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PC.769.025
30 Jan-6 Feb 1769:161 (108)
From the London Chronicle.
Mr. Garrick sent the following lines to a Nobleman, who
asked him if he did not intend to sit in Parliament.
More than content with what my talents gain,
Of public favour though a little vain;
Yet not so vain my mind, so madly bent,
To wish to play the fool in Parliament;
In each dramatick unity to err;
Mistaking time, and place, and character.
Were it my fate to quit the mimic art,
I'd "strut, and fret, " no more in any part;
No more in public scenes would I engage,
Or wear the cap and mask on any stage.
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