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" Master Field, the player, riding up Fleet-street a great ' pace, a gentleman called him, and asked him what play was played ' that day ? He (being angry to be stayed upon so frivolous a demand) * answered, that he might see what play was to be played... "
The Nic-Nac; or, oracle of knowledge - Page 129
1825
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pt. 2. Historical account of the English stage. Emendations and additions ...

William Shakespeare - 1790 - 670 pages
...Malter Field, the player, riding up Fleet-ftreet agréât pace, a gentleman called him, and allied him, what play was played that day. He being angry to be Itaicd on ib frivolous a demand, anfwcred, that he charaaers, or the names of the acbrs by whom they...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections ...

William Shakespeare - 1793 - 570 pages
..." Matter Field, the player, riding up Fleet-ftreet a great pace, a gentleman called him, and alked him, what play was played that day. He being angry to be ftaied on fo frivolous a demand, an{Wercd, that he might fee what play was plaied upon every pojie....
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The Cabinet: Or, Monthly Report of Polite Literature, Volume 2

1807 - 552 pages
...the Water Poet, under the head of Wit and Mirth, " Master Field, the player, riding up Fleet Street a great pace, a gentleman called him, and asked him, what play was p ,'iyed that day. He being angry to be staied ou so rrivolous a demand, answered, that he might see...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 740 pages
...the player, riding up. Fleet-street a great pace [going probably to the play-house in Blackfriars], a gentleman called him and asked him what play was played that day ;" &c. whom he describes going from an ordinary to the playhouse on horseback, appears to have been...
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Saturday Night: Comprising a Review of New Publications, Biography ..., Volume 1

1824 - 486 pages
...under the head of Wit and Mirth. " Master Field, the player, riding up Fleet-street a great .pare, a gentleman called him, and asked him what play was...demand, answered, that he might see what play was plaicd upon every paste. 'I cry yon mercy,' said the gentleman, a I took you for a paste you rode so...
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Saturday night

Saturday night - 1824 - 968 pages
...recorded by Taylor, the Water Poet, under the head of If it and Mirth. • Master Field, the player, riding up Fleet-street a great pace, a gentleman called...what play was played that day. He being angry to be staled on so frivolous a demand, answered, that he might see what play was plaied upon every paste....
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London, Or Interesting Memorials of Its Rise, Progress & Present State, Volume 3

Sholto Percy, Reuben Percy - London (England) - 1824 - 392 pages
...poet, has the following bon mot on this custom. " Master Field the player, riding up Fleet-street at a great pace, a gentleman called him, and asked him...what play was played that day. He being angry to be stayed on so frivolous a demand, answered that he might see what play was to be played on every paste....
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Dramatic Table Talk: Or, Scenes, Situations, & Adventures, Serious ..., Volume 1

Richard Ryan - Actors - 1825 - 374 pages
...subject, is related by Taylor, the Water Poet : " Master Field, the player, riding up Fleet Street, at a great pace, a gentleman called him, and asked him,...what play was played that day ? He, being angry to be stayed on so frivolous a demand, answered, that he might see what play was to be played, on every post....
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The Laughing Philosopher: Being the Entire Works of Momus, Jester of Olympus ...

John Bull - English wit and humor - 1825 - 782 pages
...posiing bills. Taylor, the water-poet, relates that master Field, the player, ridinj up fleet-street at a great pace, a gentleman called him, and asked him...what play was played that day ? He being angry to be sluid on so frivolous a demand, answered that lie might see what play was to be played on every post....
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Oxberry's dramatic biography and histrionic anecdotes [ed. by C.E ..., Volume 5

1826 - 334 pages
...has the following bon-mot on this custom : — " Master Field, the player, riding up Fleet-street at a great pace, a gentleman called him, and asked him what play was to be played that day; he, heing angry to be stayed on so frivolous a demand, answered, that he might...
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