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... Mr. Cobb , however , though not a good dramatist , is said to be a sensible and good tempered man , and has probably thought nothing about the passage , or felt more for the PREFACE . ix ble , towards such persons as might.
... Mr. Cobb , however , though not a good dramatist , is said to be a sensible and good tempered man , and has probably thought nothing about the passage , or felt more for the PREFACE . ix ble , towards such persons as might.
Page ix
... persons as might be sup- posed the most to have excited them . For some of these persons , who are men of vir- tue as well as ability , he has all the respect which their own eccentricities will allow ; and for others , who have neither ...
... persons as might be sup- posed the most to have excited them . For some of these persons , who are men of vir- tue as well as ability , he has all the respect which their own eccentricities will allow ; and for others , who have neither ...
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... person nam❜d Crabbe has been waiting below ? He has taken his chair in the kitchen , they say " Indeed ! " said Apollo , " O pray let him stay : He'll be much better pleased to be with ' em down stairs , And will find ye all out with ...
... person nam❜d Crabbe has been waiting below ? He has taken his chair in the kitchen , they say " Indeed ! " said Apollo , " O pray let him stay : He'll be much better pleased to be with ' em down stairs , And will find ye all out with ...
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... persons with singular airs ; You'd have thought ' twas the bishops or judges a coming , Or whole court of aldermen hawing and humming , Or Abbot , at least , with his ushers before , But ' twas only Bob Southey and two or three more ...
... persons with singular airs ; You'd have thought ' twas the bishops or judges a coming , Or whole court of aldermen hawing and humming , Or Abbot , at least , with his ushers before , But ' twas only Bob Southey and two or three more ...
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... of good and bad , called collections of the English Poets ; but very few persons know any thing of him ; and they who do will hardly object to the tone of contempt with which Apollo speaks of a grave coxcomb , 5 Notes to the Feast, •
... of good and bad , called collections of the English Poets ; but very few persons know any thing of him ; and they who do will hardly object to the tone of contempt with which Apollo speaks of a grave coxcomb , 5 Notes to the Feast, •
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