GARRICK DAVID Manuscript Signed DG draft of his Prologue to

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GARRICK, DAVID. Manuscript Signed, "D.G.," draft of his "Prologue to Virginia." Signed at upper right of first page. 1 1/2 pages, folio, with integral blank; short separations at folds with minor loss to text, moderate scattered soiling. (MRS) Np, [1754?]

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"Prologues, like Compliments, are loss of time, / 'Tis penning Bows, & making Legs in Rhime: / . . . With one wish more, her whole ambition ends, / She hopes some merit, to deserve such friends."
Published in Poetical Works of David Garrick, London, 1785.