"In a Word, I may palliate and soften as much as I please; but upon an honest Examination of my Heart, I am afraid the same Vanity which makes even homely People employ Painters to preserve a flattering Record of their Persons, has seduced me to print off this Chiaro Oscuro of my Mind."
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;