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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... natural ? —What can have less resemblance to nature , than the uncouth melange of politics , irony , wit , and profligacy , in the last advice which Acasto ( who believes himself actually on the threshold of death ) seriously and ...
... natural ? —What can have less resemblance to nature , than the uncouth melange of politics , irony , wit , and profligacy , in the last advice which Acasto ( who believes himself actually on the threshold of death ) seriously and ...
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... nature and humanity have secured it to him in the last . “ Item . - I owe some obligations to Mr. Garrick ; I there- fore bequeath him all the money I die possessed of , as there is nothing on earth he is so very fond of . Item ...
... nature and humanity have secured it to him in the last . “ Item . - I owe some obligations to Mr. Garrick ; I there- fore bequeath him all the money I die possessed of , as there is nothing on earth he is so very fond of . Item ...
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... nature will decay . EXTEMPORE . On the Death of Weston . The mould where nature sat impress'd on , Death has defac'd by conquering Weston . EXTEMPORE . Supposed to be spoken by Mr. Weston . Such losses as these pray who can withstand ...
... nature will decay . EXTEMPORE . On the Death of Weston . The mould where nature sat impress'd on , Death has defac'd by conquering Weston . EXTEMPORE . Supposed to be spoken by Mr. Weston . Such losses as these pray who can withstand ...
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A ComicSatiric Address in the Character | 1 |
The Devil | 8 |
Address on Closing a Theatre | 14 |
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