Araminta, come I'll talk ſeriouſly to you now, could you but ſee vvith my Eyes the buffoonry of one Scene of Addreſs, a Lover, ſet out with all his Equipage and Appurtenances; […]
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Buffoonery
/bəˈfuːnəɹi/
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[W]e ſet him [the Devil] up like a Scare-Crovv to fright Children and old VVomen, to fill up old Stories, make Songs and Ballads, and in a VVord, carry on the lovv priz'd Buffoonry of the common People; […]
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[…] One could not expect any body to take such a part—Nothing but buffoonery from beginning to end.
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The Temperance Reform was too serious a matter for trifling jokes and buffooneries.
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