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6 8 The Fajhionable Lady $ 1 *,
Foib. O, Sir ! Fafhion will recommend any thing in theTJni-
verfe.
Merit. Then I fhall bevain enough to imagine Fafhion would
recommend Me
Foib. Yes, I vow, Mr. Merit, Fafhion would be your only
Recommendation ; your very Man of Quality would be an in-
fignificant Creature, without the Fafhion.
Merit. But Fafhion is fo various, that 'twould be the whole
Bufinefs of one's Life to follow it.
Foib. Truly, Sir, I think one's Life can't be better employ'd.
Merit. Befide, Madam, the Fafhion is frequently fo abfurd>
• that 'twould affront one's Reafon to be acquainted with it.
Foib. Reafon! Ha, ha, ha! Why, Reafon has been out of
Fafhion, among Perfons of Figure, Timeout of Mind. I won-
der you fhould affront my Tafte with fo unpolite a Word
Reafon! O, hideous! a Lover and a Gentleman talk of Rea-
fon '. Ha, ha, ha!
Merit. 1 (hall never condefcend to be a Man of Fafhion, I
fee.
Foib. Then you'll never fucceed with the Ladies, I fee. Why,
without the Mode, you'll look as inconfiderable, as a Noble-
man's Efhte in the Corner of a Map. La! I fhould be perfect-
ly afham'd of an unfafhionably reasonable Husband. When I
am at my Toiler, he'd be in his Study ; when I was for a Party
at Quadrille, he'd be for reafonable Converfation, forfoothj
When I talk'd Scandal at the Tea-Table, he'd rail againft Ma-
lice; if 1 was for the dear Opera, he'd groan after fome hideous
Tragedy; when I talk ofFafhions, he'd rave againft Whim and
Caprice. Ged! fuch a Husband would be my abfolute Averfion,
or, at beft, he could be only tolerable, like a bad Pi&ure
hiding a crack'd Wainfcot.
Merit. I am afraid, Madam, I fhall never be the happy, va-
riable Creature, that will pleafe you: 'Tis impoflible to run
thro' the various Changes necefTary to the Character.
AIR,
Foib. O, Sir ! Fafhion will recommend any thing in theTJni-
verfe.
Merit. Then I fhall bevain enough to imagine Fafhion would
recommend Me
Foib. Yes, I vow, Mr. Merit, Fafhion would be your only
Recommendation ; your very Man of Quality would be an in-
fignificant Creature, without the Fafhion.
Merit. But Fafhion is fo various, that 'twould be the whole
Bufinefs of one's Life to follow it.
Foib. Truly, Sir, I think one's Life can't be better employ'd.
Merit. Befide, Madam, the Fafhion is frequently fo abfurd>
• that 'twould affront one's Reafon to be acquainted with it.
Foib. Reafon! Ha, ha, ha! Why, Reafon has been out of
Fafhion, among Perfons of Figure, Timeout of Mind. I won-
der you fhould affront my Tafte with fo unpolite a Word
Reafon! O, hideous! a Lover and a Gentleman talk of Rea-
fon '. Ha, ha, ha!
Merit. 1 (hall never condefcend to be a Man of Fafhion, I
fee.
Foib. Then you'll never fucceed with the Ladies, I fee. Why,
without the Mode, you'll look as inconfiderable, as a Noble-
man's Efhte in the Corner of a Map. La! I fhould be perfect-
ly afham'd of an unfafhionably reasonable Husband. When I
am at my Toiler, he'd be in his Study ; when I was for a Party
at Quadrille, he'd be for reafonable Converfation, forfoothj
When I talk'd Scandal at the Tea-Table, he'd rail againft Ma-
lice; if 1 was for the dear Opera, he'd groan after fome hideous
Tragedy; when I talk ofFafhions, he'd rave againft Whim and
Caprice. Ged! fuch a Husband would be my abfolute Averfion,
or, at beft, he could be only tolerable, like a bad Pi&ure
hiding a crack'd Wainfcot.
Merit. I am afraid, Madam, I fhall never be the happy, va-
riable Creature, that will pleafe you: 'Tis impoflible to run
thro' the various Changes necefTary to the Character.
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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