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" Cato was not so much the wonder of Rome in his days, as he is of Britain in ours ; and though all the foolish industry possible has been used to make it thought a party play, yet what the author once said of another may the most properly in the world... "
Characteristic Anecdotes of Men of Learning and Genius: Natives of Great ... - Page 365
by John Watkins - 1808 - 552 pages
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Chats on Writers and Books, Volume 1

John N. Crawford - 1903 - 442 pages
...of Rome in his days as he is of Britain in ours ; and though all the foolish industry possible has been used to make it thought a party play, yet what...may the most properly in the world be applied to him : " Envy itself is dumb in wonder lost, And factions strive who shall applaud the most." The numerous...
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Mr. Pope, His Life and Times, Volume 1

George Paston - 1909 - 422 pages
...make it a party play, yet what the author once said of another may be the most properly in the world applied to him on this occasion : Envy itself is dumb,...lost, And factions strive who shall applaud him most. 1 "The numerous and violent claps of the Whig party on the one side the theatre were echoed back by...
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Mr. Pope, His Life and Times, Volume 1

George Paston - 1909 - 420 pages
...as he is of Britain in ours, and, though all the foolish industry possible has been used to make it a party play, yet what the author once said of another may be the most properly in the world applied to him on this occasion : Envy itself is dumb, in wonder...
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Der Einfluss von Addison's Cato auf die dramatische Literatur Englands und ...

Adolphe G. Hegnauer - 1912 - 170 pages
...wonder of Rome in his day as be is of Britain in ours; and though all the foolish industry possible has been used to make it thought a party play, yet what...most properly in the world be applied to him on this occassion: Envy itself is dumb, in wonder lost, And factions strive, who shall applaud him most.1)...
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Representative English Dramas from Dryden to Sheridan

Frederick Tupper - 1914 - 482 pages
...account of the performance: much the wonder of Rome in his days, as he is of Brit lin in ours. . . . 'Factions strive who shall applaud him most.' The...numerous and violent claps of the Whig party on the one side of the theatre all these precaurthy prologue to er attention. To Cato was not so ere echoed...
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Representative English Dramas from Dryden to Sheridan

Frederick Tupper - 1914 - 480 pages
...performance : " Cato was not so much the wonder of Rome in his days, as he is of Britain in ours. . . . ' Factions strive who shall applaud him most.' The numerous and violent claps of the Whig party on the one side of the theatre were echoed back by the Tories on the other, while the author sweated behind...
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Critical Opinion in the Eighteenth Century: English Personal Letter

Thomas Lucian Cline - 1923 - 300 pages
...tremendous. once said of another may be most properly in the world applied to hin on this occasion:Envy itself is dumb, in wonder lost, And factions strive...numerous and violent claps of the whig party on the one side of the theatre were echoed back by the tories on the other, while the author sweated behind...
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An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber: With an Historical View of the ...

Colley Cibber, Byrne R. S. Fone - 2000 - 422 pages
...party could more loudly approve Addison's praises to liberty. Pope observed that Addison's own lines: "Envy itself is dumb, in wonder lost, / And factions strive who shall applaud him most," were especially applicable to the situation. 6. "The Duke of Marlborough is the person pointed at,"—...
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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century and Charity and Humour

William Makepeace Thackeray - 2007 - 298 pages
...of Rome in his days, as he is of Britain in ours; and though all the foolish industry possible has been used to make it thought a party play, yet what...numerous and violent claps of the Whig party on the one side of the theatre were echoed back by the Tories on the other; while the author sweated behind...
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The New Christian's magazine, Volume 4

422 pages
...his days, as he is of Britain in ours ; and though all the toolilh induftry poflible has been ufed to make it thought a party play, yet what the author once laid of another, may, the moft properly in the world, be applied to himfelf on this occafion: Envy...
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