The Comedy of "MARRIED LIFE" is _entirely_ original--if the being unassisted by either anecdote, tale, ballad, biography, or any other resource constitutes _entire originality_.--Yet, as some of the couples, especially MR. and MRS. CODDLE, and MR. and MRS. DOVE, have been "_sketched from the life_," the important question of originality is still open to much disquisition. Allow me to dedicate this Comedy to you, as some little token of my very great admiration of your talents. It is a very common cant to allow of no existing excellence, and refer only to the past for instances of genius! In Dramatic matters, this cant has been particularly cherished; but, with reference to yourself, it may …
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