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Excerpt from An Apology for the Life of Mr. T... C..., Comedian: Being a Proper Sequel to the Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Comedian, With an Historical View of the Stage to the Present Year Sir, Because I know You do not love to see your Name in Print, imagining it is us'd in some impertinent Satire, though I was now writing the daintiest Dedication of any modern Author, yet I would chuse to conceal it. Let me talk then just as it comes into my Head about You and to You this Way; let me tell You of what I will, or how I will, You are under no Necessity of taking it to Yourself: Nor when I boast of your Excellencies and Transactions, need You blush that I have perform'd them in such a Manner as to claim the complimental Homage of my Pen Or I may now give You all the Attributes that raise a cunning, intriguing Man to the highest Offices and Employments, and not be censur'd as one of your hireling Advocates, either by my own or your Enemies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.