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" I remember the ladies were then observed to be decently afraid of venturing bare-faced to a new comedy, till they had been assured they might do it, without the risk of an insult to their modesty... "
The Life of Mr. James Quin, Comedian: With the History of the Stage from His ... - Page 14
1766 - 107 pages
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Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman ..., Volume 3

James Peller Malcolm - Clothing and dress - 1811 - 346 pages
...took these extraordinary liberties with their wit, I remember the ladies '• • H 2 - were were then observed to be decently afraid of venturing bare-faced to a new comedy, till they ha4 been assured they might do it without the risque of an insult to their modesty ; or, if their curiosity...
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Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman Invasion to ...

James Peller Malcolm - Costume - 1811 - 348 pages
...authors took these extraordinary liberties with their wit, I remember the ladies H 2 were were then observed to be decently afraid of venturing bare-faced to a new comedy, till they had been assured they might do it without the risque of an insult to their modesty ; or, if their curiosity...
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An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Comedian and Patentee of the ...

Colley Cibber - Actors - 1822 - 564 pages
...while our authors took these extraordinary liberties with their wit, I remember the ladies were then observed to be decently afraid of venturing bare-faced to a new comedy, till they had been assured they might do it, without the risk of an insult to their modesty : or, if their curiosity...
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An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber ... Written by himself

Colley Cibber - 1826 - 358 pages
...while our authors took these extraordinary liberties with their wit, I remember the ladies were then observed to be decently afraid of venturing bare-faced to a new comedy, until they had been assured they might do it without the risk of an insult to their modesty; or if...
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Autobiography, a Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing ..., Volume 1

1826 - 362 pages
...while our authors took these extraordinary liberties with their wit, I remember the ladies were then observed to be decently afraid of venturing bare-faced to a new comedy, until they had been assured they might do it without the risk of an insult to their modesty; or if...
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"Their Majesties' Servants.": Annals of the English Stage, from ..., Volume 1

Dr. Doran (John) - Actors - 1865 - 434 pages
...the vizard-masks, Gibber tells the whole history, in a few words : " I remember the ladies were then observed to be decently afraid of venturing bare-faced to a new comedy, till they had been assured they might do it without insult to their modesty ; or, if their curiosity were too...
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"Their Majesties' Servants.": Annals of the English Stage, from ..., Volume 1

Dr. Doran (John) - Actors - 1865 - 438 pages
...the vizard-masks, Gibber tells the whole history, in a few words : " I remember the ladies were then observed to be decently afraid of venturing bare-faced to a new comedy, till they hod been assured they might do it without insult to their modesty ; or, if their curiosity were too...
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A History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature and Art

Thomas Wright - Caricature - 1865 - 536 pages
...Colley Cibber in his "Apology," looking back to thefe times, " I remember the ladies were then obferved to be decently afraid of venturing bare-faced to a new comedy, till they had been aftured they might do it without the rilk of an infult to their modefty ; or if their curiofity...
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Diprose's Book of the Stage and the Players

John Diprose - Actors - 1877 - 308 pages
...they are synonymous terms ! " THE "VIZARD MASKS" OF LAST CENTURY. "I REMEMBER the ladies were then observed to be decently afraid of venturing bare-faced to a new comedy, till they had been assured they might do it without insult to their modesty ; or, if their curiosity were too...
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"Their Majesties' Servants".: Annals of the English Stage from ..., Volume 1

Dr. Doran (John), John Doran - Actors - 1880 - 456 pages
...the vizard-masks, Cibber tells the whole history, in a fewwords : " I remember the ladies were then observed to be decently afraid of venturing bare-faced to a new comedy, till they had been assured they might do it without insult to their modesty ; or, if their curiosity were too...
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