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" But it is not my business to point out either the merit of that gentleman's performances, or the motives he had for writing them, as the town is perfectly acquainted both with his abilities and success; and has since seen him, with astonishment, wriggle... "
The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless: In Four Volumes - Page 77
by Eliza Fowler Haywood - 1751
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Eighteenth Century Vignettes: Third Series

Austin Dobson - English literature - 1896 - 430 pages
...by those he had abused, in order to silence his dramatick talent. But it is not my business to point either the merit of that gentleman's performances,...is perfectly acquainted both with his abilities and success ; and has since seen him, with astonishment, wriggle himself into favour, by pretending to...
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Eighteenth Century Vignettes: Third series

Austin Dobson - English literature - 1896 - 394 pages
...by those he had abused, in order to silence his dramatick talent. But it is not my business to point either the merit of that gentleman's performances,...is perfectly acquainted both with his abilities and success ; and has since seen him, with astonishment, wriggle himself into favour, by pretending to...
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The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood

George Frisbie Whicher - 1915 - 236 pages
...by those he had abused, in order to silence his dramatick talent. But it is not my business to point either the merit of that gentleman's performances,...is perfectly acquainted both with his abilities and success, and has since seen him, with astonishment, wriggle himself into favour, by pretending to cajole...
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Schauspielerinnen im Europa des 18. Jahrhunderts: ihr Leben, ihre Schriften ...

Ruth B. Emde - Actresses - 1997 - 418 pages
...abused, in order to silence his dramatic talent. But it is not my business to point out either the m erit of that gentleman's performances, or the motives he...is perfectly acquainted both with his abilities and succes, and has since seen him, with astonishment, wriggle himself into favour, by pretending to cajole...
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Authorship, Commerce, and Gender in Early Eighteenth-Century England: A ...

Catherine Ingrassia - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 248 pages
...him by those whom he had abused, in order to silence his dramatic talent. But it is not my business to point out either the merit of that gentleman's...is perfectly acquainted both with his abilities and success; and has since seen him, with astonishment, wriggle himself into favour, by pretending to cajole...
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The Passionate Fictions of Eliza Haywood: Essays on Her Life and Work

Kirsten T. Saxton, Rebecca P. Bocchicchio - History - 2000 - 386 pages
...him by those whom he had abused, in order to silence his dramatic talent. But it is not my business to point out either the merit of that gentleman's...is perfectly acquainted both with his abilities and success; and has since seen him, with astonishment, wriggle himself into favour, by pretending to cajole...
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