Cant [ Language & Speech ]
… quite appreciated by the general public and could afford interesting commercial opportunities. In 1760, Samuel Foote's comedy entitled The Minor , in which George Whitefield's mannerisms and appearance were mocked by the author/actor was a … Bulletin of the John Rylands Library (vol. 73, n° 2, 1991), p. 159-280. 6 . See Isaac Bickerstaffe, The Hypocrite: a Comedy (London: W. Griffin, 1769). Due to the links between ‘cant’ and hypocrisy, the notion played an important role in …
Controversy | Conversation | Hypocrisy | Rhetoric
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