The Works of Samuel Foote, Esq: In Two Volumes. ...sold, 1799 |
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... better . As the follies and abfurdities of men are the fole objects of Comedy , fo the powers of the imagination ( plot and incident excepted ) are in this kind of writing greatly reftrained . No unnatural affemblages , no creatures of ...
... better . As the follies and abfurdities of men are the fole objects of Comedy , fo the powers of the imagination ( plot and incident excepted ) are in this kind of writing greatly reftrained . No unnatural affemblages , no creatures of ...
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... better . Canto . Right , Sir --- the very mutilations of this piece are worth all the most perfect performances of modern ar- tifts --- Now , gentlemen , here's a touchstone for your tafte ! All . Great great , indeed ! Nov. Great ...
... better . Canto . Right , Sir --- the very mutilations of this piece are worth all the most perfect performances of modern ar- tifts --- Now , gentlemen , here's a touchstone for your tafte ! All . Great great , indeed ! Nov. Great ...
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... better than a whole one ! Lord . Ma'am , I never difpute with a Lady ; but this gentleman has tafte ; he is a foreigner , and fo can't be thought prejudiced ; refer it to him ; the day grows late , and I want the auction to begin . Ald ...
... better than a whole one ! Lord . Ma'am , I never difpute with a Lady ; but this gentleman has tafte ; he is a foreigner , and fo can't be thought prejudiced ; refer it to him ; the day grows late , and I want the auction to begin . Ald ...
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... better than one ; lay them together . But the locks ! how gracefully they fall all a down ! fo decent , and fo - ha , ha , ha ! Nov. Confound you ! Puff . Why , Sir , if it had a nose , I would not give a fix- pence for it - Pray , how ...
... better than one ; lay them together . But the locks ! how gracefully they fall all a down ! fo decent , and fo - ha , ha , ha ! Nov. Confound you ! Puff . Why , Sir , if it had a nose , I would not give a fix- pence for it - Pray , how ...
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... better . Luc . But before it is abfolutely refolv'd , give me leave to beg an answer to two questions . Buck . Make hafte then . Luc . What are your thoughts of me ? Buck . Thoughts ! Nay , I don't know ; why , that you are a fenfible ...
... better . Luc . But before it is abfolutely refolv'd , give me leave to beg an answer to two questions . Buck . Make hafte then . Luc . What are your thoughts of me ? Buck . Thoughts ! Nay , I don't know ; why , that you are a fenfible ...
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