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IC.776.012
19 Dec 1776:11 (9/435)
London, August 2-15. . . The gentlemen of a certain catch
club at the west end of the town have voted a gold medal to
the author of the celebrated parady of the Duenna, in
acknowledgement of the satisfaction they had received in the
perusal of the songs, which are, in fact, more laughable
than can well be imagined: But the joke is, that the author
cannot be found to receive his reward--the bookseller
refuses to give him up, and the printer is sworn to secrecy;
so that it is probable the value of the medal will be given
to some public charity, and the foundling hospital is talked
of; to which, if we are rightly informed, the writer of this
piece has been a liberal contributor---in more ways than
one.
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