An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume 1 (of 2) / Written by Himself. A New Edition with Notes and Supplement

by Colley Cibber

Novemb. 6.
1739.

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Ad Lalauze, sc

AN APOLOGY FOR THE LIFE OF
MR. COLLEY CIBBER, &c. [4]

CHAPTER I.

The Introduction. The Author's Birth. Various Fortune at School. Not lik'd by those he lov'd there. Why. A Digression upon Raillery. The Use and Abuse of it. The Comforts of Folly. Vanity of Greatness. Laughing, no bad Philosophy.