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" Booth to his box, and gave him fifty guineas for defending the cause of liberty so well against a perpetual dictator. "
Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 374
by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860
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Lancashire Worthies

Francis Espinasse - 1874 - 494 pages
...between one of the acts, and presented him with fifty guineas, in acknowledgment (as he expressed it) for defending the cause of liberty so well against a perpetual Dictator. The Whigs are unwilling to be distanced this way, and therefore design a present to the same Cato,...
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The Great Triumphs of Great Men

James Mason - 1875 - 706 pages
...every cheer, to show that the satire was not felt Bolingbroke called Booth to his box, and gave him fifty guineas for defending the cause of liberty so well against a perpetual dictator. The play, thus supported by the emulation of factious praise, was acted night after night for a longer...
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A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne, Volume 2

Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1875 - 658 pages
...played Cato, into his box, and presented him with fifty guineas in acknowledgment (as he expressed it) for defending the cause of liberty so well against a perpetual dictator'-.' The play ran during an entire month, and afterwards enjoyed a supplementary triumph at Oxford a. The...
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Old Words and Modern Meanings: Being a Collection of Examples from Ancient ...

Thomas Whitcombe Greene - 1876 - 340 pages
...satire was unfelt. The story of Bolingbroke is well known. He called Booth into his box and gave him fifty guineas for defending the cause of liberty so well against a perpetual dictator. The play ['Cato'] was acted night after night for a long time. When it was printed, notice was given...
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The Age of Anne

Edward Ellis Morris - 1877 - 288 pages
...capital hit by sending for the chief actor between the acts, and presenting him with a purse of 5o/. ' for •defending the cause of liberty so well against a perpetual dictator.' The saying went round the Tory benches that the Whigs meant to make as good a present, when they •could...
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Selections from Addison's Papers in the Spectator: Essay on "Addison,"

Joseph Addison - 1879 - 250 pages
...disturbed, the most severe and happy was Bolingbroke's. Between two acts, he sent for Booth to his box, and presented him, before the whole theatre,...long before his fall, to obtain a patent creating him captain-general for life. It was April ; and in April, a hundred and thirty years ago, the London season...
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Miscellaneous Works of Lord Macaulay, Volume 3

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 684 pages
...disturbed, the most severe and happy was Bolingbroke's. Between two acts, he sent for Booth to his box, and presented him, before the whole theatre,...long before his fall, to obtain a patent creating him Captain-general for life. It was April ; and in April, a hundred and thirty years ago, the London season...
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Miscellaneous Works of Lord Macaulay: Critical and historical essays

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 684 pages
...disturbed, the most severe and happy was Bolingbroke's. Between two acts, he sent for Booth to his box, and presented him, before the whole theatre,...dictator. This was a pungent allusion to the attempt which Maiyborough had made, not long before his fall, to obtain a patent creating him Captain-general for...
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Alexander Pope, Volume 3

Leslie Stephen - 1880 - 238 pages
...Bolingbroke gave the cue to his own party when he presented fifty guineas to Cators representatives for defending the cause of liberty so well against a perpetual dictator. The Whigs, said Pope, design a second present when they can contrive as good a saying. Bolingbroke...
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Alexander Pope

Leslie Stephen - 1880 - 246 pages
...Bolingbroke gave the cue to his own party when he presented fifty guineas to Cato's representative for defending the cause of liberty so well against a perpetual dictator. The Whigs, said Pope, design a second present when they can contrive as good a saying. Bolingbroke...
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