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Smooth. O dear Sir Harlequin, I am infinitely oblig'd to you
for this Favour, I forgive yu'u my Journey to the Moon with
all my Heart.
[Harlequin waves his Wand,and leads up his Mutes in a Dance.
SCENE XVII. Ballad, Modely, Meanwell, Drama.
Bal. Qons, Drama, take the Bottle take the Bottle this
Inftant — I'll lead up the Dance my felf, and Death or the
Devil (hall be my Partner. \He fats the Dancers in Confiifion.
Mode. Sink me, this is infutferable — he has fpoil'd the very
belt Scene in the whole Flay.
Mean. Pr'ythee be quiet— -'twas only in fearch of a proper
Partner.
Drama. Indeed, Mr. Ballad, you diforder us ftrangely, we
lhall never end the Rehearfal at this Rate.
Mode. Devil take him, he's as troublefome as Advice to a
lofing Gamefter.
Mean. Then we'll thruft him out of the Company, for his
Folly.
Mode. With all my Heart, by the Univerfe — I wifh we had
ferv'd him fo an Hour ago — come Drama, let's away with him.
Bal. Oons, Gentlemen, what do you mean ? why, 'tis my
Son Rattle'' % Wedding-— my very own Play. -
Mean. You may be as dumb as your own Harlequin, if you
pleafe — fo take your Botrle and troop off — that's the enly
Entertainment you underftand.
Bal. Confound thefe damn'd Criticks — they are as arbitrary
as the Turk, and as unmannerly as the Devil.
[Theypujh him off.
SCENE XVIII. The fame Perfons as before.
Foible. As I am a Toad, the Doctor is a mod facetious Per-
fon — I am prodigioufiy charm'd with his Entertainment — I
never faw a more fafhionable Thing in my Life, I vow and
proteft.
Prat. Nor I neither, Mem, as I am a Perfon.
Trifle. Verily, Madam, by the Doctor's leave, I muft intrude
on his Entertainment, and ask your Ladyfhip a very ferious
Queftion.
Foible. Then you'll be very impertinent, I allure you, Sir, —
I hate every thing that is ferious, mortally.
Trifle. Verily, Madam, I mult perfift in my Intreaty, tho' the
Buft of Cicero fhould plead to the contrary — therefore, Madam,
be fo good as inform us who is the happy Perfon you will fe-
!e& from your humble Servants, as your mod particular Rarity?
I appeal to them all, whether it is not a very reafonableQueftion.
Whim. Ay, ay, Mr. Trifle, a very reasonable Queftion.
1 Smooth.
Smooth. O dear Sir Harlequin, I am infinitely oblig'd to you
for this Favour, I forgive yu'u my Journey to the Moon with
all my Heart.
[Harlequin waves his Wand,and leads up his Mutes in a Dance.
SCENE XVII. Ballad, Modely, Meanwell, Drama.
Bal. Qons, Drama, take the Bottle take the Bottle this
Inftant — I'll lead up the Dance my felf, and Death or the
Devil (hall be my Partner. \He fats the Dancers in Confiifion.
Mode. Sink me, this is infutferable — he has fpoil'd the very
belt Scene in the whole Flay.
Mean. Pr'ythee be quiet— -'twas only in fearch of a proper
Partner.
Drama. Indeed, Mr. Ballad, you diforder us ftrangely, we
lhall never end the Rehearfal at this Rate.
Mode. Devil take him, he's as troublefome as Advice to a
lofing Gamefter.
Mean. Then we'll thruft him out of the Company, for his
Folly.
Mode. With all my Heart, by the Univerfe — I wifh we had
ferv'd him fo an Hour ago — come Drama, let's away with him.
Bal. Oons, Gentlemen, what do you mean ? why, 'tis my
Son Rattle'' % Wedding-— my very own Play. -
Mean. You may be as dumb as your own Harlequin, if you
pleafe — fo take your Botrle and troop off — that's the enly
Entertainment you underftand.
Bal. Confound thefe damn'd Criticks — they are as arbitrary
as the Turk, and as unmannerly as the Devil.
[Theypujh him off.
SCENE XVIII. The fame Perfons as before.
Foible. As I am a Toad, the Doctor is a mod facetious Per-
fon — I am prodigioufiy charm'd with his Entertainment — I
never faw a more fafhionable Thing in my Life, I vow and
proteft.
Prat. Nor I neither, Mem, as I am a Perfon.
Trifle. Verily, Madam, by the Doctor's leave, I muft intrude
on his Entertainment, and ask your Ladyfhip a very ferious
Queftion.
Foible. Then you'll be very impertinent, I allure you, Sir, —
I hate every thing that is ferious, mortally.
Trifle. Verily, Madam, I mult perfift in my Intreaty, tho' the
Buft of Cicero fhould plead to the contrary — therefore, Madam,
be fo good as inform us who is the happy Perfon you will fe-
!e& from your humble Servants, as your mod particular Rarity?
I appeal to them all, whether it is not a very reafonableQueftion.
Whim. Ay, ay, Mr. Trifle, a very reasonable Queftion.
1 Smooth.
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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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