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" Who, having been praised for bluntness, doth affect A saucy roughness ; and constrains the garb Quite from his nature : ,he cannot flatter, he ! — An honest mind and plain, — he must speak truth ! An they will take it, so ; if not, he's plain. "
The Mirror: A Periodical Paper Published in Edinburgh in the Years 1779 and 1780 - Page 150
1822
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The Plays of William Shakspeare. ....

William Shakespeare - 1800 - 396 pages
...me at this instant. Corn. This is some fellow, Who, having been prais'd for bluntness, doth affect A saucy roughness ; and constrains the garb, Quite from his nature : He cannot flatter, he! — An honest mind and plain, — he must speak truth : An diey will take it, so...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 35

British essayists - 1802 - 216 pages
...character with his usual ability : This is some fellow Who, having been prais'd for Muntness, doth affect A saucy roughness, and constrains the garb Quite from...must speak truth, An' they will take it so ; if not, he's plain. To extol polished external manners as constituting the whole duty of man, or to declaim...
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Select British Classics, Volume 31

English literature - 1803 - 308 pages
...character with his usual ability. This is some fellow Who having been prais'd for bluntness, doth affect A saucy roughness, and constrains the garb Quite from...he, An honest mind and plain, he must speak truth, And they will take it so ; if not, he's plain. To extol polished external manners as constituting the...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 488 pages
...me at this instant. Corn. This is some fellow, Who, having been prais'd for bluntness, doth affect A saucy roughness ; and constrains the garb, Quite from his nature : He cannot flatter, he ! — An honest mind and plain, — he must speak truth : An they will take it,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pages
...me at this instant. Corn. This is some fellow, Who, having been prais'd for bluntness, doth affect A saucy roughness ; and constrains the garb, Quite from his nature: He cannot flatter, he! — An honest mind and plain, — he must speak truth: An they -will take it, so;...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - English Language - 1805 - 954 pages
...do love to smell hot bread. Bacoa, »• An is sometimes, in old authors, a contraction of and if. He can't flatter, he! An honest mind and plain ; he must speak truth, Лл they will take it, so ; if not, he's plain. Statj. !• Sometimes a contraction of and before...
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Notes Upon Some of the Obscure Passages in Shakespeare's Plays: With Remarks ...

John Howe Baron Chedworth - 1805 - 392 pages
...453.— 550.— 99. Corn. This is some fellow, Who, having been prais'd for bluntness, doth affect A saucy roughness ; and constrains the garb, Quite from his nature ; he cannot flatter, he ! — Garb means habit, and is, I incline to believe, used here, however licentiously,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 496 pages
...those romances. 5 likes me not.] ie pleases me not. Who, having been prais'd for bluntness, doth affect A saucy roughness ; and constrains the garb, Quite from his nature:" He cannot flatter, he! — An honest mind and plain, — he must speak truth : An they will take it, so;...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 13

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 356 pages
...me at this instant. Corn. This is some fellow, Who, having been prais'd for bluntness, doth affect A saucy roughness ; and constrains the garb, Quite from his nature : He cannot flatter, he ! — An honest mind and plain, — he must speak truth : An they will take it,...
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The British Essayists;: Mirror

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 338 pages
...character with his usual ability : This is some fellow Who, having been prais'd for bluntness, doth affect A saucy roughness, and constrains the garb Quite from...must speak truth, An' they will take it so ; if not, he's plain. To extol polished external manners as constituting the whole duty of man, or to declaim...
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