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VGW(HU.771.140
17 Sep 1771:22 (1051)
London. . . July 5. . . It is said a Somersetshire
gentleman, who is supposed to be represented in the Maid of
Bath, offered five thousand pounds if the author would not
indulge the town with that piece; on which answer was sent
him that nothing but an absolute independence of fifty
thousand could possibly keep him from lashing the foibles of
the age.
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Application, it is said, has been made to the Lord
Chamberlain, to stop the exhibition of the Maid of Bath, on
account of its personality, with respect to the conduct of a
certain Baronet in a late amorous transaction.
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