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MS-B.774.046
9 Jun 1774:21 (4/175)
London, April 9. An ingenious writer in the dramatic way,
having began a tragedy on the present debates with the
Americans, which he intends to name "The Fall of Boston,"
has given us permission to lay the following speech before
the public, as a specimen of the work.
Act 1. Scene the last. Lord North solus.
What! in this piping time of peace, when ev'ry
Wind conspir'd to swell my sails to glory,
And guide my P---cato arbitrary rule;
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