"In the meantime, I'll wrap myself up in the integrity of my own heart, nor dare to doubt of his."
The Conscious Lovers
First performed November, 1722. At least 87 entries in ESTC (1722, 1723, 1724, 1725, 1729, 1730, 1732, 1733, 1735, 1736, 1740, 1741, 1743, 1744, 1746, 1747, 1751, 1755, 1757, 1759, 1760, 1761, 1764, 1767, 1768, 1770, 1771, 1774, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1780, 1782, 1785, 1789, 1791, 1793, 1794).<br>
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Text from <u>The Conscious Lovers. A Comedy. As It Is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants. Written by Richard Steele</u> (London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1723).<br>
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Reading in Scott McMillin's <u>Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy</u>. Norton Critical Edition. (New York: Norton, 1973).