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Father Girard and Mifs
Cadiere, and in it the author
has by no means fpared the
characters of the black-
hooded gentlemen of that
reverend tribe.
The Deceit. Farce, by
Henry Norris, izmo. 1723.
The Deceit ; or, The Old
Fox Outwitted. Paltoral
Farce, of one act, by J. W.
As it was defigned to have
been ailed, 8vo. 1743.
Printed with a collection of
Poems, called The Poplar
Groove ; or, The Amufements
of a Rural Life.
The Deceiver Deceived.
Com. by Mrs. M. Pix, 4to.
1698. Ailed at the Thea-
tre in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields.
There are two dialogues in
this play, one in the fourth
act, by Durfey, and the
other in the laft, by Mot-
teux, both fet to mufic by
Eccles. Scene Venice.
Deception. Com. ailed
at Drury-Lane, 1784. This
piece appears to be the early
and crude production of a
man of fome talents, though
the fable has no novelty to
recommend it.
Decius and Paulina. A
Mafque, by L. Theobald,
8vo. 171-8.
■ The Decoy. An Opera,
by H. Potter. Acted at
GoodmanVFields, 1733.
8vo.
Demetrius. Opera, trans-
lated from Metcifiajio, by
John Hoole, 8vo. 1768.
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Demetrius and Marfina ;
or, The Imperial hnpojhr
and unhappy Heroine. Trag.
Sold among the books and
manufcripts of John War-
burton, Efq. about the year
1759. Not printed.
Demophoon. Opera, trans-
lated from Metajtafio, by
John Hoole, 8vo. 1768.
Deorum Dona. A Maf-
que, by Robert Baron, 8vo.
1648. Performed before
Flaminius and Clorinda,
king and queen of Cyprus,
at their regal palace in Mi-
cella. Scene Nicofia.
The Depojing and Death of
Queen Gin. An Heroic-
Comic-Trag. Farce. Ano-
nymous, 8vo. 1736. Ailed
at the New Theatre in the
Haymarket. The defign
of it is founded on an ail of
Parliament, laying an ad-
ditional duty on the retail-
ing of fpirituous liquors of
any kinds.
The Deferring Favourite.
Tragi-Com. by Lodowick
Carlell. Scene Spain. This
piece met with great ap-
plaufe, and was ailed feveral
times before the king ancj
queen at Whitehall, and at
Black-Fryars, 410. 1629.
The Defert IJland. A
Dramatic Tale, in three
ails, by A. Murphy, 8vo.
1760. This little piece,
which is allied to tragedy,
although theecataitrophe of
it is a happy one, was firft
performed