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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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Lives of wits and humourists, Volume 1

John Timbs - 1862 - 424 pages
...reputation. 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 Buffoon. To a man my sex alone would havescreened me from attack — but I am writing to the descendant of a Merry- Andrew, and prostitute...
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The Newspaper Press : Its Origin, Progress and Present Position, Volume 1

James Grant - 1871 - 478 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...from 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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Dean Swift. Sir Richard Steele. Samuel Foote. Oliver Goldsmith. The Colmans

John Timbs - 1872 - 434 pages
...cahinet. 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...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 name of manhood...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 32

1880 - 798 pages
...I sheath it unti] I make you crouch like the subservient vassal you are, then there is no spirit us an injured woman nor meanness in a slanderous buffoon....the descendant of a Merry Andrew, and prostitute the name of manhood by applying it to Mr. Foote. Clothed in innocence, as in a coat of mail, I am proof...
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The Duchess of Kingston. The Bishop of Derry. The story of Peg Woffington ...

Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald - 1883 - 408 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. "Clothed in my innocence...
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Memoirs of the court of England during the reigns of William and Mary, Queen ...

John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 448 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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Memoirs of the Court of England: During the Reigns of William and ..., Volume 4

John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 444 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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Temple Bar, Volume 59

1880 - 588 pages
...sword, and, if I sheath it until I make you crouch like the subservient vassal you are, then there is no spirit in an injured woman, nor meanness in a slanderous...the descendant of a Merry Andrew, and prostitute the name of manhood by applying it to Mr. Foote. Clothed in innocence, as in a coat of mail, I am proof...
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Wits, Beaux, and Beauties of the Georgian Era

John Fyvie - 1909 - 418 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...applying it to Mr Foote. " Clothed in my innocence as a coat of mail, I am proof against an host of foes ; and conscious of never having intentionally offended...
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Samuel Foote: A Biography

Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald - 1910 - 404 pages
...and if I sheathe 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...from 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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