Pasquin

Vol.v. p. 156), by the actor Macklin, bore for sub-title Pasquin turned Drawcansir, Censor of Great Britain.

Henry Fielding A Memoir Godden, G M 1909

[288.1] Fielding, in the "Champion" for Tuesday, April 22nd, 1740, says of Cibber's refusal to quote from "Pasquin" -- "the good Parent seems to imagine that he hath produced, as well as my Lord Clarendon, a; for he refuses to quote anything out of Pasquin, lest he should give it a chance of being remembered."

An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume I 1889

The company, with the exception of Macklin, who was playing at Drury Lane, consisted chiefly of the actors in Don Quixote in England; and the first piece was entitled Pasquin: a Dramatick Satire on the Times: being the Rehearsal of Two Plays, viz. a Comedy call'd the Election, and a Tragedy call'd the Life and Death of Common-Sense.

Fielding Dobson, Austin 1883

Roome was son of an undertaker for funerals in Fleet Street, and wrote some of the papers called Pasquin, where by malicious innuendos he endeavoured to represent our author guilty of malevolent practices with

The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 Alexander Pope 1716

_From a cartoon depicting a scene in "Pasquin" in which Harlequinades, etc., triumph aver legitimate drama.

Henry Fielding: a Memoir G. M. Godden

"Pasquin," and founder (I am informed by his cousin, Mr.J. L. Hannay, the police magistrate) of "The Puppet Show."

The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann

Hannay and myself wrote the whole of 'Pasquin' up to the time of my quitting that publication in order to write for

The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann

Park; and on the same night 'Pasquin' had the audacity to advertise a special performance, in the following terms (the "country party," it should be understood, was a usual name for Walpole's opponents): --

Henry Fielding: a Memoir G. M. Godden

[287.4] Fielding's political satires, in such pieces as "Pasquin" and "The Historical Register for 1736," contributed largely to the passage of the Act of 1737, although "The Golden Rump" was the ostensible cause.

An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume I 1889

"Pasquin," it may be noted, was received with extraordinary favour, enjoyed a run of fifty nights, and proved a source of both fame and profit to its author.

A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Dutton Cook 1856