Combe, William, 1742-1823 / 2008-11-16 00:00:00
EBOOK THE FIRST OF APRIL ***
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THE
FIRST OF APRIL:
OR, THE
TRIUMPHS
OF
FOLLY:
A
POEM.
DEDICATED TO A
CELEBRATED DUTCHESS.
BY THE AUTHOR OF THE DIABOLIAD.
---- DOST THOU CALL ME FOOL, BOY?--
ALL THY OTHER TITLES THOU HAST GIVEN AWAY
THAT THOU WAST BORN WITH!--
SHAKESPEARE.
LONDON:
Printed for J. Bew, No. 28, Paternoster-Row.
MDCCLXXVII.
[Price Two Shillings and Six-Pence.]
DEDICATION
TO A
CELEBRATED DUTCHESS.
MADAM,
I am rather apprehensive that you will rank me among the Impertinents of
the Age, in giving a performance which treats professedly of the
Triumphs of Folly, the Sanction of Your Grace. But tho', in the too
great quickness of apprehension, this may be the case; I have not the
least doubt but, in some succeeding moments of coolness and candour,
you will accompany me through this Address; and not suffer a condemning
spirit to pass a final sentence upon me, without giving some little
attention to my justification.
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