The man of ten thousand: a comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane. The second edition

"THE character of Major Rampart was intended to represent one of those persons who imagine they have uttered volumes, without having said a word: whose eager looks inform us how important they suppose their own conceptions to be; but, being too mighty for utterance, language sinks under them, and they expect the assent and applause of their companions to their Humphs? Hays? and expletives. These expletives, as used by the Major, are omitted in representation; because they offended. They are here restored, and left to the consideration of the reader. It may be necessary to add, they should not be pronounced in an articulate and emphatical manner; but with a half-muttering rapidity: accompanied by equally rapid glances, looking round for, and demanding, admiration."
This is an edition of a classical book first published in the eighteenth century.