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A Man whose Head was full of a Stage-Play of his own making, was explaining the Plot and Design of it to a Courtier: The Scene, said he to him, is in Cappadocia, and to judge rightly of the Play, a man must transport himself into the Country, and get acquainted with the Genius of the People. You say right, answer’d the Courtier, and I think it were best to have it acted there.
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Un Homme entêté d’une piece de Théatre de sa facon, en expliquoit l’intrigue & le Dessein à un Courtisan: La scene, lui disoit-il, est en Cappadoce; il faut se transporter dans ce Pais là, & entrer dans le genie de la Nation, pour bien juger do la Piece: Vous avez raison, répondit le Courtisan, & je croi qu’elle seroit bonne à jouer sur les lieux.