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Page 107
... present state of the stage , I demanded who were the present theatrical writers in vogue , who the Drydens and Otways of the day .- " I fancy , Sir , " cried the player , " few of our modern dramatists would think them- selves much ...
... present state of the stage , I demanded who were the present theatrical writers in vogue , who the Drydens and Otways of the day .- " I fancy , Sir , " cried the player , " few of our modern dramatists would think them- selves much ...
Page 216
... present no more shield the author's poverty from ridicule , than his high topped gloves conceal the unavoidable omissions of his laundress . To be more serious , new fashions , follies , and vices , make new monitors necessary in every ...
... present no more shield the author's poverty from ridicule , than his high topped gloves conceal the unavoidable omissions of his laundress . To be more serious , new fashions , follies , and vices , make new monitors necessary in every ...
Page 253
... present writers had not equal merit with their predecessors , it would be politic to use them with cere- mony . Every compliment paid them would be more agree- able , in proportion as they least deserved it . Tell a lady with an ...
... present writers had not equal merit with their predecessors , it would be politic to use them with cere- mony . Every compliment paid them would be more agree- able , in proportion as they least deserved it . Tell a lady with an ...
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