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... called La Métromanie , is the best theatrical produc- tion that has appeared of late in Europe . But I know not whether I should most commend his genius , or censure his obscenity . His Ode à Priape has justly excluded him from a place ...
... called La Métromanie , is the best theatrical produc- tion that has appeared of late in Europe . But I know not whether I should most commend his genius , or censure his obscenity . His Ode à Priape has justly excluded him from a place ...
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... called up all my poetry on this occasion , and fancied twenty Cupids pre- pared for execution in every folding of her white negligee . I had prepared my imagination for an angel's face ; but what was my mortification to find that the ...
... called up all my poetry on this occasion , and fancied twenty Cupids pre- pared for execution in every folding of her white negligee . I had prepared my imagination for an angel's face ; but what was my mortification to find that the ...
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... CALLED HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS " 66 JUST as I had expected , before I saw this farce , This piece , so often ascribed to Garrick , was written by the Rev. James Townley , and produced at Drury Lane , Oct. 31 , 1759 , three days before ...
... CALLED HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS " 66 JUST as I had expected , before I saw this farce , This piece , so often ascribed to Garrick , was written by the Rev. James Townley , and produced at Drury Lane , Oct. 31 , 1759 , three days before ...
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