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If parliament were to consider the sporting with reputation of as much importance as sporting on manors, and pass an act for the preservation of fame as well as game, there are many would thank them for the bill.
If parliament were to consider the sporting with reputation of as much importance as sporting on manors, and pass an act for the preservation of fame as well as game, there are many would thank them for the bill.
Approximate author period: c. 1783 AD · early modern
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- Author or tradition
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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- Approximate author period: c. 1783 AD · early modern
author lifetime midpoint (1751–1816)
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- Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)
Page 241 · printed citation: Sheridan · subject: Slander
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