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Meanwhile Mrs. Botibol is simpering on fresh arrivals; the individual at the door is roaring out their names; poor Cacafogo is quavering away in the music-room, under the impression that he will be LANCE in the world by singing inaudibly here.
The Book of Snobs 2006
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Having seen several -- the select ones of the last five and thirty years -- we can truly say, without entering into nice comparisons, that if we were to sit to those two plays a hundred times in America or Great Britain, we could be well contented with just such a Falstaff and just such a Cacafogo as Mr. Warren.
The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810
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Henry IV. and _Cacafogo_ in Rule a Wife and have a Wife, had in Mr. Warren a most able representative.
The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810
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On Cacafogo making some slighting remark, this gentle individual exclaims --
History of English Humour, Vol. 1 (of 2) With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange 1873
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Meanwhile Mrs. Botibol is simpering on fresh arrivals; the individual at the door is roaring out their names; poor Cacafogo is quavering away in the music-room, under the impression that he will be
The Book of Snobs William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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By the way, you know that reverend head of the law is frequently shut up here with my Lady M **** h, who is as rich and as tipsy as Cacafogo in the comedy.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2 Horace Walpole 1757
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_ In allusion to the trick played by Estifania on the churlish Cacafogo in Fletcher's _Rule a Wife and Have a
The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I Aphra Behn 1664
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[Enter _Juan de Castro_, _Sancho_, and _Cacafogo_.]
Rule a Wife, and Have a Wife Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) John Fletcher 1602
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Of a stay'd Usurer, _Cacafogo_, both their brains butter'd,
Rule a Wife, and Have a Wife Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) John Fletcher 1602
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