The Contrast: A Comedy | ||
[Description: Color image of title page from 1790.]
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.
Primus ego in patriam
Aonio—deduxi vertice Musas.
Aonio—deduxi vertice Musas.
VIRGIL.
(Imitated.)
First on our shores I try THALIA'S powers,
And bid the laughing, useful Maid be ours.
And bid the laughing, useful Maid be ours.
The Contrast: A Comedy | ||