Memoirs of the Life of Charles Macklin, Esq: Principally Compiled from His Own Papers and Memorandums, Volume 2Lackington, Allen, and Company, 1799 - Actors |
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Page 289 - I asked the Deputy, why ? or by what right he deprived me of my copy ? For some time he would not assign any reason. I told him that I should resort to the laws of my country for redress ; upon which he replied, ' That / should but expose myself, and that they kept the copy by the usage of the office.