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... acted . When I wrote it , I had little thoughts of the stage ; but did it , to amuse myself , in a slow recovery from a fit of sickness . Afterwards , through my indiscretion , it was seen , and in some little time more it was acted ...
... acted . When I wrote it , I had little thoughts of the stage ; but did it , to amuse myself , in a slow recovery from a fit of sickness . Afterwards , through my indiscretion , it was seen , and in some little time more it was acted ...
Page 268
... acted in London sixty - three days without interruption , and renewed the next season with equal applause , it spread into all the great towns of England ; was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time ; at Bath and ...
... acted in London sixty - three days without interruption , and renewed the next season with equal applause , it spread into all the great towns of England ; was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time ; at Bath and ...
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... acted or suffered enough in the world to have become weary of it . And , indeed , it must be some very powerful reason that can drive back to solitude him who has once enjoyed the pleasures of society . In the Letters both of Swift and ...
... acted or suffered enough in the world to have become weary of it . And , indeed , it must be some very powerful reason that can drive back to solitude him who has once enjoyed the pleasures of society . In the Letters both of Swift and ...
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