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The Cobler \ s Opera . n
AIR III. Tranfported with Pleafure,
Transported with Anger,
My Taffion grows ftronger,
And [wells ev'ry Vein,
Andfwells ev'ry Vein,
To fee fuch a Huffy
So happy and eafy,
Whilfi 1 burfi with Tain.
But do Women ever lofe their Purpofe for the Want
of a little Diflembling ? No fure. — - Then let their
fubtileft Arts affift my Tongue. [Afide.'] Well Mr. Mel-
ton, if you expect I fhould hope to live comfortably in
your Family, let me fee you oblige Jenny to pay a pro-
per Duty to a Mother's Will $ and defer her Marriage, at
ieait, till we have confider'd whether he is an equal
Match for her. If fhe obliges me, you know 'tis in my
^ower to make her a very pretty Fortune : And fince
I have gotten great part of it with the Sweat of my
Brow, it fhould not be thrown away, when I have put
it into the Hands of my dear Mr. Melton ; fhould it?
['Puts her Arms about his Neck'} O blefs me! What
were my Arms going to do ! As I hope to be fav'd,
all the Blood of my Body is in my Face ! Don't I blufh
like Scarlet ? [Looking amoroufly on him.
Mel. Am I at Billingsgate ! Am I Roger Melton I
AIR IV. And never be drunk again,
Like a Veffel thafs tofs'd on the Seas,
My Heart it has buskJd to and fro $
Sut now it is certain of Eafe,
Since Peggy its Tilot will go.
Then, bluftering Boreas, 'twill fiaud,
Make angry Neptune its Sport 5
If you take the Tiller in Hand,
And fteer for bright Hymen's Tort.
B 2 Teg.
AIR III. Tranfported with Pleafure,
Transported with Anger,
My Taffion grows ftronger,
And [wells ev'ry Vein,
Andfwells ev'ry Vein,
To fee fuch a Huffy
So happy and eafy,
Whilfi 1 burfi with Tain.
But do Women ever lofe their Purpofe for the Want
of a little Diflembling ? No fure. — - Then let their
fubtileft Arts affift my Tongue. [Afide.'] Well Mr. Mel-
ton, if you expect I fhould hope to live comfortably in
your Family, let me fee you oblige Jenny to pay a pro-
per Duty to a Mother's Will $ and defer her Marriage, at
ieait, till we have confider'd whether he is an equal
Match for her. If fhe obliges me, you know 'tis in my
^ower to make her a very pretty Fortune : And fince
I have gotten great part of it with the Sweat of my
Brow, it fhould not be thrown away, when I have put
it into the Hands of my dear Mr. Melton ; fhould it?
['Puts her Arms about his Neck'} O blefs me! What
were my Arms going to do ! As I hope to be fav'd,
all the Blood of my Body is in my Face ! Don't I blufh
like Scarlet ? [Looking amoroufly on him.
Mel. Am I at Billingsgate ! Am I Roger Melton I
AIR IV. And never be drunk again,
Like a Veffel thafs tofs'd on the Seas,
My Heart it has buskJd to and fro $
Sut now it is certain of Eafe,
Since Peggy its Tilot will go.
Then, bluftering Boreas, 'twill fiaud,
Make angry Neptune its Sport 5
If you take the Tiller in Hand,
And fteer for bright Hymen's Tort.
B 2 Teg.
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| Description | Also: And never be drunk again |
| Description | As it is now acted at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. To which is added, the musick ... |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.149(4) |
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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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