The Spaniard; or, Relvindez and Elzora, a tragedy, and The young country widow, a comedy, with three letters of dr. Blair; and thoughts on the present state of the British drama

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Page x - But without a parable spake he not unto them : and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
Page 393 - Microcosm ; or, a picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufactures, &c. of Great Britain...
Page vii - ... they and the world considered him, says : — " Having thus set aside this serious a priori objection to my dabbling in works of imagination, I must now say something of my appearance on the scene in the character of a dramatist. 'It may by some bethought too late in the day for me to begin writing plays ; that might be just as to beginning; but The Spaniard...
Page 365 - With Three Letters to Dr Blair; and Thoughts on the Present State of the British Drama, and what seems calculated to improve it.
Page 393 - An Address to the People of Great Britain; Containing a Comparison between the Republican and Reforming Parties, in Their Sentiments and Intentions with Respect to the British Constitution (Edinburgh, 1793), in Political Writings, ed. Claeys, 7:344-45. not yet sufficiently progressed with the march of intellect, as to perceive that we were educated upon a wrong principle.
Page 381 - Suit, one half to go to the Informer, the other half to the Overseers of Poor of the City for the use of the poor thereof.

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