Excerpt from Series of Plays, in Which It Is Attempted to Delineate the Stronger Passions of the Mind, Vol. 1: Each Passion Being the Subject of a Tragedy and a Comedy
After a considerable interval of time from the publishing of the first, I now offer to the Public 31 second volume of the Series of Plays; and, with it, my very grateful thanks for that indulgence and cheering approbation which has encouraged me to for that kind of reception willf' h 15 best calculated to make a work go on woell - w-praise mixed with a considerable portion of tinstiré l have to thank it, indeed, for that kind of reception which I soli cited; conscious that it was the best in regard to my real interest, which I could receive, as well as the very best, in regard to my merits, which I could possibly presume to expect. If with this great ad vantage, beyond what I enjoyed when I wrote the first part of this work, I have fallen short in the second volume, of what might have been reason ably expected from me, I have only to say for my self that I have done my best, and that my abilities.
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