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" But when to please himself or charm his wife He aims at something in politer life, When blindly thwarting Nature's stubborn plan, He treads the stage by way of gentleman, The clown, who no one touch of breeding knows, Looks like Tom Errand dress'd in... "
Some Account of the English Stage: From the Restoration in 1660 to 1830. In ... - Page 280
by John Genest - 1832
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...Looks like Tom Errand dress 'U, in Clincher's clothes. Forul of his dress, fond of his person groivn, ch psalms us Stecnhoid forth did mete. ' lie smiles, hepf.ires, And seems to ivonder whai's.beconie of Vain. Woodward, endow'd witU various...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Mallet, Akenside ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...The clown, who no one touch of breeding knows, looks like Tom Krraud drcss'd in Clincher's dollies. Fond of his dress, fond of his person grown, LaUgh'd...himself unknown, From side to side he struts, he smiles, be prates, And sccrns to wonder what's become of Yates. Woodward, endow'd witli various tricks of face,...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 14

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 628 pages
...touch of breeding knows, Looks like Tom Krrand dress'd in Clincher's clotlies. Fond of lus ilre«i, fond of his person grown, laugh'd at by all, and to...side to side he struts, he smiles, he prates, And seep s to wonder what's br-comc of Yates. Woodward, endow'd with various tricks of face, Great master...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 7

John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 412 pages
...The clown, who no one touch of breeding knows, Looks like Tom Errand dress'd in Clincher's clothes. Fond of his dress, fond of his person grown, Laugh'd...struts, he smiles, he prates, And seems to wonder what 's become of Yates. Woodward, endow'd with various tricks of face, Great master in the science...
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...The clown, who no one touch of breeding knows, Lookslike Tom Errand dress'd in Clincher's clothes. Nature 8/ ude to side he struts, he smiles, he prates, And seems to wonder what's become of Yates. Woodward,...
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Select Poets of Great Britain: To which are Prefixed, Criticial Notices of ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...The elown, who no one toueh of breeding knows. Looks like Tom Errand dress'd in Clineher's elothes. Fond of his dress, fond of his person grown, Laugh'd...struts, he smiles, he prates, And seems to wonder what's beeome of Yates. Woodward, endow'd with various trieks of faee, Great master in the seienee of grimaee,...
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The British Satirist: Comprising the Best Satires of the Most Celebrated ...

Satire, English - 1831 - 790 pages
...dress, fond of his person grown, Laugh' d at by all, and to himself unknown, From side to side fie struts, he smiles, he prates, And seems to wonder what's become of Vales. Woodward, endow'd with various powers efface, Great master in the science of grimace, From Ireland...
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A Collection of Newspaper Extracts: Being, with a Few Exceptions, Taken from ...

Anecdotes - 1842 - 242 pages
...The clown, who no one touch of breeding knows, Looks like Tom Errand dress'd in Clincher's* clothes. Fond of his dress, fond of his person grown, Laugh'd...prates, And seems to wonder what's become of Yates. Woodward, endow'd with various tricks efface, Great master in the science of grimace, From Ireland...
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The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill: Life. Letters to Wilkes. Will ...

Charles Churchill, William Tooke - 1844 - 400 pages
...Looks like Tom Errand dress'd in Clincher's clothes. Fond of his dress, fond of his person grown, 365 Laugh'd at by all, and to himself unknown, From side...prates, And seems to wonder what's become of Yates. Woodward, endow'd with various tricks of face, 363] The fitter word clown was substituted by Churchill...
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Satire and Satirists

James Hannay - Satire - 1854 - 292 pages
...like Tom Errand dressed in Clincher's clothes. Fond of his dress, fond of his person grown, Laughed at by all, and to himself unknown, From side to side...prates, And seems to wonder what's become of Yates." For a man to know (what, of course, reflection would tell him) that every friend he had in the world...
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