byass'd

Updated: January 13, 2026

After all, my Lord Foppington was never design'd to teach People to speak or act like him; nor was it intended that the Ladies shou'd be byass'd by the Example of Berinthia to turn Coquetts. But it may be objected, That our Poets don't make Persons speak like themselves.

- A Letter to A.H. Esq.; Concerning the Stage (1698) and The Occasional Paper No. IX (1698)