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"Their Majesties' Servants." Annals of the English Stage (Volume 2 of 3)

Note 101 — Chapter XVIII

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This conveys a very wrong impression, and is founded upon a reported speech of one particular person, who, when asked whether he had hissed, said, "How could I? A man can't hiss and yawn at the same time." The piece ran for nine nights, so Kelly must have made some money by it, and he got £200 from the booksellers for the copyright.

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