"Plagiary" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... in 1778, after the purchase of the other moiety of this property, that Sheridan set on its boards 'The Critic.' Though this was denounced as itself as complete a plagiarism as any Sir Fretful Plagiary could make, and though undoubtedly the idea of it was borrowed, its wit, so truly Sheridanian, and its complete characters, enhanced its author's fame, in spite of the disappointment of those who expected ...
— The Wits and Beaux of Society - Volume 2 • Grace & Philip Wharton
... silence is once more obtained; the author finishes his task, and retires from the Green-room 369looking as blue as Megrim, and feeling as fretful as the renowned Sir Plagiary. Of the success or failure of the two productions, I shall speak in the next volume; when I propose to give the first night of a new play, with sketches of some of the critical characters who usually attend. In the ...
— The English Spy • Bernard Blackmantle |
