The Double-Dealer, a comedy

The Double-Dealer, by William Congreve
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Title: The Double-Dealer
Author: William Congreve Editor: G. S. Street Release Date: January 7, 2008 Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) [eBook #1191]
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Transcribed from the 1895 Methuen and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
THE DOUBLE-DEALER A COMEDY
Interdum tamen et vocem Comœdia tollit .—H OR. Ar. Po. Huic equidem consilio palmam do: hic me magnifice effero, qui vim tantam in me et potestatem habeam tantæ astutiæ, vera dicendo ut eos ambos fallam . SYR. in TERENT. Heaut.
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES MONTAGUE,
ONE OF THE LORDS OF THE TREASURY.
Sir,—I heartily wish this play were as perfect as I intended it, that it might be more worthy your acceptance, and that my dedication of it to you might be more becoming that honour and esteem which I, with everybody who is so fortunate as to know you, have for you. It had your countenance when yet unknown; and now it is made public, it wants your protection. I would not have anybody imagine that I think this play without ...