Date: Licens'd Decemb. 22. 1691
"And with reverence be it spoken, and the Parallel kept at due distance, there is something of equality in the Proportion which they bear in reference to one another, with that between Comedy and Tragedy; but the Drama is the long extracted from Romance and History: 'tis the Midwife to Industry, ...
preview | full record— Congreve, William (1670-1729)
Date: 1696
"Love's a Fever of the Mind, which nothing but our own wishes can asswage, and I don't Question but we shall find Marriage a very cooling Cordial."
preview | full record— Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)