The Works of His Grace George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, Vol. 1 of 2 Containing His Plays and Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, With Explanatory Notes, and Memoirs of the Author (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Works of His Grace George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, Vol. 1 of 2: Containing His Plays and Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, With Explanatory Notes, and Memoirs of the Author

There is a peculiar propriety in in? {cribing to you the works of Villiers Duke of Buckingham, that zealous reformer of the Englilh fiage; what his laughing and poignant fatire began, the juf'tnefs of your example has accomplifhed; and while fenfe and nature adorn the vyritings of our dra matic authors, they are frequently height ened by 'your unrivalled excellence in acting.

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