The Actor's Budget of Wit and Merriment: Consisting of Monologues, Prologues, Epilogues, Tales, Comic Songs, Rare and Genuine Theatrical Anecdotes and Jests |
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... lord what d'ye call him , and t'other lord , and a great many noblemen of my ac- quaintance - So my lord's horse lost the first heat , and won the second - so says I - My lord , I hear your horse came first at last . So the bull , the ...
... lord what d'ye call him , and t'other lord , and a great many noblemen of my ac- quaintance - So my lord's horse lost the first heat , and won the second - so says I - My lord , I hear your horse came first at last . So the bull , the ...
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... Lord Orrery and Garrick . ( Garrick , of whom our nation justly brags ) ; The fellow hugg'd him with a kind embrace.- " Good sir , I do not recollect your face , " Quoth Garrick . " No ? " replied the man of rags : " The boards of Drury ...
... Lord Orrery and Garrick . ( Garrick , of whom our nation justly brags ) ; The fellow hugg'd him with a kind embrace.- " Good sir , I do not recollect your face , " Quoth Garrick . " No ? " replied the man of rags : " The boards of Drury ...
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... Lord Orrery and Garrick . to use it better . - Now don't you think his eye- ? 66 Why now , my Lord , with great submission to your ac- curate judgment and comprehensive mind , does not your Lordship think there is a kind of a , a , a ...
... Lord Orrery and Garrick . to use it better . - Now don't you think his eye- ? 66 Why now , my Lord , with great submission to your ac- curate judgment and comprehensive mind , does not your Lordship think there is a kind of a , a , a ...
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A ComicSatiric Address in the Character | 1 |
The Devil | 8 |
Address on Closing a Theatre | 14 |
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