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SCGCJ.770.016
27 Mar 1770:13 (225)
From the London Chronicle, November 2, 1769. All in the
Wrong.
As contemplation, even upon subjects apparently trifling,
often furnishes a train of useful ideas, I cannot help
furnishing you with my thoughts, relative to an incident of
last week; I mean the Anniversary of his Majesty's Accession
to the throne being celebrated, at Drury-Lane Theatre, by a
Comedy, with the whimsical, yet significant title of All in
the Wrong. What could be meant by this choice, at such a
point in time, I am at a loss to understand; as we know, by
British policy, a King can do no wrong. I am apt to view it
as a stroke of keen general satire; to justify and explain
this opinion, will not, I hope, prove a fruitless or
superfluous undertaking.
. . . [7 paragraphs of satirical references to the
Statesmen, House of Peers, Bishops, Parents, Children,
Tradesmen, and Electors]
[signed] Maltonius
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