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Lines from Mr Garrick to a nobleman who asked | Lines from Mr Garrick to a nobleman who asked | ||
him if he did not intend being in Parliament | him if he did not intend being in Parliament | ||
[M]ore than content with what my Labours gain | |||
[Of] Public favour though a little vain; | |||
[Ye]t not so vain my mind, so madly bent. | |||
[To] wish to play the fool in Parliament; | |||
[In] each dramatic unity to err; | |||
Mistaking time and place and character! | Mistaking time and place and character! | ||
[W]ere it my fate to quit the mimic art. | |||
" | [I'd] "strut & fret" no more in any part; | ||
[N]o more in public scenes would I engage | |||
wear the cap & mask on any stage. | [Or] wear the cap & mask on any stage. | ||
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[some text pulled from alternate, printed copy] Lines from Mr Garrick to a nobleman who asked him if he did not intend being in Parliament
[M]ore than content with what my Labours gain [Of] Public favour though a little vain; [Ye]t not so vain my mind, so madly bent. [To] wish to play the fool in Parliament; [In] each dramatic unity to err; Mistaking time and place and character! [W]ere it my fate to quit the mimic art. [I'd] "strut & fret" no more in any part; [N]o more in public scenes would I engage [Or] wear the cap & mask on any stage.
Epigram on the Seahorse with the
Pronomers being Moulrty & french frigate --
Mars inform'd that some rights with inquisitive Eye
?sign'd into Venus's motions to pry ?is patch'd a bold warrior from Lewis's fleet The Castoffs to seize and their purpose defeat' But Neptune strait sent a Seahorse to their aid and vase o'er the ocean his terr'ites convey'd