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Harlequin'/ Opera.
Si
Mer. I am fure, Madam, I have as much Reafon as ever to
be fo.
Spright. I don't in the leaft queftion it — as long as you help
to make up the Equipage of a fafhionable Lady, you can't ex-
peel to be otherwife.
Mer. Faith, Madam, lam grown weary of the Honour (he
did me, and have- -at lafl -— difcharg'd my felf from her Ser-
vice. 'Tis true, her Fully, and your Reafon, have done more
for me, than all my own Philofophy. A Woman fo afftcledly
vain, fo whimlically trifling, fo infipidly merry, and fo fgplifhly
prefuming, is fit for nothing but the Ridicule of good Senfe, and
the Laugh of the Stage.
A I R LIX. Coal black Joak.
^te
M »i pg
Were I to chufe my falfrite Charms,
'The Beauty that Jhould blefs my Arms ;
The dearejl Friend! and the fondejl Bride !
Mo more the modiflo trifling Dame
Should lure my {Sows, or taint my Fame ;
Her 'Joy is Drefs, and her Pajfion Pride !
The blujhing Fair my f^ows employ,
Whofe Soul is Love, whofe Eyes are Joy •
Whofe Heart, from ev'ry Folly free,
In gentle Tranfport beats for me,
The dearejl Friend! and the fondejl Bride!
Spright. Really this is a Change indeed ! I havefome Hopes of
you now. Before, I imagin'd one part of your Conduct was a
Satire on the other; or at lead:, you were grown io very happy,
tf^ fome Affliction was neceffary to qualify it. If fo, my
L-^l ^ Qj-j-frfc
Si
Mer. I am fure, Madam, I have as much Reafon as ever to
be fo.
Spright. I don't in the leaft queftion it — as long as you help
to make up the Equipage of a fafhionable Lady, you can't ex-
peel to be otherwife.
Mer. Faith, Madam, lam grown weary of the Honour (he
did me, and have- -at lafl -— difcharg'd my felf from her Ser-
vice. 'Tis true, her Fully, and your Reafon, have done more
for me, than all my own Philofophy. A Woman fo afftcledly
vain, fo whimlically trifling, fo infipidly merry, and fo fgplifhly
prefuming, is fit for nothing but the Ridicule of good Senfe, and
the Laugh of the Stage.
A I R LIX. Coal black Joak.
^te
M »i pg
Were I to chufe my falfrite Charms,
'The Beauty that Jhould blefs my Arms ;
The dearejl Friend! and the fondejl Bride !
Mo more the modiflo trifling Dame
Should lure my {Sows, or taint my Fame ;
Her 'Joy is Drefs, and her Pajfion Pride !
The blujhing Fair my f^ows employ,
Whofe Soul is Love, whofe Eyes are Joy •
Whofe Heart, from ev'ry Folly free,
In gentle Tranfport beats for me,
The dearejl Friend! and the fondejl Bride!
Spright. Really this is a Change indeed ! I havefome Hopes of
you now. Before, I imagin'd one part of your Conduct was a
Satire on the other; or at lead:, you were grown io very happy,
tf^ fome Affliction was neceffary to qualify it. If fo, my
L-^l ^ Qj-j-frfc
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/94513584 |
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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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