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3 I L V I A } Or,
A I R L. A Dame of Honour.
vtf Maid) tho 1 beautiful and chajie,
Like a Cypher Jiands alone ;
.#/*#, //i? <tf Figure, by her placed,
Makes her Worth and Value known.
'The Tyrant, Man, faft bound for Life 9
To rule fie takes upon her ;
Whenever a Maid is made a Wife,
She becomes a Dame of Honour.
G. Cofi. Goody Bufy, you are always talking to People in
praife of Marriage; nowl fufped you, being a Midwife, do it
for your own Ends.
G. Bufy. Suppofe I did, Goody Cofiive, where is the Harm
©f that ? I am fure, Times are fo had, that what with one
thing, and what with another, an honeft Woman, in my way
of Butinefs, can hardly get Bread; and I never expect to fee it
otherwife, while Matrimony is fo much defpifed as it is ; why,
the Men are grown fo horrible cunning, that few of them will
marry at all; and the Women are grown fo forward, that they
won't (lay till they are married. But you are melancholy,
Mrs. Silvia.
Sil. A lmle thoughtful; I hope you'll excufe me.
G. Gabble. Why truly, Neighbour Bufy, thefe muft needs
be great Hardlhips upon you; for no Marriages, no Lyings-
Inn.
G. Bufy. It is not that which I complain of; for, to fay the
Truth, I don't find but that fingle People have as many Chil-
dren asthofe that are married ; but then they are fuch Infidels,
as to let their Children dye without Chriftening, and what tigni-
fies, to the Midwife, a Lying-in, without a Chriftening? — —
I had once fome Thoughts of going to London, but I am in-
formed that it is worfe there than here; for there are, it feems,
a
3 I L V I A } Or,
A I R L. A Dame of Honour.
vtf Maid) tho 1 beautiful and chajie,
Like a Cypher Jiands alone ;
.#/*#, //i? <tf Figure, by her placed,
Makes her Worth and Value known.
'The Tyrant, Man, faft bound for Life 9
To rule fie takes upon her ;
Whenever a Maid is made a Wife,
She becomes a Dame of Honour.
G. Cofi. Goody Bufy, you are always talking to People in
praife of Marriage; nowl fufped you, being a Midwife, do it
for your own Ends.
G. Bufy. Suppofe I did, Goody Cofiive, where is the Harm
©f that ? I am fure, Times are fo had, that what with one
thing, and what with another, an honeft Woman, in my way
of Butinefs, can hardly get Bread; and I never expect to fee it
otherwife, while Matrimony is fo much defpifed as it is ; why,
the Men are grown fo horrible cunning, that few of them will
marry at all; and the Women are grown fo forward, that they
won't (lay till they are married. But you are melancholy,
Mrs. Silvia.
Sil. A lmle thoughtful; I hope you'll excufe me.
G. Gabble. Why truly, Neighbour Bufy, thefe muft needs
be great Hardlhips upon you; for no Marriages, no Lyings-
Inn.
G. Bufy. It is not that which I complain of; for, to fay the
Truth, I don't find but that fingle People have as many Chil-
dren asthofe that are married ; but then they are fuch Infidels,
as to let their Children dye without Chriftening, and what tigni-
fies, to the Midwife, a Lying-in, without a Chriftening? — —
I had once fome Thoughts of going to London, but I am in-
formed that it is worfe there than here; for there are, it feems,
a
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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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