General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . F O O ( ) FOO of a nature likely to give offence, even in amore decent manner of exposure. It occa-sioned some angry controversy; but as it provedpopular on the Stage, the writers purpose wasanswered. Foote proceeded in his career withgeneral success, and took pains to gratify thepublic appetite for novelty. As it was essen-tial to the effect of his mimickry to be generallyrecognised, he was upon the watch for well-kn
General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . F O O ( ) FOO of a nature likely to give offence, even in amore decent manner of exposure. It occa-sioned some angry controversy; but as it provedpopular on the Stage, the writers purpose wasanswered. Foote proceeded in his career withgeneral success, and took pains to gratify thepublic appetite for novelty. As it was essen-tial to the effect of his mimickry to be generallyrecognised, he was upon the watch for well-known characters, especially such, as werestrongly marked by some personal defect; forhe was troubled with no delicacy in this respect. ?At Dublin he exhibited upon the stage the ce-lebrated printer George Faulkner, who, besidesother singularities, was distinguished by awooden leg. The printer, however, thoughtfit to retaliate the insult by a legal prosecution,and the comedian was punished by a severefine. Dr. Johnson took a different method ofprotecting himself from an intended attack ofthe like kind. He bought a formidable cudgel,and publicly declared his resolution to
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