Vulgar words in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 (Page 1)
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Nay, we confess to have more than once passed the Français without the least compunction, with _les Horaces_ or _Andromaque_ on the bills, and a crowd at the door, to commit ourselves, a few paces farther, to the friendly arms of a stall at the Palais Royal, and the mirth-inspiring influence of Tousez and Levassor, the most comical buffoon and admirable mimic on the French stage.
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When the _Variétés'_ company was expelled from the little theatre of the Palais Royal, it became the scene of all manner of bastard performances.
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When Wright is not compelled to make a buffoon of himself in some stupid travestie, but is allowed fair scope for the display of his comic talents, which are really considerable, we prefer him to Ravel.
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There all was show and scene-shifting the tinsel of high life, and the frolic, of brilliant frivolity.--The minister was eclipsed by the mistress; the king was a buffoon in the hands of the courtier; and the government of a powerful nation was disposed of in the style of a flirtation behind the scenes.
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"That will do capitally; for if you say, '_Kateh saket_ Magnesia?' any blockhead will know that you mean 'How far to Magnesia?'