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NJG-T.782.014
26 Jun 1782:21 (5/235)
London . . . His Majesty hitherto had been graciously
pleased to stand forward the patron of the polite arts. How
effectually will it damn the character of the present reign,
considered as a reign in which genius was fostered by the
liberal hand of royal munificence, when the historian shall
have to record, that while the founder of the Royal Academy
sat upon the throne of England, the theatres were taxed, a
filthy lout of office was suffered to nose the audience at
every door of the play-house, and the emulation of rival
writers was extinguished by act of Parliament
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