Excerpt from The Historical Register, for the Year 1736: As It Is Acted at the New Theatre in the Hay-Market; To Which Is Added a Very Merry Tragedy, Called Eurydice Hiss'd, or a Word to the Wise Hope you will pardon the Prefump tfi'on Of this Dedication, fince I really did not know in What man ner to apply for your Leave; and {thee I expec't no Prefent in return: (the Reafon' I conceive, which firfi introduc'd the Ceremony of asking Leave among Dedi???a torsz) For. Furely it is fomewhat'abfurd to ask a man', leave to' ...
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Excerpt from The Historical Register, for the Year 1736: As It Is Acted at the New Theatre in the Hay-Market; To Which Is Added a Very Merry Tragedy, Called Eurydice Hiss'd, or a Word to the Wise Hope you will pardon the Prefump tfi'on Of this Dedication, fince I really did not know in What man ner to apply for your Leave; and {thee I expec't no Prefent in return: (the Reafon' I conceive, which firfi introduc'd the Ceremony of asking Leave among Dedi???a torsz) For. Furely it is fomewhat'abfurd to ask a man', leave to' atter him; and he mufi be a very impudent or fimple Fellow, or both, Who will give it. Asking Leave to dedicate, therefore. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First British edition. A few tiny brown spots on top page edge, else fine in a nearly fine dustwrapper with faintly sunned spine and a touch of light edgewear.