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The Way of the World

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The Way of the World (1700)
by William Congreve

a play premiering in 1700 widely regarded as being one of the best Restoration comedies written and is still performed sporadically to this day

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THE

Way of the World,

A

COMEDY.


THE

WAY OF THE WORLD,

A

COMEDY.

As it is ACTED

AT THE

Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields,

BY

His Majesty's Servants.


Written by: Mr. CONGREVE


Audire est operæ pretium, procedere recte
Qui mæchis non vultis——Hor. Sat. 2. l. I.
——Metuat doti deprensa.——Ibid.


LONDON:
Printed for Jacob Tonson, within Gray's-Inn-Gate next
Gray's-Inn-Lane.1700.

Contents (not listed in original)

The Way of the World

This work was published before January 1, 1931, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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