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THE

CONTRAST,

A

COMEDY;

IN FIVE ACTS:

WRITTEN BY A

CITIZEN oi THL UNITED STATES;

Performed with Applaufe at the Theatres in New-York, Philadelphia, and Maryland;

AND PUBLISHED (under an AJJlgnment of the Copy.RightJ b y

THOMAS WIGNELL.

Primus ego in patriam

^onio deduxi vertice Mufas.

ViKGIt.

(Imitated.)

Firft on our fhores I try Thalia's powers. And bid the laughing, u/efulMzid. be ours.

PHILADELPHIA:

fROM THE pivEss OF PRICHARD & HALLt in market street*

BETWEEN SECOND AND FRONT STREETS,

M. oec. xc.