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Norfolk at the other.* Its reception at 

 both places, by genteel and crowded 

 audiences, particularly at the latter, was 

 highly satisfactory, and far more agreeable 

 then, than is the recapitulation of such 

 flattering testimonies now. 



It was not long after this that I was 

 requested by the editor of one of the 

 Cambridge papers to write a critique on 

 Mr. C. Kean's performance of Richard. 

 This led me into a dissertation upon the 

 garbled and mutilated text of that fine 

 original, which I delivered in the shape 

 of a lecture at Cambridge, Ely, and Lynn, 

 severally, at each of which places I had 

 no reason to complain of the manner of 

 my reception. 



Shortly after this I was applied to by a 

 gentleman resident at Hackney, to deliver 

 three lectures on the plays of Shakspeare, on 

 three consecutive Monday evenings, at the 



* W. Bagge, Esq., to whose liberal and constant patron- 

 age, with that of his family, the author cannot sufficiently 

 express his gratitude. 



