| British drama - 1811 - 710 Seiten
...prints. Puff. Yes, sir, I flatter myself I do as much business in that way as any six of the fraternity Puff. Egad, sir, sheer necessity, the proper parent...invention : you must know. Mr. Sneer, that from the ¿гя time I tried my hand at an advertisement, my success was such, that, for some time after, I... | |
| Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1821 - 428 Seiten
...the god of traffic and fiction, with a hammer in his hand instead of a caduceus. But pray, Mr. Puff, what first put you on exercising your talents in this...advertisement, my success was such, that for some time aftefr I led a most extraordinary life indeed ! Sneer. How, pray? Puff. Sir, I supported myself two... | |
| Richard Brinsley B. Sheridan - 1825 - 78 Seiten
...caduceus. But pray, Mr. Puff, what first put you on exercising your talents in this way ? Pttff". Why, sir, — sheer necessity — the proper parent of an art so nearly allied to invention. You mustknow, Mr. Sneer, that from the first time I tried my x hand at an advertisement, my success was... | |
| 1827 - 378 Seiten
...gratitude, they would erect a statue to him. But pray, Mr. Puff, what first put you on exercisingyour talents in this way ? Puff. Egad, sir — sheer necessity...advertisement, my success was such, that, for some time after, 1 led a most extraordinary life indeed! Sneer. How, pray? Puf. Sir, I supported myself two years entirely... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 Seiten
...pray, Mr. Puff, what first put you on exercising your talents in this way? Puff. Sheer necessity—the proper parent of an art so nearly allied to invention:...at an advertisement, my success was such, that for sometime after, I led a most extraordinary life indeed! Sneer. How, pray ? Puff. Sir, I supported myself... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 Seiten
...now, when a gentleman is ruined, he parts with his house with some credit. Sneer. But pray, Mr. Puff, what first put you on exercising your talents in this way? Puff. Sheer necessity — the proper parent of an art so nearly allied to invention: you must know, Mr. Sneer,... | |
| Acting drama - 1839 - 936 Seiten
...statue to him. But pray, Mr. Puff, what first put you on exercising your taUnti in tbn way ! P'if. Egad, sir — sheer necessity — the proper parent...you must know, Mr. Sneer, that from the first time J Tried my hand at en advertisement, my success was such, that, for some time after. 1 led a most extraordinary... | |
| Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1848 - 1296 Seiten
...credit. Sneer. Service ! if they had any gratitude, they would erect a statue to him. But pray, Mr. Puff, what first put you on exercising your talents in this...so nearly allied to invention ; you must know, Mr. Snuer, that from the first time I tried my hand at an advertisement, my success was such, that, for... | |
| Ferdinand E. A. Gasc - 1858 - 362 Seiten
...fiction,8 with a hammer in his hand instead of a9 caduceus. But pray, Mr. Puff, what first put you on10 exercising your talents in this way ? Puff. Egad !...— the proper parent of an art so nearly allied to invention.11 You must know, Mr. Sneer, that from the first time I tried my hand at au advertisement,12... | |
| William Earle - 1859 - 348 Seiten
...the god of traffic and fiction, with a hammer in his hand instead of a caduceus. But pray, Mr. Puff, what first put you on exercising your talents in this...— the proper parent of an art so nearly allied to inventing. You must know, Mr. Sneer, the first time I tried my hand at an advertisement my success... | |
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