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%6 The Faftitonable Lady; or,
AIR XX. Willey was a wanton Wag.
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Take heed, fair Lady, bow you truft
A Man fo various in his Mind ;
Like April Days his Pajjions change,
His Pleafures like the fickle Wind:
If e'er by chance a tranfient Smile
Difplace a Frown, difplace a Frown ;
How foon he wears his gloomy Airs \
And turns again a fullen Drone ?
Whim. Why, what a Devil! do I live to be infulted by a
Dealer in Counters, a Warehoufe-keeper of Fragments, a De-
ftroyer of Infers, a Worfhipper of Graven Images, a meer
Book-worm. The Caterpillar of Science Oons, I'll be
reveng'd
Trifle. And fo will I, Mr. Cholerick, in an honourable way;
iho' I think the Romans encourag'd no fuch thing as Duelling.
Foible. Hold, hold, Gentlemen ; if I endure you as Admirers,
! admit of no Champions — I'll have no Fighting — at leaft
in my Prefence. - — It ruffles my Temper, and reddens my
Complexion too much.
Whim. At your Requeft, Madam, I will be patient.
Trifle. Then it behoveth me to be fo.
Foible. Now if thefe Fools would have cut one another's
Throats any where elfe, it might have given fume Importance
to one's Beauty ; fome Tragical Soneteer would have cele-
brated my Charms, and bewail'd their Misfortune.
AIR
AIR XX. Willey was a wanton Wag.
pm^M^^^^m
Take heed, fair Lady, bow you truft
A Man fo various in his Mind ;
Like April Days his Pajjions change,
His Pleafures like the fickle Wind:
If e'er by chance a tranfient Smile
Difplace a Frown, difplace a Frown ;
How foon he wears his gloomy Airs \
And turns again a fullen Drone ?
Whim. Why, what a Devil! do I live to be infulted by a
Dealer in Counters, a Warehoufe-keeper of Fragments, a De-
ftroyer of Infers, a Worfhipper of Graven Images, a meer
Book-worm. The Caterpillar of Science Oons, I'll be
reveng'd
Trifle. And fo will I, Mr. Cholerick, in an honourable way;
iho' I think the Romans encourag'd no fuch thing as Duelling.
Foible. Hold, hold, Gentlemen ; if I endure you as Admirers,
! admit of no Champions — I'll have no Fighting — at leaft
in my Prefence. - — It ruffles my Temper, and reddens my
Complexion too much.
Whim. At your Requeft, Madam, I will be patient.
Trifle. Then it behoveth me to be fo.
Foible. Now if thefe Fools would have cut one another's
Throats any where elfe, it might have given fume Importance
to one's Beauty ; fome Tragical Soneteer would have cele-
brated my Charms, and bewail'd their Misfortune.
AIR
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| Description | In the manner of a rehearsal. As it is perform'd at the Theatre in Goodman's-Fields. Written by Mr. Ralph. |
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| Shelfmark | Ing.59 |
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| Description | Scottish and English songs, military music and keyboard music of the 18th and 19th centuries. These items are from the collection of Alexander Wood Inglis of Glencorse (1854 to 1929). 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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