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f'oi inc^ ' v/ ^ i\ 1 *\ G H ti R A L 1'.Mr J\Di,roR,TH RE l.sa wildnefs of conception in Mr. Fuh !i’s picture of the Night Shade ;.t the Royal Academy, which teems with that ufual concomitant of geniy- , inaccuracy. ..lie has introduced a mare’s heid into the piece, to character ze his fubjetft. Now the per* ibnihcation of -th,at d\f rocr, which‘attacks the huin.*:n frame ;n ileep, is borrowed from a word cf ncniircn origin ; Muir or Mere, a witch orfor. r.: fe• # # bhakr fpeare’s Mad Tom mentions her in th.t cha;.iCter from fjme legendary ballad, not i.n-fc;own, pe.lnps, to the ingenious compiler of the rr iiques of our ancient hnglifh poetry.St. V/jth';ld footed thrice the wolJ,* lt;* He me: the Night Mare and her nine-fold j“ I d her al:ghr and her u:th plight,“ And aroyr.t thee, witch, aroynt thee.”Lear, A£t III- Scer.e IV.n* amiquarian kn«\s enough of the ab* vc Lacy’.-- ped'gree to tell us who her .vere, he fhall here of fomething to hi*... * tagc. PUZZLEPATK.
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Morning Herald and Daily Advertiser
London, Middlesex, GB
Wed, May 08, 1782
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