"Foote," (said lord Sandwich) "I have often wondered what catastrophe would bring you to your end; but I think, that you must either die of the p-x, or the halter." "My lord," (replied Foote instantaneously) "that will depend upon one of two contingencies; — whether I embrace your lordship's mistress, or your lordship's principles."
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Samuel Foote
Samuel Foote (January 1720 – October 21, 1777) was an English dramatist, actor and theatre manager from Cornwall.
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