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" To that mark, if Comedy directs not her aim, her arrows are shot in the air ; for by what touches no man, no man will be amended. "
Anecdotes of the manners and customs of London during the eighteenth century ... - Page 291
by James Peller Malcolm - 1810 - 443 pages
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The Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge, Volume 5

1775 - 868 pages
...fatire that ever was wiote ; and to the fame mark if comedy directs not her aim, her arrows are (hot in the air ; for by what touches no man, no man will be mended. Lord Mountlluart dcGreil that I would fufier him to take the play with him, and let him leave it with the...
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The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 14

1788 - 532 pages
...that tvci v/a« wrote ; and to tïî.: fame mark it Comedy directs not her aim, her arrows are (hot in the air ; for by what touches no man, no man will be mer.ded. Lord Mountiluart deliied that I would fuffer him to take the pl.iy with him, and let him leave...
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The Lounger's Common-place Book: Or, Miscellaneous Anecdotes. A Biographic ...

Jeremiah Whitaker Newman - 1796 - 296 pages
...Whole Duty of Man the fevereft fatire. If comedy is to be thus rigidly reftricted, her arrows are ihot in the air, FOR BY WHAT TOUCHES NO MAN, NO MAN WILL EVER BE MENDED. If your Lordihip is determined to adhere to your decifion, I ihall retire from the...
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Memoirs of Samuel Foote, Esq: With a Collection of His Genuine Bon-mots ...

William Cook - 1806 - 244 pages
...The Whole Duty of Man, next to the sacred writings, is the setferest satire that ever was written ; and to the same mark if comedy directs not her aim,...the air ; for by what touches no man, no man will be amended, Lord Mountstuart desired that I would suffer him to take the play with him, and let him leave...
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A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 3

John Walker - 1811 - 574 pages
...consciousness, were compelled to a self application : to such minds, my lord, the Whole Duty of Man, next to tha sacred writings, is the severest satire that ever...the air ; for by what touches no man, no man will he mended. Lord Mountstuart desired that f would suffer him to take the play with him, and let him...
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The Polyanthos

1812 - 302 pages
...reproach, and the Whole Duty of Man, the severest satire ; if comedy is to be thus rigidly restricted, her arrows are shot in the air, FOR BY WHAT TOUCHES NO MAN, NO MAN WILL EVER BE AMENDED. " If your lordship is determined to abide by your decision, I must retire from the...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 34

1855 - 602 pages
...applicable to none but those who, through consciousness, are compelled to a self-application. To that mark, if Comedy directs not her aim, her arrows are...the air; for by what touches no man, no man will be amended." This plea has not been admitted, however. Whenever he is now named, it is as a satirist of...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 95

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1854 - 568 pages
...applicable to none but those who, through consciousness, are compelled to a self-application. To that mark, if Comedy directs not her aim, her arrows are...the air ; for by what touches no man, no man will be amended.' This plea has not been admitted, however. Whenever he is now named, it is as a satirist of...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 95

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1854 - 568 pages
...applicable to none but those who, through consciousness, are compelled to a self-application. To that mark, if Comedy directs not her aim, her arrows are...the air ; for by what touches no man, no man will be amended.' This plea has not been admitted, however. Whenever he is now named, it is as a satirist of...
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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volume 34

John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1855 - 588 pages
...applicable to none but those who, through consciousness, are compelled to a self-application. To that mark, if Comedy directs not her aim, her arrows are...the air ; for by what touches no man, no man will be amended." This plea has not been admitted, however. Whenever he is now named, it is as a satirist of...
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