"Whenever this shall be executed, it is to be looked upon as the work of true genius; but when fallen short of, as often happens, it is to be deemed the impotent effort of the hard-bound brains of low plagiaries, whose memory is filled with the shreds and ill-chosen scraps of other mens wit."
A Scotsman's Remarks on the Farce of Love a La Mode, Scene by Scene.
<u>A Scotsman's Remarks on the Farce of Love a La Mode, Scene by Scene.</u> (London: Printed for J. Burd, 1760). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004901127.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;