Mrs. Aphra Behn, whose
Rover, or the Banished Cavaliers
, is a Comedy in two Parts; first acted, Part I in 1677, Part II in 1681.
| [No. 52] | Thursday, April 2, 1711 | Addison |
Omnes ut Tecum meritis pro Talibus annos
Exigat, et pulchra faciat Te prole parentem.
Virg.
An ingenious Correspondent, like a sprightly Wife, will always have the last Word. I did not think my last Letter to the deformed Fraternity would have occasioned any Answer, especially since I had promised them so sudden a Visit: But as they think they cannot shew too great a Veneration for my Person, they have already sent me up an Answer. As to the Proposal of a Marriage between my self and the matchless
Hecatissa