The Play-bills, 1830 [ Practices ]
… he would grudge his pence: and he that grudges his pence, cannot be a genuine play-goer. How would he relish a generous sentiment, or presume to admire a pretty face? There is a story, in the tales of chivalry, of a magic seat, which ejected … any knight who was not qualified to sit down in it. If the benches of the theatre could be imbued with the noble sentiments that abound on the stage, thus would they eject the man who was too stingy to purchase a play-bill. But the …
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