This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1815 Excerpt: ...Foote. And so amuse the public ear at the expence of private peace? You must excuse me. Cank. And with these principles you expect to thrive on this spot? Smart. No, no, it won't do. I tell thee, the plain roast and boil'd of the theatres will never do at this table. We must have high-season'd ragouts and rich sauces. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1815 Excerpt: ...Foote. And so amuse the public ear at the expence of private peace? You must excuse me. Cank. And with these principles you expect to thrive on this spot? Smart. No, no, it won't do. I tell thee, the plain roast and boil'd of the theatres will never do at this table. We must have high-season'd ragouts and rich sauces. Foote. Why, perhaps, by way of desert, I may produce something that may hit your palate. Smart. Your bill of fare i Foote. What think you of one of those itinerant field orators, who, though at declared enmity with common sense, have the address to poison the principles, and at the same time pick the pockets, of half our industrious fellow-subjects i Cank. Have a care. Dangerous ground. Ludere cum sacris, you know. Foote. Now I look upon it in a different manner: I consider these gentlemen in the light of public performers like myself; and whether we exhibit at Tottenham-court, or the Hay-market, our purpose is the same, and the place is immaterial. Cank. Why, indeed, if it be considered--Foote. Nay, more, I must beg leave to assert, that ridicule is the only antidote against this pernicious poison. This is a madness that argument cannot cure: and should a little wholesome severity be applied, persecution would be the immediate cry. Where then can we have recourse but to the Comic Muse? Perhaps the archness and severity of her smile may redress an evil, that the laws cannot reach, or reason reclaim. Cank. Why, if it does not cure those already distemper'd, it may be a means to stop the infection.. Smart. But how is your scheme conducted? Foote. Of that you may judge. We are just going upon a repetition of the piece. I should be glad to have your opinion. '. - - '. Smart. We will give it you. Foote. One indulgence: As you are Englishm...
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