This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1753 Excerpt: ... come into fashion, And marriage so hlefi on the throne if, Like a Venus I'llshine, Be fond and be fine, And & Trusty shall be my Adonis. Sir T R U S T r. And Sir Trusty shall be thy Adonis. The K I N G and Q_U E E N advancing. KING, Who to forbidden joys wou'd rove, That knows the sweets of virtuous love? Hymen, thou ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1753 Excerpt: ... come into fashion, And marriage so hlefi on the throne if, Like a Venus I'llshine, Be fond and be fine, And & Trusty shall be my Adonis. Sir T R U S T r. And Sir Trusty shall be thy Adonis. The K I N G and Q_U E E N advancing. KING, Who to forbidden joys wou'd rove, That knows the sweets of virtuous love? Hymen, thou source of chaste delights, Chearsul days, and blisssul nights, Thou dost untainted joys dispense, And pleasure join with innocences Thy raptures last, and are sincere, From suture grief and present fear, BOTH. Who to forbidden joys wou'd rove, That knows the sweets of virtuous love? Prologue to /tender Husband. Spoken by Mr. WILK S. J N the sirst rise and infancy of Farce, When Fools were many, and when Plays were fearer, The raw unpractis'd authors could, with ease, A young and unexperiene'daudience please: No single Character had e'er been shown, But the whole herd of Fops was all their own; Rich in Originals, they set to view, In every piece, a Coxcomb that was new. But now our Britijh Theatre can boast Drolls of all kinds, a vast Unthinking host! Fruitsul of folly and of vice, it shows Cuckolds, and Cits, and Bawds, and Pimps, and Beaux; Rough country Knights are found of every shire; Os every fashion gentle Fops appear; And Punks of disferent characters we meet, As frequent on the Stage as in the Pit. Our modern Wits are fore'd to pick and cull', . And here and there by chance glean up a Fool r Long ere they sind the necessary spark, They search the Town, and beat about the Park, To A Cemidy mitten by Sir Richard Steel 'o all his most frequented haunts resort, )st dog him to the Ring, and oft to Court;.s love of pleasure, or of place invites: nd sometimes catch him taking SnufF at White's. Howe'er, to do you right, the present age Bree..
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Add this copy of Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1 to cart. $61.07, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2015 by Palala Press.
