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ibt Country Burial 4 j
Sir John. I ftiall run the Hazard, fpite of your wife Admo-
nitions.
Wei. At your own Peril be it then. Have I fupprefs'd myjuft
Reientment thus long, to expoftulate with ihce for this ? Yon
would be thought a Man of Humanity and Honour — was
not your late villanous Attempt upon my Daughter's Virtue
a notorious Inftance of both I Nay, Sir, you may ftart, and
frown, and bite your Lips, if you pleafe, — I repeat it a-
gain, your villanous Attempt.
Sir John. Confidering who I am, and what you are, fup-
pofing I had been to blame, 'twou'd have become you to
have cloath'd your Complaints in fofter Language.
Wei. No Words are ftrong enough to exprefs your Bafe-
nefs and my Wrongs.
Sir John. Had the word you feem to apprehend been accom-
plifh'd
Wei. Confound thy prophane Tongue for fuch a Supposition.
Sir John. Your Infolence and Outrage would tire the Pati-
ence of an Angel, Is hot your Daughter virtuous and chad
as ever ?
Wei. The Excellency of her Virtue, whom you would have
ruin'd, but aggravates thy Guilt.
Sir John. The mighty Ruin you talk of was but to have de-
voted my Life and Fortune to her Pleafure, which fure was
fufficient to have kept her from Contempt, and her Beauty
would (till have been as much admir'd as ever.
Wei. After the Lofs of Virtue, Beauty and Fortune, like a
fair and fumptuous Monument erected upon a bad Man's Grave,
ferve only to perpetuate Infamy, and make it more extenfive.
Sir John. What is it that you'd wifh your Daughter ?
Wei. I wifli her Innocence, Peace, Fortune with Fame on
Earth, and Everlafting Happinefs hereafter; but you'd make
them all impoflible to her.
Sit John. She may (till be happy.
Wei. And (hall, in fpite of thee. Fond Fool that I was! I
thought to have made you the happy Inftrument to have ad-
vanced her to that Luftre and Rank in Life her Merit claims ;
but you have render'd your felf unworthy of that Happinefs
and Honour; and notwithflanding all my Dotage on thee, you
now force me to curfe the Parent that begot thee, the Womb
that bore thee a and the Hour that gave thee to the Light; for thou
hall added to the Wrongs of Silvia, haft pierc'd her Heart
with new unthought of Sorrows J have feen her flowing
Tears, heard her fad Sighs and foft Complaints for thy Ingra-
titude, unworthy as thou art.
Sir John. O We If or d ! Father! did fhe weep and figh for
me ? O let me fly to throw me at her Feet ! I cannot bear to
hear
Sir John. I ftiall run the Hazard, fpite of your wife Admo-
nitions.
Wei. At your own Peril be it then. Have I fupprefs'd myjuft
Reientment thus long, to expoftulate with ihce for this ? Yon
would be thought a Man of Humanity and Honour — was
not your late villanous Attempt upon my Daughter's Virtue
a notorious Inftance of both I Nay, Sir, you may ftart, and
frown, and bite your Lips, if you pleafe, — I repeat it a-
gain, your villanous Attempt.
Sir John. Confidering who I am, and what you are, fup-
pofing I had been to blame, 'twou'd have become you to
have cloath'd your Complaints in fofter Language.
Wei. No Words are ftrong enough to exprefs your Bafe-
nefs and my Wrongs.
Sir John. Had the word you feem to apprehend been accom-
plifh'd
Wei. Confound thy prophane Tongue for fuch a Supposition.
Sir John. Your Infolence and Outrage would tire the Pati-
ence of an Angel, Is hot your Daughter virtuous and chad
as ever ?
Wei. The Excellency of her Virtue, whom you would have
ruin'd, but aggravates thy Guilt.
Sir John. The mighty Ruin you talk of was but to have de-
voted my Life and Fortune to her Pleafure, which fure was
fufficient to have kept her from Contempt, and her Beauty
would (till have been as much admir'd as ever.
Wei. After the Lofs of Virtue, Beauty and Fortune, like a
fair and fumptuous Monument erected upon a bad Man's Grave,
ferve only to perpetuate Infamy, and make it more extenfive.
Sir John. What is it that you'd wifh your Daughter ?
Wei. I wifli her Innocence, Peace, Fortune with Fame on
Earth, and Everlafting Happinefs hereafter; but you'd make
them all impoflible to her.
Sit John. She may (till be happy.
Wei. And (hall, in fpite of thee. Fond Fool that I was! I
thought to have made you the happy Inftrument to have ad-
vanced her to that Luftre and Rank in Life her Merit claims ;
but you have render'd your felf unworthy of that Happinefs
and Honour; and notwithflanding all my Dotage on thee, you
now force me to curfe the Parent that begot thee, the Womb
that bore thee a and the Hour that gave thee to the Light; for thou
hall added to the Wrongs of Silvia, haft pierc'd her Heart
with new unthought of Sorrows J have feen her flowing
Tears, heard her fad Sighs and foft Complaints for thy Ingra-
titude, unworthy as thou art.
Sir John. O We If or d ! Father! did fhe weep and figh for
me ? O let me fly to throw me at her Feet ! I cannot bear to
hear
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| Description | An opera. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's-Inn Fields. With the musick prefix'd to each song. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.149(2) |
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| Description | Containing The works of Mrs Davys: consisting of, plays, novels, poems, and familiar letters, and Silvia; or, the country burial. An opera, and The jovial crew. A comic-opera, and The cobler's opera |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.149(1-4) |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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