plagiary

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Plagiary existed, and was very common, but was not known as a sin.

From Autobiography of Anthony Trollope by Trollope, Anthony

He has therefore no reason to complain, and I dare say that, like Sir Fretful Plagiary, he is rather 'pleased' than otherwise.

From Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley

To which is added, An Advertisement about the late Irregular Reviving of this Tragedy; with a Copy of Verses to the Plagiary.

From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various

If ever an Author was a Plagiary, he was.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

In 1779 appeared The Critic, a literary satire, in which the chief character is that of Sir Fretful Plagiary.

From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Coppee, Henry