Vulgar words in The Covent Garden Theatre, or Pasquin Turn'd Drawcansir (Page 1)
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Bob: And upon Honour I shall damn it for it's Novelty, ev'ry Man in his Humour as the Play says.
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Sr. Con: No, no, no, you are out, you are out, he is to have one of the Actors in the Pitt; who is to Speak from thence-- See there-- there he is the very Actor-- You may See him from hence-- he sits next to that very handsome Gentleman that looks like a Iew's Bastard.
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for these many Years, Sir, I have been the North Star of the Pit; by which All Criticks have Steered their Iudgement: And am Sir at the Head of the Genii who direct the Public,-- We decide between contending Toasts, pass Iudgement upon Actors, damn, or encourage Authors; and are the Bucks, my dear, that I fancy will do for you to Night.
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Bob: Then you'll be damn'd Sir.
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Crimp-- Match Count Hunt-Bubble & that Knot-- To be sure they are all Sharpers, and deserve to be exposed-- but, they are what are called Men of Fashion-- You had better let them alone-- they are a Nest of Hornets-- You may be Stung to death by them-- they'll damn your Piece if they can do nothing else Enter Miss Bashfull.
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if there be you must not take it Ill if I head a Party to damn it.
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a five bottle Man I assure you; remarkable for his Taste in dramatic Performances, & the loudest Voice that ever damn'd a Play.
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I reckon it is damn'd low Stuff.
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but very few Knew any thing of it.-- And she is now going to be marry'd to the North Country Knight-- It wou'd be pity to speak of it-- She will pass upon him-- he's a very great Blockhead and She is good enough for him-- For he was not born in Wedlock himself.
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you never miss a first Night I think-- well what is to become of poor Pasquin, damn'd I Suppose.
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damn me, I'll break the Rascal's Head.
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The wise Spartans, as an Encouragement to Ingenuity, always reward the thieving Genius, who came off unsuspected, and punish'd the Blockhead who had not Sufficient Art to Conceal his Theft, In Parnussus the Law is the same relating to Frauds in Play; Tho' it is notorious that this Gentleman has Play'd the best of the Game a thousand times, yet it does not Appear that he has ever been detected in a fraud.
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The Substance of it is, That he hath written a strange hotch-potch Farce, and puff'd it upon the Town as written after the manner of Aristophanes and the Pasquinades of the Italian Theatre.-- Gentlemen, This is an Affair entirely Cognizable to the Town; All I can Say upon it is, That, if you Condemn him, I will take Care the Blockhead shall never trouble you again-- In the manner of Aristophanes.
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I shall not Sir-- You, the Town, are a Monstor, made up of Contrarieties, Caprice Steers-- Steers your Iudgement-- Fashion and Novelty, Your Affections; Sometimes so Splenitic, as to damn a Cibber, and, even a Congreve, in the Way of the World;-- And some times so good-Natured as to run in Crowds after a Queen Mab, or a Man in a Bottle.
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And, like the Roman Censor, he will cry out with Patriot Ioy, What Pity 'tis, a Blockhead can be damn'd but once, to Please the Critics.
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This passage from the opening speech shows the original line length: Nobles, -- Commons -- Beaux, Bells -- Wits, Critics, -- Bards & Bardlins, -- and ye my very good Friends of Common Sense, -- tho' last, not least in Merit, -- Greeting, and Patience to you Introduction: Sir Archy MacSarcasm in _Love-a-la-Mode_, [_printed "Love/a-la-Mode" at line break_] Pett-en-l'air, which eighteenth-century costume books portray as a short, loose shift [_"Pet: en l'air" or "pet-en-l'air" literally translates as "fart in the air"_] Covent Garden: of the Quorum of Parnassus [_"Quorom" with o corrected to u_] as my whole design is new [_or "be new": text smudged near margin_] So much by way of Oratia now for Action-- [_should be "Oration" but looks like "Oratia"_] I will Scour the whole Circle of this metropolis [_text has "of" at line-end, with beginning of next line crossed out and replaced with "of this Metropolis"_] I vow I should be glad of it.