 | Books and bookselling - 1799 - 510 pages
...new farce from me, or the hopes of feeing me in London, to play for your benefit, has had fnfficient influence on you, to make you punctual in anfwering...farce, I cannot pay fo ill a compliment to you, the public, or my own fame, as to fend you one that I had not been nice about ; nay, rather more fo than... | |
 | James Thomas Kirkman - Theater - 1799 - 510 pages
...feeing me in London; to play for your benefit, has had fufficient influence on you, to make you punftual in anfwering my letter. As to lending you a new Farce, I cannot pay fo ill a compliment to you, the public, or my own fame, as to fend you one that I had not been nice about ; nay, rather more fo than... | |
 | William Cook - Actors - 1804 - 468 pages
...London to play for your Benefit, has had sufficient influence on you to make you punctual in answering my letter. As to lending you a new Farce, I cannot pay so ill a compliment to you, the public, or my own fame, as to send you one that I had not been nice... | |
 | 1793 - 624 pages
...new Farce from me, or the hopes of feeing me in London to ;.lay for your Benefit, has had iufficient influence on you to make you punctual in anfwering...the publick, or my own fame, as to fend you one that I had not been nice about; nay, rather more fo than if it had been for my own benefit or emolument... | |
 | Sir Edward Abbott Parry - Actors - 1891 - 224 pages
...London, to play for your benefit, has had sufficient influence on you to make you punctual in answering my letter. As to lending you a new farce, I cannot pay so ill a compliment to you, the public, or my own fame, as to send you one that I had not been nice... | |
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I had not been nice about; nay, rather more so than if it had been for my own benefit or emolument as an author. Your character has been nicely conducted hitherto, even in your... 