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BELLAMY's APOLOGY Vol.V.

Despondency

M.Delatre

on the Steps of Westminster Bridge

Printed for J.Bell British Library Strand London March 11786..

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APOLOGY

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GEORGE ANNE BELLAMY,

LATE OF COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

WRITTEN BY HERSELF.

To which is annexed,

Her original Letter to JOHN CALCRAFT, Efq.
advertised to be published in October 1767,
but which was then violently fuppreffed.

"The Web of our Life is of a mingled Yarn, Good and Ill
" together; our Virtues would be proud, if our Faults whipt
"them not; and our Crimes would despair, if they were not
"cherished by our Virtues."

All's Well that Ends Well, A&t 4, Scene lii.

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And fold by J. BELL, at the British Library, STRAND.

M DCC LXXXVI.

ENGLISH OXFORD

LIBRARY

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I NOW found all my theatrical expectations fruftrated. Although, but a few days before, they feemed to be resuming their wonted splendour, and bid fair to be productive of at least fome years of unclouded funshine, in a moment an envious gloom darkened the profpect. Tranfient, as "when a fable cloud turns forth her filver lining "to the night," was the flattering hope. But fuch was my lot.

I could by no means have wished for an engagement, unless it was on condition of being rein

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ftated in most of the parts that had been in my poffeffion, together with my quota of new ones; and as to requesting a favour of that kind from Mr. Woodward, I reprobated the very thought. I could not for a moment suppose, even had I been fo unreasonable as to make fuch a weak proposal, that a person who knew the value of money fo well as he did, would have confented to have me (to make use of a political phrase) tacked to him by way of dependent.

For notwithstanding friendship is a very fine thing to talk of, very few would prove fuch devotees to it, as to facrifice a thousand pounds a year upon account of it. As for my own ideas of that facred union, they are fo truly romantic, and fo very unfashionable, that I am almost ashamed to make them known: but I fhould not think worlds too dear a purchase, for the perfon towards whom I profeffed a friendship. I now regretted, more poignantly than before, that I had made Mr. Colman my enemy. Though I deplored his resentment, I acknowledged the justice of it. I have, however, the confolation to add, that from that gentleman's liberal behaviour for fome time paft, I have every reason to believe his displeasure has fubfided, and that I have the happiness, once

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