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CC-H.772.019
31 Mar-7 Apr 1772:23,31 (380)
From the Massachusetts Spy. Advertisement.
To be exhibited for the entertainment of the public, at the
grand parade in Upper Dervia. The Adulateur. A dramatic
performance, consisting of three acts. As a specimen of the
work, we have extracted the following passages. . . [11
lines, Dramatis personae]
Act 1. Scene 1. Rapatio's house. Rapatio salut.
O Fortunate!
Could I have tho't my stars would be so kind
As thus to bring my deep laid schemes to bear!
Tho' from my youth ambition's path I trod
Suck'd the contagion from my mother's breast;
. . . [100 lines of excerpts and descriptions of play]
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