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NYGWPB.770.012
29 Jan 1770:11 (1413)
From the London Chronicle, Nov.2, 1769.
All In The Wrong.
As contemplation even upon subjects apparently trifling,
often furnishes a train of useful ideas, I cannot help
furnishing you with my thoughts relative to an incident of
last week; I mean the anniversary of his Majesty's accession
to the throne being celebrated, at Drury-Lane Theatre, by a
comedy with the whimsical, yet significant, title of All in
the Wrong. What could be meant by this choice, at such a
point of time, I am at a loss to understand: as we know by
British policy, a King can do no wrong. I am apt to view it
as a stroak of keen general satire: to justify and explain
this opinion, will not, I hope, prove a fruitless or
superfluous undertaking. . . [The author, "Maltonius", in 8
paragraphs applies the comedy's title--"All in the Wrong"--
to statesmen, the House of Peers, bishops, parents, wealthy
tradesmen, electors, etc.]
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