The Play-bills, 1830 [ Practices ]
… particularly one who has the face to call himself the Theatrical Examiner. This gentleman, not having the fear of our reputation before his eyes, sets out, in his motto, with claiming the privilege of a free speaker. "Let me," says he, … to those insidious decencies of fruit-women, who serious and elderly, dressed in clean linen, and renouncing the evil reputations of their predecessors, charge high for the honour they do you in being virtuous, and will fetch you a glass …
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