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" To a man my sex alone would have screened me from attack — but I am writing to the descendant of a Merry Andrew *, and prostitute the term of manhood by applying it to Mr. "
Memoirs of Samuel Foote, Esq: With a Collection of His Genuine Bon-mots ... - Page 116
by William Cook - 1806
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The Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge, Volume 5

1775 - 868 pages
...defcendant of a Merry Aadrevu&, and proltiiute the term of manhood by applying it to Mr. Foote. Cloathed in my innocence as in a coat of mail, I am proof againft an holt of foes; and confcious of never having intentionally offended a fingle individual,...
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The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 14

1788 - 532 pages
...oujmodcrq j to affume. E. KINGSTON.' ftoftitute the term of Manhood by applying it to Mr. Foote. " Cloathed in my innocence, as in a coat of mail, I am proof againft a hod of foes, and, confcious of never having intentionaUy ofinideii a fingle individual, I...
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A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 3

John Walker - 1811 - 574 pages
...and, if I sheath it until I make you crouch like the subservient vassal as you are, then is there not spirit in an injured woman, nor meanness in a slanderous...innocence as in a coat of mail, I am proof against an host of foes, and, conscious of never having intentionally offended a single individual, I doubt...
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A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 3

John Walker - 1811 - 572 pages
...and, if I sheath it until I make you crouch like the subservient vassal as you are, then is there not spirit in an injured woman,' nor meanness in a slanderous...attack — but I am writing to the descendant of a merryandrew, and prostitute the term of manhood by applying it to Mr. Foote. Clothed in my innocence...
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Memoirs of the Court of England: From the Revolution in 1688 to ..., Volume 3

John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 488 pages
...and, if I sheath it until I make you crouch like the subservient vassal, as you are, then is there no spirit in an injured woman, nor meanness in a slanderous...from attack ; but I am writing to the descendant of a merry-andrew, and prostitute the name of manhood by applying it to Mr. Foote. " Cloathed in innocence,...
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Anecdotes of the Aristocracy: And Episodes in Ancestral Story, Volume 2

Bernard Burke - 1849 - 528 pages
...if I sheathe it until I make you » crouch like the subservient vassal as you are, then there is no spirit in an injured woman, nor meanness in a slanderous...attack — but I am writing to the descendant of a merry-andrew,» and prostitute the term of manhood by applying it to Mr. Foote. " Clothed in my innocence,...
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Historical and Biographical Essays: Biographical: Daniel De Foe. Sir Richard ...

John Forster - 1858 - 486 pages
...'if I sheath it until I make yon ' crouch like the subservient vassal ' as you are, then is there not spirit ' in an injured woman, nor meanness ' in a...innocence, as in " a coat of mail, I am proof against 'an host of foes, and, conscious of ' never having intentionally offended ' a single individual, I...
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Notes and Queries

1858 - 798 pages
...and if I sheath it until I make you crouch like the subservient vassal as you are, then is there not spirit in an injured woman, nor meanness in a slanderous...prostitute the term of manhood by applying it to Mr. Foote. " Cloathed in my innocence, as in a coat of mail, I am proof against an host of foes, and, conscious...
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Historical and Biographical Essays: Biographical: Daniel De Foe. Sir Richard ...

John Forster - 1858 - 488 pages
...assertion that she was the daughter of a merry andrew who exhibited at Totnese. The passage runs thus : " To a man, 'my sex alone would have screened 'me from...the term of 'manhood by applying it to Mr. ' Foote. " To which Foote, catching simply the connection without the sense of the words (unless we are to assume...
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Lives of wits and humourists, Volume 1

John Timbs - 1862 - 422 pages
...and if I sheath it until I make you crouch like the subservient vassal as yon are, then is there not spirit in an injured woman, nor meanness in a slanderous...descendant of a Merry- Andrew, and prostitute the name of manhood by applying it to Mr. Foote. Clothed in my innocence, as in a coat of mail, I am proof...
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