we will go. A brushing fox in yonder wood Secure to find we seek ; For why, I carried, sound and good, A cartload there last week. And a hunting we will go.

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