 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 414 pages
...opposite faction, my Lord Bolingbroke sent for Booth, who played Cato, into the box, and presented him with fifty guineas in acknowledgment (as he expressed...of liberty so well against a perpetual dictator." —POPE'S Letters to SIR W. TRUMBULL. " Cato " ran for thirty-five nights without interruption. Pope... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 410 pages
...opposite faction, my Lord Bolingbroke sent for Booth, who played Cato, into the box, and presented him with fifty guineas in acknowledgment (as he expressed...cause of liberty so well against a perpetual dictator. " — POPE'S Letter to SIR W. TRUMBULL. " Cato " ran for thirty-five nights without interruption. Pope... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 410 pages
...faction, my Lord BoHJujbroke sent for Booth, who played Cato, into the box, and presented him wirfcfifty guineas in acknowledgment (as he expressed it) for defending the cause of Mierty so well against a perpetual dictator.'' —POPE'S Letter to SIR W. TRUMBULL.' " Cato " ran for... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 pages
...applauding the play, Bolingbroke presenting Booth, who performed Cato, with fifty guineas 'in acknowledgment for defending the cause of liberty so well against a perpetual dictator.' Addison disclaimed all political design, and waived the profits of the performances of the tragedy... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1870 - 586 pages
...acts, and presented him with fifty guineas; in acknowledgment (as he expressed it^oj\dejgn^in£_the cause of liberty so well against a Perpetual Dictator....speedily: in the mean time they are getting ready as good a sentence as the formei on their side: so betwixt them it is probable that Cato (as Dr. Garth... | |
 | 1870 - 574 pages
...unfelt. The story of Bolingbroke is well known. He called Booth to his box, and gave him fifty guineas for defending the cause of Liberty so well against a perpetual dictator. The Whigs, said Pope, design a second present when they can accompany it with as good a sentence.' The distinctive... | |
 | 1870 - 582 pages
...unfelt. The story of Bolingbroke is well known. He called Booth to his box, and gave him fifty guineas for defending the cause of Liberty so well against a perpetual dictator. The Whigs, said Pope, design a second present when they can accompany it with as good a sentence.' The distinctive... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 512 pages
...Lord Bolingbroke sent for Booth, who played Cato, into the box, between one of the acts, and presented him with fifty guineas, in acknowledgment, as he expressed...defending the cause of liberty so well against a perpetual dictator.1 The whigs are unwilling to be distanced this way, as it is said, and therefore design a... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 520 pages
...one of the acts, and presented him with fifty guineas, in acknowledgment, as he expressed it, for his defending the cause of liberty so well against a perpetual...The whigs are unwilling to be distanced this way, as it is said, and therefore design a present to the said Cato very speedily. In the meantime they... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 596 pages
...one of the acts, and presented him with fifty guineas, in acknowledgment, as he expressed it, for his defending the cause of liberty so well against a perpetual...The whigs are unwilling to be distanced this way, as it is said, and therefore design a present to the said Cato very speedily. In the meantime they... | |
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This was the case too of the prologuewriter,* who was clapped into a staunch whig, at almost every two lines. I believe you have heard, that, after all the applauses of the opposite faction, my lord Bolingbroke sent for Booth, who played Cato, into the... 
