"If any thing could excuse that desperate Extravagance of Love, that almost frantick Passion of Lee's Alexander the Great, it must have been when Mrs. Bracegirdle was his Statira: As when she acted Millamant all the Faults, Follies, and Affectations of that agreeable Tyrant were venially melted down into so many Charms and Attractions of a conscious Beauty."
An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Comedian, and Late Patentee of the Theatre-Royal. With an Historical View of the Stage During his Own Time. Written by Himself.
8 entries in ESTC (1740, 1756, 1761).<br>
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Colley Cibber, <u>An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Comedian, and Late Patentee of the Theatre-Royal. </u> (London: printed by John Watts, 1740). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CW102649813&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt; &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=Zrg8AAAAYAAJ">Link to 1889 edition in Google Books</a>&gt;