<b>The text of this book is not available in this moment.</b><br/><img src="/Content/books/thumbs/14609.jpg" style="margin-top:15px;margin-right:15px;margin-bottom:25px;float:left"><u>Conscious Lovers</u><br><span>As early as 1720 Steele spoke in the Theatre of "a friend of mine" who was lately preparing a comedy according to the just laws of the stage, and had introduced a scene in which the first character bore unprovoked wrong, denied a duel, and still appeared a man of honour and courage. This was clearly an allusion to the play eventually to be published as The Conscious Lovers.</span><div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />
