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THE

CONTRAST

A

COMEDY;

IN FIVE ACTS:


WRITTEN BY A

CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES;


Performed with Applauſe at the Theatres in New-York, Philadelphia, and Maryland;


AND PUBLISHED (under an Aſſignment of the Copy-Right) BY

THOMAS WIGNELL.


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Primus ego in patriam
Aonio——deuxi vertice Muſas
Virgil.

    (Imitated.)

Firſt on our ſhores I try Thalia's powers,
And bid the laughing, uſeful Maid be ours.

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PHILADELPHIA:

FROM THE PRESS OF PRICHARD & HALL, IN MARKET STREET, BETWEEN SECOND AND FRONT STREETS.
M. DEC. XC.

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