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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.

Primus ego in patriam
Aonio—deduxi vertice Musas.

VIRGIL.

(Imitated.)

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