 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 318 oldal
...lord Bolingbrokc sent for Booth, who played Cato, into the box, between one of the acts, and presented him with fifty guineas : in acknowledgment (as he...speedily; in the mean time they are getting ready as good a sentence as the former on their side: so betwixt them, it is prohable that Cato (as Dr. Garth... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 362 oldal
...Lord Bolingbroke sent for Booth, who played Cato, into the box, between one of the acts, and presented him with fifty guineas ; in acknowledgment (as he...speedily ; in the mean time they are getting ready c Himself. VOL. VI. Q as good a sentence as the former on their side : so betwixt them, 'tis probable... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1814 - 494 oldal
...Cato, into the box, between one of the acts, and presented him with fifty guineas, in acknowledgement, as he expressed it, for defending the cause of liberty...speedily; in the mean time, they are getting ready as good a sentence as the former on their side; so betwixt them it is probable, that Cato (as Dr. Garth... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 504 oldal
...unfelt. The story of Bolingbroke is well known. He called Booth to his box, and gave him fifty guineas for defending the cause of Liberty so well against a perpetual dictator. The Whigs, says Pope, design a second present, when they can accompany it with as good a sentence. The play, supported... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 416 oldal
...unfelt. The story of Bolingbroke is well known. He called Booth to his box, and gave him fifty guineas for defending the cause of liberty so well against a perpetual dictator. The Whigs, says Pope, design a second present, when they can accompany it with as good a sentence. The play, supported... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 430 oldal
...unfelt. The story of Bolingbroke is well known. He called Booth to his box, and gave him fifty guineas for defending the cause of liberty so well against a perpetual dictator. The Whigs, says Pope, design a second present, when they can accompany it with as good a sentence. The play, supported... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 392 oldal
...acknowledgment (as he expressed it) for defending the cause of liberty so well against a Perpetual Dictator4. The Whigs are unwilling to be distanced this way,...speedily ; in the mean time they are getting ready as good a sentence as the former on their side : so betwixt them, 'tis probable that Cato (as Dr. Garth... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 402 oldal
...impartiality, 3 Himself. for Booth, who played Cato, into the Box, between one of the acts, and presented him with fifty guineas ; in acknowledgment (as he...defending the cause of liberty so well against a Perpetual Dictator4. The Whigs are unwilling to be distanced this way, and therefore design a present to the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 396 oldal
...impartiality. 3 Himself. for Booth, who played Cato, into the Box, between one of the acts, and presented him with fifty guineas ; in acknowledgment (as he...defending the cause of liberty so well against a Perpetual Dictator4. The Whigs are unwilling to be distanced this way, and therefore design a present to the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 426 oldal
...solicitude during the representation. Bolingbroke called Booth to his box, and gave him fifty guineas for defending the cause of liberty so well, against a perpetual dictator. Ver. 46. A» Cato's self, 4'c.] This alludes to that famous story of his coming into the Theatre, and... | |
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This was the case too of the prologuewriter,* who was clapped into a staunch whig, at almost every two lines. I believe you have heard, that, after all the applauses of the opposite faction, my lord Bolingbroke sent for Booth, who played Cato, into the... 
