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Title: John Bull
The Englishman's Fireside: A Comedy, in Five Acts

Author: George Colman

Release Date: December 23, 2006 [eBook #20177]

Language: English

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JOHN BULL;

Or,

The Englishman's Fireside:
A Comedy, in Five Acts;

by

GEORGE COLMAN, THE YOUNGER.

As Performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden.

Printed Under the Authority of the Managers
from the Prompt Book.

With Remarks by Mrs. Inchbald.

[Illustration: JOHN BULL

JOB THORNBERRY.--THERE--'TIS FIT IT SHOULD BE FILLED BY SOMEBODY.

ACT V, SCENE II.

PAINTED BY SINGLETON
PUBLISHED BY LONGMAN & CO.
ENGRAVED BY FITTLER]

London:
Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme,
Paternoster Row.

William Savage, Printer,
London.

REMARKS.

"Yet be not blindly guided by the throng;
"The multitude is always in the wrong."

Roscommon surely meets with a bold contradiction in this comedy--for
it was not only admired by the multitude, but the discerning few
approved of that admiration.

The irresistible broad humour, which is the predominant quality of
this drama, is so exquisitely interspersed with touches of nature
more refined, with occasional flashes of wit, and with events so
interesting, that, if the production is not of that perfect kind
which the most rigid critic demands, he must still acknowledge it as
a bond, given under the author's own hand, that he can, if he
pleases, produce, in all its various branches, a complete comedy.